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Gypsies expelled from France

France has rousted nearly 100 Gypsies from their illegal camps and expelled them to their native Romania.

Romanian Gypsies of Roma board a plane at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, near Paris Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. France has expelled nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep them out of the country, the Immigration Ministry said.  (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Romanian Gypsies of Roma board a plane at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, near Paris Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. France has expelled nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep them out of the country, the Immigration Ministry said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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