A TV sound technician in France was arrested for attempting to bring an object resembling a bomb into the Elysee Palace during Ariel Sharon’s recent visit to Paris. The technician allegedly made the object himself. He was at the palace July 27 to cover the meeting between French President Jacques Chirac and the Israeli prime minister.
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