DE VILLEPIN CABINET MEETING
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin walks out of the Elysee Palace in Paris at the end of the weekly cabinet meeting on March 15, 2006. French President Jacques Chirac defended de Villepin over the government's new youth jobs contract which has sparked a wave of student protests. (UPI Photo/Maya Vidon)
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