Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said France unilaterally increased its troop presence last September to some 3,800, and will not even consider another change until a conference on Afghan aid being convened by Britain in late January.
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In the French race he was given a drive-through penalty for cutting a chicane and in Valencia last month he incurred a 5, 000 euros fine for beinglate to a news conference.
Jay Morgan, a 54-year-old financial planner and neighbor, found it curious there were no apparent screams or sounds of struggle, despite it beingalate summer night when many people had their windows open.