Posted AT 7:31 AM EDT on 08/11/05
France to impose curfews
Paris — France's cabinet, in an extraordinary measure to halt the country's worst civil unrest in decades, on Tuesday authorized curfews under a state-of-emergency law after violence raged for a 12th night.
Local officials "will be able to impose curfews on the areas where this decision applies," President Jacques Chirac announced.
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