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| | Four escape from prison on French island of Corsica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | In October, the state secretary for justice ministry property, Pierre Bedier, said during a visit to Ajaccio that the jail was "ancient and cramped", promising a new prison would be built on the island in the next five years. |
 | | Prisoners have escaped from French jails on at least five separate occasions this year, much to the chagrin of the center-right government, which has made the fight against crime a top priority since taking office in 2002. |
 | | In March, a gang used rocket launchers and heavy weapons to blow open the outer doors of a prison in Fresnes, south of Paris, freeing an Italian national convicted of armed robbery who had escaped from a French prison once before. |
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