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French riots and the anger and despair that remain

Distrust and resentment smoulder beneath the surface in places like the Paris suburb of La Grande Borne, less visible than the weapons carried by gangs there, but just as likely to explode.

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Calm has returned to La Grande Borne. Local mafia again exercise lazy control from the doorways of this vast housing estate south of Paris; their guns on show, their faces hidden, writes Lucy Williamson in this report for BBC News.

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