I just came across this article and it was so incredulous that I had to post it.

France's Toll of Destruction

From the desk of Paul Belien on Fri, 2005-11-18 22:23

Not a single word in the press anymore about the ongoing vandalism in France’s lost neighbourhoods. Yesterday the French government officially declared the riots over. Police figures are at exactly 98 cars torched on Wednesday night. This, the police say, is “a normal average.â€