After months of debate, the French Cabinet took on the proposal despite past declarations of support from Jospin for the technology's potential benefits in treating and curing disease.

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Together the Gillet collection forms what the French call a cabinet neither a library nor even a portion of a library, but a refined personal selection of souvenirs and rarities, that in Mr Gillet's case was first inherited and then enhanced over more than half a century.

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This French-educated former Cabinet minister places the blame squarely on non-governmental agencies, or NGOs.

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Fellow guests during my stay included a famous fashion designer, the president of a French car company, and a cabinet minister.

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