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France has returned to normal, if 100 cars burned a night is normal:

Ninety-eight vehicles were set ablaze on Wednesday night, a sharp drop from the peak of the violence when about 1,400 vehicles were torched on the night of November 6.

"The situation has returned to normal because about 100 vehicles are set on fire each night in France," a police spokesman said.

The rioting has been blamed mostly on youths who feel excluded from mainstream society and are frustrated by racism, harsh police treatment and high unemployment.

Many of the rioters are of Arab and African origin but some are white.

Hmm, rumour has it the rioters were overwhelmingly Muslim. Even if the rumour is true, it's bound to be a coincidence.