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French court upholds jail sentence for Bove

(Feb. 7, 2002 -- CropChoice news) -- The highest appeals court in France upheld a three-month jail sentence for Jose Bove for his ransacking of a McDonald's restaurant in Millau in 1999. The farmer defended his actions as a means of protesting what he saw as the pro-biotechnology and globalization policies of the United States.