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An employee of a company offering cleaning services removed rubbishs left on a field after the evacuation of people belonging to the Roma community on August 19, 2010 in Lezennes, northern France. France began today its controversial expulsion of around 700 Roma to Romania and Bulgaria, amid rising criticism of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s clampdown on the minority. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN