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The end of la bise? French mayor says kiss greeting is 'unhygienic and time-costly'

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IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Wednesday, January 3: Charlie Hebdo's latest edition looks at how life has changed for the weekly, three years after terrorists gunned down 11 people at its bureau in Paris. In other news, French police are outraged over a filmed attack on a female officer during New Years' Eve. Also, one mayor in France is upending the revered tradition of 'la bise', the two-cheek kiss greeting that she says is a waste of time and not hygienic!

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