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FRANCE: Mont Blanc in danger of becoming 'mountain of rubbish'

The French mayor whose patch includes Mont Blanc says the peak is overrun with visitors and is in danger of becoming a "mountain of rubbish". At a public meeting this afternoon he put forward controversial plans to control climber numbers, currently up to 300 a day, with a system of licences.

ITN Source | September 23, 2006Watch more videos from ITN Source

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