France's unwelcome annual tradition

Updated January 2 2013 - 2:08pm, first published 1:59pm

Hundreds of empty, parked cars go up in flames in France each New Year’s Eve, set on fire by young revellers, a much lamented tradition that remained intact this year with 1193 vehicles burned, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said.

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