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Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of "Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists not to kill, not to drink and drive, and to help fellow travelers in case of accidents.

An unusual document from the Vatican's office for migrants and itinerant people also warned that cars can be "an occasion of sin" — particularly when they are used for dangerous passing or for prostitution.

It warned about the effects of road rage, saying driving can bring out "primitive" behavior in motorists, including "impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code."

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PARIS (Reuters) - It's summer in Paris and the French
capital is preparing to offer bikes for anyone who
wants to take a ride. ADVERTISEMENT

By July 15, the city plans to park 10,648 bicycles at
750 stations and nearly double that by 2008, with
riders able to take bikes from one station and drop
them off at another.

Work on "Velib"' (short for 'free bike' in French) is
just starting, but it is already sparking enormous
interest.

The concept evolved from utopian bike-sharing programs
in Europe in the 1960s, aimed at reducing the use of