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(MENAFN) Thousands of demonstrators massed at Porte d’Italie in Paris on Saturday to protest soaring living costs and deteriorating conditions in schools, while heavily reinforced police deployments aimed to prevent a repeat of last weekend’s...

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(MENAFN) Police in Paris remained on high alert Saturday amid concerns about possible disturbances in the French capital, with a police spokesperson warning that "the threat exists" following violent incidents the previous week.

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(MENAFN) More than 500 protesters were locked in confrontations with police at Porte de Vincennes in eastern Paris on Saturday as the capital’s demonstration wound down, according to the city’s police prefecture.

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(MENAFN) French authorities reported 135 arrests across the country by Saturday afternoon as police used tear gas to disperse a gathering in Lyon and extended nighttime restrictions on unaccompanied minors in several northern cities, according to...

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(MENAFN) Nearly 1,000 people have been detained across France during nationwide demonstrations over rising living costs and failing education standards, and the toll is set to climb, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.

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(MENAFN) About 2,000 demonstrators defied a ban on protests in the southeastern French city of Lyon on Saturday, and police fired tear gas after fireworks were launched at security forces, local media reported.