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Why the French are taking to the streets
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe scene in Paris during protests over the death of Nahel Merzouk Benjamin Girette / Bloomberg via Getty Images France has become embroiled in protests...
France riots – live: Children as young as 12 detained for attacking police amid Paris protests
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoChildren as young as 12 or 13 have been detained for attacking law enforcement and setting fires...
France Plans to Keep Massive Police Presence to Quell Riots
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- French authorities will maintain a massive police deployment overnight in an effort...
'It's not riots - it's war', says police chief in French town where mayor's home was attacked
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe police chief in a French town reeling from an attack on its mayor's home has told Sky News his...
Riots in France Ease After Massive Police Deployment
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- Street unrest eased in France overnight after nearly a week of riots and looting touched off by a police officer’s killing of a teenager...
France riots: Why are there people protesting in Paris?
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe home of a Paris suburb mayor was ram-raided and set alight as his wife and children slept, in a...
UPDATE 4-France riots: mayors hold defiant rallies amid uneasy calm
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoDefiant gatherings were held outside town halls across France on Monday following a wave of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager of north African descent. Police made ...
France riots: Paris firefighter dies battling blaze in car park during sixth night of unrest
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA firefighter died battling a blaze in an underground car park in Paris during a sixth consecutive...
UPDATE 2-Tensions on France's streets ease, fewer arrests overnight
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoFewer than 160 people were arrested overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager of North African descent by a police officer, the ...
Crowds across France show solidarity at town halls targeted in rioting following police shooting
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoCrowds gathered at town halls across France Monday to show solidarity with local governments...
