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03/29/2006:

"Mass protests on the streets of France"

· Organisers claim 3m people join marches
· Sarkozy floods Paris with 4,000 riot police

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of France yesterday, disrupting schools and transport in a nationwide strike to pressure the prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, to withdraw his controversial new employment law.
Organisers of the marches claimed that three million people joined marches with major demonstrations in Marseille, Bordeaux and a dozen cities and towns across the country. In Paris, unions estimated that 700,000 people joined the biggest and most heavily policed demonstration that snaked its way to Place de la Republique over several hours led by students, schoolchildren and trade unionists, including striking Air France workers.
guardian.co.uk