In Paris there was a battle between Police and a couple hundred high school students who were protesting against the increase of the retirement age from 60 to 62. Police fired tear gas on the students who were hurling stones and setting cars on fire during one of several nationwide strikes and protests in France. A school in Le Mans, northwest France, was burned down Tuesday morning, but it was unclear if the apparent arson attack was linked to the protests. This was one of many protests going on around France. Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told a Europe radio station that the increase in protests is not a crisis, but warned future protesters that "the right to demonstrate does not mean the right to smash things up." Last Saturday was the last national day of protest, about a million people took part in a protest.
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Posted by Christine Steinbeiss
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