French students, police clash in labor protests

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This story really does just blog itself. All I have to add is "Viva La Resistance!"

So to quote a close, personal friend of mine (who returns to active duty tomorrow, and you won't believe what's grinding his gears this week), here's the story:

PARIS - Students clashed with police and activists rampaged through a McDonald’s restaurant and torched the entrance to a Gap store in the capital Saturday as demonstrations against a government plan to loosen job protections spread in a widening arc across France.

The protests against the law, which drew some 500,000 people in cities across the country, were the biggest show yet of escalating anger that is testing the strength of the conservative government before elections next year.

The rallies and marches were largely peaceful, but police fired tear gas during confrontations with stone-throwing youths in Paris. Four officers and 12 protesters were injured, and police arrested at least 59 people, Paris officials said.

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