Saturday, March 18, 2006

Images: Paris Riots 2006, Sat. 18 Mar.

Flames erupt from a car and a motorbike in front of a hotel during clashes between youths and police that followed a student protest against the First Employment Contract (CPE), in Paris, March 16, 2006. REUTERS/Charles Platiau Dozens of students protest against the blockade of universities by striking students, in front of the Pantheon in Paris. French President Jacques Chirac appealed for calm after mass protests against youth job reforms erupted in violence, and as police prepared for even bigger weekend demonstrations.(AFP/Jacques Demarthon)
Demonstrators stand in front of the Sorbonne University during clashes between youths and gendarmes that followed a student protest against the First Employment Contract (CPE), Paris March 16, 2006. Socialist leaders have thrown their support behind tens of thousands of students who have rallied across the country to urge conservative Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to dump a new law they say will increase youth job insecurity. Picture taken on March 16, 2006. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Students demonstrate in Montpellier, as part of student protests planned today across France to force the government to drop the First Employment Contract. Groups of students faced off with riot police in sporadic incidents across France, as more than 150,000 marched in a show of force against the government over a contested youth jobs contract.(AFP/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)

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