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France Hit By a Day of Protest as Workers Take to The Streets

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France Hit By a Day of Protest as Workers Take to The Streets   Taxi drivers, teachers, farmers, and air traffic controllers between staff taking industrial action in the country   Taxi drivers show by blocking traffic and burning tires on the ring road in Paris. Police tear gas was fired to hit the French taxi drivers who tried to march down a main bypass Paris in a day of protests against the non-traditional automotive services like Uber. Hundreds of taxi drivers were stationed on roads leading to the airport and a major intersection in the west of Paris. Riot tear gas police to keep dozens of drivers who tried to block the road near the Porte Maillot. Some drivers set fire to car tires. Drivers are protesting against what they see as unfair competition from Uber and other private hire taxis are not licensed, and are looking for compensation. "Economic terrorism!" Read one banner at the demonstration Porte Maillot. Police said they made 20 ar...

Latest News: France striker first names as the massacre of refugees reignites row

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France striker first names as the massacre of refugees reignites row French police questioned on Sunday, relatives of one of the suicide bombers who brought carnage to Paris as a class throug hout Europe in the refugee crisis re-ignited, with conservatives demanding an end to "the days of uncontrolled immigration." He said the Paris public prosecutor Francois Moulin told reporters that three jihadist cells launched coordinated strikes on Friday night in bars, playground hall for concerts and football, killing 129 people and injuring 352, of whom 99 were in serious condition. Prosecutors said the slaughter - claimed by the Islamic State in retaliation for French military action in Syria and Iraq - appeared to involve a multinational team with links to the Middle East, and Belgium, and probably Germany as well as the French-rooted home-grown. And representatives of the Belgian prosecutor said that two French nationals gunmen who were living in Brussels. T...