Two days after a general strike and huge demonstrations, students and workers took to the streets again on Saturday.
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A protest scene in Paris on Saturday. In an early assessment, the authorities said there were fewer protesters than there had been on previous weekends.
Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the worldโs second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay.
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A demonstrator hurled back a tear gas shell fired by the police in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
The government designated the protest group as a terrorist organization last year, prompting criticism. The countryโs Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the ban on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of people were detained over the weekend outside the U.S. Embassy in London after staging a protest supporting Palestine Action.
Thousands, potentially in masks and costumes, are expected on the streets on Saturday, prompting the authorities to prepare another vast security response.
Thousands, potentially in masks and costumes, are expected on the streets on Saturday, prompting the authorities to prepare another vast security response.
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Protesters advancing toward riot police during a protest on the streets of Paris last Saturday.
As arson, looting and destruction overwhelmed Rue Beaurepaire, some residents pleaded with rioters to stop. Others hid out of fear. Many dread a repeat.
The bar La Barrique on Rue Beaurepaire in Paris was set on fire during violence that grew out of protests on Oct. 17. Looting, burglary and other destruction also occurred on the three-block-long street.
รdouard Philippe, the leading centrist candidate in Franceโs presidential race, has struggled in the polls since widespread protests broke out across the country last month.
Franceโs second city, five years into a presidential development plan, is grappling with the social strains that have fueled protests across the country.
Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.
Supporters of the opposition movement that won Sundayโs election stormed the offices of a pro-government tabloid. Another news outlet apologized for years of โone-sidedโ coverage.
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Supporters of the Student List opposition bloc in Belgrade, Serbiaโs capital, on Monday, celebrating its victory in the national elections.
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