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PARIS | The Latest: Paris police arrest dozens during protests

PARIS | The Latest: Paris police arrest dozens during protests

PARIS — The Latest on France protests (all times local):

3 p.m. Belgian police say a man has died after he crashed his car into a truck at a protesters’ roadblock on the Franco-Belgian border.

The accident brings to seven the number of protest-related deaths since a wave of anti-government yellow vest demonstrations began sweeping France more than a month ago.

Jonathan Pfund, a press officer at…

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PARIS | 21 detained before Paris protests as police deploy in force

PARIS | 21 detained before Paris protests as police deploy in force

PARIS — Paris police deployed in large numbers Saturday for the fifth straight weekend of demonstrations by the “yellow vest” protesters, with authorities repeating calls for calm after protests on previous weekends turned violent. At least 21 people were detained beforehand.

Security forces in riot gear were positioned around central train stations and along the famed Champs-Elysees boulevard,…

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PARIS | Strong police presence in Paris before planned protests

PARIS | Strong police presence in Paris before planned protests

PARIS — A strong police presence has deployed in Paris before planned demonstrations by the “yellow vest” protesters, with authorities repeating calls for calm after previous violet protests and rioting.

Security forces in riot gear were deployed Saturday morning around central train stations and along the famed Champs-Elysees boulevard, where shops were closed and boarded up in anticipation of…

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