Paris, France<br />
April 4, 2006<br />
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Near Place de la Republic nearly 500,000 people demonstrate in Paris, as part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests to call for the complete abrogation of the unpopular First Employment Contract (CPE). Gangs of youths clashed with riot police who responded with tear gas as violence erupted in Paris and other French cities after more than a million people protested against an unpopular youth jobs plan.