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Nationwide protests in France largely peaceful, but violence flares up in Paris

# Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in France yesterday, with largely peaceful rallies giving way to clashes ​in Paris and Marseille as night fell. French law enforcement agencies deployed more than 70-thousand police officers across the country, preventing a repeat of last week’s unrest. The Interior Ministry said more than 400-thousands people ‌took part in protests, though unions said the true figure was twice as high.The main demonstration took place on the southeastern fringes of Paris, where at least 110-thousand people turned out to denounce rising living costs and growing inequality.