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French Unrest Tapers Off After Security Measures Imposed

French protests largely died down after authorities rolled out tougher security measures, including targeted curfews, following cost-of-living protests over the weekend that degenerated into violence, vandalism and looting.

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French Unrest Tapers Off as Tougher Security ImposedFrench protests largely died down after authorities rolled out tougher security measures, including an 11 p.m. curfew that was put in place in some areas of Paris on Monday night, along with restrictions in other cities. Protests drew more than half a million people across the country, but the demonstrations soon deteriorated into violence, vandalism and…

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