Paris left reeling as student-led protests turn chaotic
Some 1,800 people arrested and hundreds injured during nationwide demonstrations attended by hundreds of thousands.
Al Jazeera English reports that some 1,800 people arrested and hundreds injured during nationwide demonstrations attended by hundreds of thousands.
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