(Fwd) [70] RIOTS AFTER ANTI-NATIONAL FRONT RALLY INJURE 20

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Riots after anti-National Front rally injure 20
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- Riot patrolmen battled protesters rallying against the
far-right National Front and proposed immigration laws in clashes that left at
least 20 people injured, police said today.

Police fired tear gas Tuesday evening at protesters outside a National Front
meeting in this southern city after some started throwing stones and bottles.
More than 30 people were detained for questioning after rioters looted shops,
smashed windows and vandalized cars.

The protest, which began peacefully, was over the recent election of National
Front mayor Catherine Megret in the nearby city of Vitrolles, and over
government plans to tighten immigration laws.

In Paris, 16,000 people protested the immigration bill as parliament began to
debate it Tuesday night. Ten people were arrested after some threw eggs, bottles
 and trash at riot police.

Opponents of the new law say the government is acting under pressure from the
National Front, which blames social ills -- including France's record-tying 12.7
 percent unemployment rate -- on immigration.




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