WORLD : French Student Protests Spread
Tens of thousands of high school students around France poured into the streets today, one day after 130,000 youths joined nationwide marches to demand better education and improved security on campus.
The largest protests today involved 8,000 students in Besancon, 6,000 in Toulouse, and 4,000 each in Reims and Vannes, police reported. Smaller marches unfolded in Marseilles, Nancy, Metz, Belfort, Dijon, Nevers and Mulhouse.
No violence or arrests were reported, although a police officer directing traffic away from the march in Marseilles was slightly injured when accidentally struck by a car.
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