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18 Nov 2018 16:31

One person was accidentally killed and more than 200 injured in large-scale protests against higher fuel taxes in France on Saturday. An estimated 250,000 people, many wearing yellow safety vests, turned out in about 2,000 locations around the country to block roads and highways. The new tax was supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, and demonstrators called for his resignation. Macron's approval rating was at a dismal 21 percent as of October. "We are not political people; we do not bel...
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