Paris bans rallies to avert riots

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Updated: Saturday, 12

November 2005, 05:30 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paris bans rallies to avert riots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residents of riot

hotspots staged a sit-in near the Eiffel Tower

 

 

 

A

ban on all public meetings likely to provoke disturbances is due to come into

effect in the French capital.

The measure will begin at 0900 GMT on Saturday

and end at 0700 GMT on Sunday.

Police say the move followed calls for " violent acts "

in Paris on Saturday, contained in e-mail and

text messages.

Rioting that erupted two weeks ago is now less

intense across France. But unrest continued on Friday night, as more than

380 cars were set on fire.

Two police officers were wounded and

162 people detained across France. But the

figures were slightly lower than those reported the previous night.

Petrol bombs were also thrown at a mosque in

the southern town of Carpentras

during prayers, but did only minor damage and caused no casualties,

local officials said.

The situation in the French capital was

" calm with nothing to report " ,

according to Paris

police.

Night curfews for youths are still in force in several areas,

following the unrest in impoverished immigrant communities.

Police have blocked large areas of central Paris ahead of

ceremonies to commemorate the end of World War I.

The national police chief pledged " extra vigilance " by

officers in the Paris region this weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4430540.stm

 

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