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Tear gas fired in 3rd day of clashes in Nanterre, Lyon scuffles

(20 Oct 2010) SHOTLIST Lyon 1. Various of people on Place Bellecour 2. Reverse shot of police watching protesters gathering 3. Group of youths crossing road 4. Riot police walking 5. Various tracking shots of youths walking along street 6. Tracking shot of riot police 7. Group of youths gathered, one holding flare 8. Mid of group of youths walking 9. Mid of scuffles between youths and riot police, youths scatter and police fire tear gas in their direction, pan to more police 10. Various of helicopter flying above Nanterre, Paris suburb 11. Wide of riot police in front of prefecture building 12. Wide of youths running down street 13. Wide of "tranquillity team" mediators in red jackets talking to youths 14. Youths approaching police, throwing stones 15. Wide of tear gas in street 16. Mid of youths on street 17. Wide of police vans on street 18. Various of youths, tear gas 19. Helicopter flying above 20. Various of riot police STORYLINE Hooded teenagers rampaged through the Paris suburb of Nanterre and clashes broke out between police and youths in the southern city of Lyon as protests continued on Wednesday against the government's proposed pension reform. The government threatened to send in elite paramilitary officers to quell the violence in Nanterre, where youths hurled stones and bottles and breaking windows in stores and city hall. Riot officers in Nanterre sprayed tear gas but appeared unable to stop the violence in the town, the site of days of clashes around a high school shuttered by protests over a proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 to help prevent the pension system from going bankrupt. About 100 students blocked the school entrance and part of highway in front of the school, while a "tranquillity team" of about 30 adults in special red jackets sought to keep things calm. Then about 100 other youths arrived and started darting through the town streets, smashing store windows and throwing stones. Some store owners lowered metal blinds to avoid looting. Nine police vans were parked in the surrounding area. The sidewalks of Nanterre were littered with glass from bus shelters and illuminated signs that had been smashed on Tuesday. All the vehicles were removed on Wednesday from the street in front of the school, because a car had been torched there the day before. In Lyon, police used force and tear gas in an attempt to push back protesters. After months of largely peaceful disruptions, many protests erupted into violence this week as President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed that his conservative party would pass the reform in a Senate vote expected on Thursday. This week's clashes revived memories of student unrest in 2006 that forced the government to abandon another highly unpopular labour bill. And the spectre of 2005 riots that spread through poor housing projects nationwide with disenfranchised immigrant populations is never far away. Students plan new protests on Thursday, with a demonstration in Paris hours before the Senate is expected to approve the retirement measure. Many workers feel the change would be a first step in eroding France's social benefits - which include long vacations, contracts that make it hard for employers to lay off workers and a state-subsidised health care system in flavour of "American-style capitalism." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...