World IN BRIEF : FRANCE : Students Stage Protests for 2nd Day
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Tens of thousands of high school students across France poured into the streets, one day after 130,000 youths joined nationwide marches to demand better education and improved security on campus. The largest protests 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.
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