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French Fuel Tax Protests Grow in Numbers, Violence

French police clashed with demonstrators across the country for an eighth straight day Saturday as thousands protested rising fuel costs. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said more than 100,000 protesters took to the streets nationwide, with 8,000 on the famed Champ-Elysees boulevard of Paris. There were 130 arrests across the country. Paris police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who had built barricades and torn down traffic lights and street signs, evoking...


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