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  "id": 11453440,
  "title": "Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/hundreds-of-french-high-schools-shut-as-new-violence-erupts-11453440",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-10-02T14:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261002/hundreds-of-french-high-schools-shut-as-new-violence-erupts"
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  "account": "French high school students ignited fires outside educational institutions and engaged in confrontations with law enforcement on Friday as a protest movement, now affecting over 560 schools across the country, continues unabated. This movement, which originated last week in the Paris region and swiftly expanded nationwide, involves teenagers in their final years of secondary education blocking school entrances and clashing with police. The students claim their academic schedules are excessively lengthy, conditions are subpar, including overheated classrooms, and there are frequent staff absences. \"For a whole year, we didn't have a science teacher. We don't have any textbooks,\" complained Simon, a 15-year-old who wished to remain anonymous outside Turgot high school in central Paris. \"And yet, we're the fortunate ones. The situation is even worse in the suburbs.\" The government acknowledges the students' grievances as legitimate but has denounced the accompanying \"urban violence.\" Students have accused law enforcement of employing excessive force, resulting in injuries from the frequent deployment of tear gas canisters to disperse the protests.",
  "summary": "PARIS — French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure or disrupted education at more than 560 establishments showed no sign of abating. The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage pupils at lycees in their final years of schooling block access…",
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        "published": "2026-10-02T04:00:23.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "About 400 French schools closed as student protests turn violent",
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        "title": "Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts",
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        "title": "Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts",
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        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts",
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        "published": "2026-10-02T11:24:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/hundreds-of-french-high-schools-shut-as-new-violence-erupts-11442658",
        "published": "2026-10-02T13:01:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/hundreds-of-french-high-schools-shut-as-new-violence-erupts-11449369",
        "published": "2026-10-02T13:42:03.000Z"
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