Some 4,000 protesters, according to organisers, and 3,000, according to police, turned out for the protests close to the village of Saint Remy-de-Maurienne in southeastern France in defiance of an official ban on the gathering
French police and protesters clash over Italy train project
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French police fired tear gas on Saturday as they clashed with protesters seeking to stop construction of a new high-speed train line between France and neighbouring Italy which opponents argue will wreck the fragile Alpine environment.Police then deployed tear gas when a faction of protesters began to hurl projectiles at security forces.