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French police fired tear gas at about 150 protesters in Lyon on Saturday, October 24, after they briefly tried to block a road near the city centre, where demonstrations had been banned. The interior ministry mobilised 70,000 security personnel nationwide to counter a 'high' threat of violence, a week after riots, looting and vandalism that led to some 2,700 arrests. In Paris, shops boarded up their windows and the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay closed, though police described the capital as 'calm' at midday. Thousands also marched in Orléans against Marine Le Pen's National Rally, which opened its congress there to launch a campaign for elections in six months; police counted 11,000 people and organisers 26,000. Amnesty International said the measures were 'jeopardising the right to demonstrate peacefully'.
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