Students and workers held street protests, some of them violent, across France on Thursday while train drivers, teachers and others went on strike to reject a government reform relaxing the 35-hour workweek and other labour rules. A few dozen protesters who were mostly hooded or wearing masks broke off from a peaceful student demonstration in eastern Paris to hurl paint bombs at banks and stores. Some smashed cash machines with bats or set off smoke canisters while confronting the police.<br />No Comment | euronews: watch the international news without commentary | http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/
