Fresh rally against French airport plans Notre-Dame-Des-Landes, France (AFP) Mar 01, 2016 - Thousands of demonstrators, some arriving by bicycle, some driving tractors, rallied Saturday to protest at a controversial airport development near the western French city of Nantes. In the latest round in a long-running dispute, organisers put turnout at 50,000, although police put the number at 15,000, albeit twice their estimate for a similar protest last month. Sporadic violence mar ... more

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