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Brief skirmishes broke out Sunday evening in Argenteuil on the outskirts of Paris the day after the death of an 18-year-old man in a motocross accident near a police car. The public prosecutor's office in Pontoise has opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the accident. IMAGES
Young pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the Pantheon in Paris, while French police intervened at the capital's prestigious Sciences Po university to remove activists who had occupied the building to denounce the Israeli military offensive in Gaza. IMAGES
L'histoire vraie de la première femme à avoir traversé la Manche à la nage: Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle, en 1926. Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle était une nageuse de compétition originaire de Manhattan, qui a remporté la médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques de 1924. Elle avait décidé de se lancer dans la course pour traverser la Manche face à d'autres femmes, et financé son projet en vendant son histoire à deux journaux. Avant elle, seulement cinq hommes avaient réussi cet exploit. De retour à New-York, victorieuse, elle avait été accueillie en héroïne par deux millions de personnes.
Around a hundred people gather in front of Paris secondary school Maurice-Ravel in support of its principal who resigned on Wednesday after receiving death threats following an altercation with a student demanding she remove her Muslim veil. French politicians from across the spectrum Wednesday have expressed dismay at the principal's resignation. IMAGES
Police block a street in Aubervilliers, a Paris suburb, where a young man died after the scooter he was riding collided with a police car. A parked van also bears marks from the violent impact.. IMAGES