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Protesters, including labour victim Yang Geum-deok, gather in front of the National Assembly in Seoul holding anti-government placards after South Korea announced plans to compensate victims of Japan's forced wartime labour. IMAGES
Seoul, Jun 7 (EFE/EPA).- South Korea's Central District Court dismissed Monday a damages suit filed by 85 South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan and their families against 16 Japanese companies, saying the plaintiffs don't have litigation rights. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: VICTIMS OF JAPAN'S FORCED LABOR DURING THE JAPANESE COLONIAL RULE OF KOREA (1910-45) ARRIVE TO HEAR A COURT'S RULING AT THE SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT IN SEOUL,SOUTH KOREA.
Civil servants in Paris turn out in low numners to march in an attempt to wrest pay rises from the French government despite a tight budgetary situation. IMAGES
French police officers protest to press their claim for extra pay during this summer's Paris Olympics, underlining the threat of strikes and disruption to the Games. IMAGES
Several French political figures, including Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and former President François Hollande, are taking part in the ceremonies commemorating the January 2015 attacks and paying tribute to the Charlie Hebdo victims and to police lieutenant Ahmed Merabet. IMAGES
Supporters of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori gather outside the prison where he is being held in the outskirts of Lima, a day after Peru's Constitutional Court ordered his release. Fujimori, 85, has been serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s. IMAGES