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"Yellow vest" protesters gather on the Champs-Elysées in Paris for the first time this year. Demonstrators are gathering around symbolic squares in France's major cities, insensitive to the government's concessions and the major national debate that will open in mid-January to bring out demands. IMAGES
Riot police fire tear gas to disperse "yellow vest" protesters on the Champs-Elysees in Paris during the fifth consecutive Saturday of demonstrations, which have so far been largely peaceful. IMAGES
Traffic resumes on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after the fifth round of the "yellow vest" protests, which saw a sharp decline in mobilisation. There were isolated incidents of tear gas and water cannons being used, but a fraction of the amount on the weekends of December 8 or December 1 when graffiti was daubed on the Arc de Triomphe. IMAGES
On a third day of unrest, clashes between "yellow vest" protesters and riot police break out on Paris' famed Champs-Élysées. Police fire tear gas, forcing the demonstrators to retreat. IMAGES
Demonstrators loot and torch shops and businesses on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, on the 18th straight weekend of "yellow vest" protests, characterised by an uptick in violence after weeks of dwindling turnout. 1ST IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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