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For the fourth time this month, protesters took to the streets in France to protest pending labor reform, as President Hollande continues to struggle against low popularity figures and a resistant unemployment rate hovering at 10 percent. Hundreds of thousands of workers and students were estimated to be involved, higher than previous protests, and while most gatherings were peaceful, several involved violence, including hooded youth jumping on cars and throwing projectiles in Paris, Lyons, and Nantes. More than 100 people were arrested, and at least 13 officers were injured. President Hollande had already removed a clause capping severance pay awards earlier this month before releasing the reform proposal; Wednesday's protests, which continued into Thursday, came after he backed down on another proposed bill that would remove French citizenship from convicted terrorists.