CNN.com - France hit by new mass�protests - Apr 4, 2006

CNN.com - France hit by new mass�protests - Apr 4, 2006: "PARIS, France (CNN) -- Protesters took to the streets of France Tuesday for a fifth 'day of action,' hoping to kill a new labor law that will allow employers to more easily hire and fire first-time workers 26 years old and younger.

Protesters were on the streets of 150 French cities. An estimate by the leaders of the union CGT put the turnout at more than three million, but the French Interior Ministry put its crowd estimate at 935,000.

Between one million and three million protesters turned out for a previous day of action on March 28, but the situation has changed. French President Jacques Chirac has signed the proposal into law, but has asked the French parliament to amend it to soften its effects."