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France on Saturday staged a nationwide protest against the ongoing Iraqi war, calling for immediate halt of the war from the United States and return of peace to the Iraqi people.
In the capital, called by more than 100 political parties and communities, about 100,000 people marched through the downtown,, shouting slogans "Halt to war, maintaining peace in the Middle East".
Old Marie Carmen told the reporters "The (Iraqi) war is formidable and against humanity. Terrified by the ongoing bombings on Iraq showed in TV screens, I cannot go to sleep."
Some Americans living in Paris also voiced their strong opposition to the US-led war against Iraq. Leading the demonstration, they held up slogans against the war.
Also on Saturday, large-scale anti-war demonstrations were held in other major cities of Marseilles, Lyon, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Rouans.
(Xinhua News Agency March 23, 2003)
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