Police use tear gas against violent student protesters in Paris

French police are using tear gas to quell pockets of violence on the edges of a Paris protest by high school students.

Skirmishes are breaking out between police and demonstrators on the Boulevard du Montparnasse on the Left Bank of Paris. Plain clothes police officers have been charging small groups of protesters. Some marchers have been setting off fire crackers. Thousands of students are taking part in Thursday's march to protest job cuts in junior highs and high schools. The French TV station LCI says about 19,000 students are in the street. (AP)