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French farmers torch hay on Paris' Champs-Elysees

October 16, 2009 By The Associated Press  RACHEL KUROWSKI (Associated Press Writer)

PARIS (AP) — French farmers struggling with slumping grain prices blanketed the Champs-Elysees with bales of hay and set them ablaze Friday and blocked highways around the country as they demanded government help.

About 150 farmers blocked traffic and unloaded hay and tires onto the most famous shopping street in Paris. The protesters set the hay on fire but firefighters quickly extinguished...

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