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WATCH: Algeria reminds France of colonial-era crackdown during Paris Olympics ceremony
Historians say some Algerian 120 protesters died and 12,000 were arrested as they demonstrated in 1961 in support of independence from France, then colonial ruler. Some were thrown in the Seine River by police. read more Algeria reminded France of a …