French suburb marks riot deaths anniversary

Mourners marched silently through the neglected Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois today to mark the deaths a year ago of two teenagers that ignited three weeks of riots in largely immigrant housing projects across France.

The outburst of anger at the accidental deaths of the youths, electrocuted in a power substation while hiding from police, grew into a broader challenge against the French state and its forces of order that has continued to simmer in the year since.