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sentences that state something as happening or true
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1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The French have banned Halloween masks during anti-government protests across the country today as they predict yet another horror weekend of intense violence.
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they → ban → violence
At least 4,000 people have been arrested during disturbances over the past month, with hundreds wounded.
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hundreds → arrest → month
On Saturday, French interior minister Laurent Nunez said more rioting, looting and arson was inevitable on a 'high risk' day when 70,000 police and gendarmes would be on the street.
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police → say → street
He said 'face-covering masks will not be allowed,' despite the protests coinciding with Halloween, because there was 'a very high risk of public disorder'.
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masks → say → disorder
Mr Nunez said police were aware of multiple social media calls for Halloween gatherings urging protesters 'to spark a revolution'.
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police → say → revolution
Many called for people to dress up and gather for 'a night of darkness'.
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people → call → darkness
Police meanwhile banned demonstrations in the centre of many cities including Paris, where a march will take place out on the eastern section of the ring road on Saturday.
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march → ban → Saturday
Alain Di Crescenzo, the president of France's chamber of commerce, said businesses were 'extremely worried', as many shops boarded up their windows.
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shops → say → windows
French gendarmerie officers are pictured in Paris ahead of fresh protests anticipated on Saturday
Police vans are pictured in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the day of a protest organised by labour unions as part of nationwide protests
Two security guards are seen protecting the entrance to a shop for the luxry brand Dior
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guards → picture → brand
Shopkeepers can't wait for Saturday to be over,' said Mr Di Crescenzo.
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Crescenzo → wait → ?
'The information we have is that Halloween is not helping matters, because we're going to have people wearing masks.'
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we → have → masks
The French authorities have acknowledged intelligence failures that enabled earlier clashes, and have attempted to reassert control by restricting demonstrations and imposing curfews.
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that → acknowledge → curfews
The unrest followed weeks of demonstrations by high school students campaigning for the equivalent of around £9billion to be put into the education system.
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unrest → follow → system
But it has now mushroomed into a mass movement encompassing multiple groups, from trade unions to Black Bloc anarchists.
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it → mushroom → anarchists
Left-wing politicians have been accused of stirring up trouble, while they say that paramilitary police units have provoked the crowds.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the presidential candidate for the France Unbowed party, said too many tear gas canisters had been fired at peaceful demonstrators.
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canisters → accuse → demonstrators
He claimed: 'It seems that confrontation is the very goal of this public-order strategy.
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confrontation → claim → strategy
Worker install safeguards on a shop before protests are expected to begin on Saturday
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protests → install → Saturday
The French authorities have acknowledged intelligence failures that enabled earlier clashes
The boarded-up front window shop of luxury brand Dior on the Champs Elysees Avenue ahead of a protest in Paris
Among those on the streets on Saturday were the infamous Yellow Vests – or Gilets Jaunes – who brought chaos to France at the start of President Emmanuel Macron's time in office.
Opinion polls suggest Marine Le Pen, the far-Right National Rally candidate, could go head-to-head against Mr Mélenchon in the second round of the next presidential election in May.
She is currently appealing against a conviction for embezzling taxpayers' cash from the European Parliament, so could become the first convicted criminal to enter the Élysée Palace.
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She → enable → Palace
Mr Macron will be forced to stand down, having served the maximum two terms allowed for a serving head of state in France.
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Macron → force → France
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