Paris museums close, shops build barricades ahead of more protests

CBS News reports: Major museums in Paris closed and authorities deployed a sizable police force for a round of new protests Saturday across France, hoping to prevent a repeat of last week's violent unrest that shocked the country.France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said as many as 70,000 officers will be deployed nationwide, along with helicopters, armored vehicles and water cannons.A massive turnout is expected again after more than half a million took to the streets last week.Major museums including the Louvre, Orsay Museum, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais - where a Cézanne exhibit is on display - are closed Saturday.

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