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AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France, Nov. 4 - France's worst urban violence in a decade exploded for a ninth night on Friday as bands of youths roamed the immigrant-heavy, working-class suburbs of Paris, setting fire to dozens of cars and buildings while the government struggled over the violence and the underlying frustrations fueling it. The unrest, which has also spread to other parts of France with large North African and Arab populations, prompted the American and Russian governments to warn citizens visiting Paris to avoid its poor, outlying neighborhoods. France reduced train service to Charles de Gaulle Airport after two trains became targets...

Rioting has spread to more suburbs of Paris on a sixth night of unrest in the outskirts of the French capital.At Aulnay-sous-Bois, cars were torched as gangs of youths hurled stones at police in riot gear, who responded by firing rubber bullets. But the epicentre of the trouble, Clichy-sous-Bois, was said to be calm, with a heavy police presence. The unrest was sparked by the death of two boys whom locals think were fleeing police, despite official denials. Correspondents say anger has been fuelled by a tear gas canister hurled into the town's mosque on Sunday night, and arrests. French...