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Policemen walk past burnt paper and fire extinguishers in the courtyard of the Sorbonne University in Paris, Saturday, March 11, 2006, after riot police stormed the marble-halled Sorbonne University early Saturday, pushing out some 200 students occupying the historic institution, some for three days, to protest a government jobs plan. New French President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised to modernize France's notoriously complex public services. The Sorbonne, one of the world's oldest universities in the heart of Paris, and the focal point of student protests last spring, paints a picture of what he's up against. The 17th Century Sorbonne chapel is seen behind. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)