FRANCE: MARSEILLE: TEAR GAS USED ON RIOTING ENGLISH SOCCER FANS

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At least 100 football supporters - mostly English - were arrested in the southern French port city of Marseille on Sunday, the eve of the England-Tunisia World Cup match.
The arrests followed a day of ugly violence, with hundreds of England fans and French riot police involved in running battles.
The clashes were fuelled by alcohol and rage against pro-Tunisian fans who exchanged insults with the English supporters.
For the second consecutive day, drunken football violence reared its ugly head in the French port city of Marseille.
The streets resembled a battle zone as hundreds of English football fans ran riot, pelting French officers with bottles, bricks and other missiles.
Riot police hit back with tear gas and brought in hundreds of reinforcements.
But that didn't deter the rioters who continued to fight back.
Fans then turned their missiles on bystanders and rival supporters.
Eyewitnesses said a core of about 50 drunken fans who had been milling around the area all afternoon triggered the latest clashes.
As night fell on the historic city, the violence continued.
Several hundred more English fans joined in the ugly street violence, continuing to pelt French riot police with bottles, beer cans and other missiles.
Supporters made several attempts to attack the Old Port square from a side street but were repeatedly beaten back by police firing tear gas.
The successive waves of police charge and counter-charge spread the disturbances into an ever wider part of Marseille's old town.
Lines of police marched through the side streets, securing their grip on each one before moving on to flush out fans further from the original scene of the trouble, by the quayside.
In one approach road to the area, fighting broke out between English and Tunisian fans in front of a number of bars.
About five bar windows were smashed, tables and chairs overturned and bottles thrown.
They also trashed several cars parked in the streets.
Among those to join in the clashes was a large group of Tunisian supporters and a small group of Arabs.
Chanting slogans and waving their national flags, they occasionally dashed forward towards rival English supporters.
Fighting broke out between the two rival groups in front of a number of bars.
But groups that spilled onto the streets stayed close to the safety of the scores of heavily armed and protected riot police.
As many as 100 people were arrested, many of them English fans.
Several people also suffered minor injuries from flying debris.
The clashes came on the eve of England's debut match against Tunisia.
At least 10-thousand England fans have arrived in Marseille ahead of Monday's game, many without tickets.
There are fears that the failure to segregate England and Tunisian fans will prompt more violent clashes, before, during and after tomorrow's match at the Velodrome Stadium.
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