Hundreds of people marched in a silent tribute to two teenagers whose death exactly one year ago sent a wave of urban riots surging through France, sparking the country’s most serious social crisis in 30 years. French authorities were on alert for a new flare-up of violence after youth gangs, some carrying handguns, torched — and in one case hijacked — three buses near Paris on Wednesday, but police reported no major trouble overnight. In Clichy-sous-Bois, the poor northeast Paris suburb where the riots erupted on October 27, 2005, around 1,000 people, most of them youngsters, filed quietly Friday morning past the spot where the two boys died. ‘Once again, France and the world are watching us,’ the mayor of Clichy Claude Dilain told the crowd. ‘We need the calm, dignity and courage that are visible here to prevail. Let us show them who we really are.’ ‘Let’s not give anyone cause to point the finger at us,’ added local association leader Samir Mihi. Many of the marchers wore white T-shirts printed with the words ‘Zyed and Bouna, Dead for nothing.’ Zyed Benna, 17, and Bouna Traore, 15, both from immigrant families of African […]