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French fuel depots forced open amid strikes (AP)

October 20th, 2010

Youth jumps over a burning garbage bin during clashes in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Some airliners steered clear of France and police clashed with stone-throwing youths Tuesday as a new round of nationwide strikes and protests over a bill raising the retirement age to 62 kicked off. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - French authorities have forced some fuel depots to reopen to ensure gasoline supplies disrupted by nationwide strikes over a bill to raise the retirement age to 62.


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