French strike over plans to raise retirement age (AP)

AP - Many French trains stood still, schoolchildren played instead of studied and post offices were shuttered as workers nationwide went on strike Thursday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to raise the retirement age to 62.

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