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Strikes hurt travel for France’s school holidays (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

A man rides his bicycle as stationary oil and gas tankers wait off Fos sur Mer, southern France, Friday Oct. 22, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered regional authorities to intervene and force open fuel depots, accusing the strikers of holding ordinary people and the French economy 'hostage.' French riot police forced open a strategic fuel refinery Friday that had been a bastion of resistance to President Nicolas Sarkozy's bid to raise the retirement age to 62, in a bid to end gasoline shortages. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)AP - Travelers in France are facing another day of spotty train service and gas shortages as strikes against the government’s pension reform enter their twelfth straight day.


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France’s Sarkozy: We’ll crack down on protests (AP)

October 19th, 2010

A children's amusement toy plane, is seen at Nice airport , southern France,Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. French oil workers on Tuesday defied the government's demand to get back to work and end scattered fuel shortages, stepping up their fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. Schools, trains, public transport and even garbage collection in Nice have been blocked by strikes to pressure Sarkozy to back down.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is pledging to crack down on “troublemakers” attacking police at protests against a proposed higher retirement age.


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