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French Senate passes pension overhaul (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

French Senator Isabelle Debre, right, votes on a pension reform for members of UMP, at the Senate in Paris, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. The French Senate is to vote on a pension reform, after the government short-circuited a protracted debate. The Senate is near certain to approve the measure, which raises the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62 later Friday, despite months of strikes and protests that reached a climax of radical action and scattered clashes this week. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Under pressure from the government, the French Senate voted Friday to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, a victory for President Nicolas Sarkozy after days of…

French police force open blockaded fuel depot (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

High school students shout slogans as striking railway workers burn railway tracks during a demonstration at the old port of Marseille October 21, 2010. France faced another day of strikes and confrontation on its streets on Thursday as the government grappled to restore fuel supply with senators just a few days away from voting on pension reform. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE - Tags: EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS POLITICS CIVIL UNREST EDUCATION)AP - 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…

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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Oil workers, youths, truckers defy French govt (AP)

October 18th, 2010

Youth clash with riot police officers, unseen, in Nanterre, outside Paris, Monday Oct. 18, 2010. French oil workers are intensifying their fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62, a conflict that has hobbled transport and sparked scattered gas shortages. French youth who have rallied to the cause, meanwhile, burned tires or set up blockades outside some schools in Paris and nearby suburbs on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - French oil workers defied the government’s demand Monday to get back to work and end fuel shortages, stepping up their fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s retirement reforms, as…

Oil workers defy French govt demand to open depots (AP)

October 18th, 2010

A board reading: 'Out of Fuel' at a deserted petrol station in Anglet, southwestern France, Sunday Oct. 17, 2010. Strikes and blockades at a dozen French refineries and oil depots are part of widespread protests against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)AP - French oil workers on Monday 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…

Fuel supplies low as French protest pension reform (AP)

October 16th, 2010

Students shoot slogans as they demonstrate in Paris, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Saturday's march from the Place de la Republique in Paris was the fifth in a full month of protests that have swept this nation of 64 million people, affecting trains, subways, airports, hospitals, schools and other facilities. Diesel and jet fuel supplies were running low Saturday in parts of France as workers took to the streets for another nationwide protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. (AP Photo Thibault/Camus)AP - Scattered fuel shortages rattled drivers and France’s main airport warned that some flights must arrive with enough fuel to get back home as hundreds of thousands marched Saturday…

France hits back at criticism on Gypsy roundups (AP)

September 15th, 2010

Romanian Roma women look at journalists after they and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are 'a disgrace' and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government fired back Wednesday at European Commission criticism of France’s crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, saying some of the complaints are unacceptable.


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Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies (AP)

September 4th, 2010

AP - A whistle-blowing, drum-beating crowd of thousands demonstrated in Paris on Saturday against expulsions of Gypsies as well as other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government.

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France defends Roma crackdown amid fresh expulsions (AFP)

August 19th, 2010

Romanian Roma people coming from France are pictured as they arrive at the Baneasa airport in Bucharest. France expelled scores of Roma, packing them on planes and flying them back to Romania Thursday at the start of a crackdown ordered by President Nicolas Sarkozy which has drawn strong criticism.(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)AFP - France was set to repatriate nearly 140 more Roma on Friday, a day after scores were flown back to Romania under a controversial crackdown ordered by President Nicolas…

French opposition: Sarkozy scapegoating minorities (AP)

August 1st, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Grenoble, French Alps, Friday, July 30, 2010. Nicolas Sarkozy came in Grenoble to install the new prefect after confrontations between youths and policemen, which came after a local resident suspected in the armed robbery of a casino was killed while fleeing police. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - French opposition lawmakers and media attacked a host of new government proposals targeting Gypsies and immigrants suspected of crimes, charging Sunday that President Nicolas Sarkozy was pandering to…

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