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Bangladesh opposition strikes over ex-PM’s eviction (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - A country-wide day-long general strike called by the main opposition party began to take hold across Bangladesh Sunday, following overnight violence that killed at least three people and…

French strikes lose steam, garbage workers return (AP)

October 26th, 2010

Garbage collectors began tackling Marseille's reeking mounds of trash in the center of Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Striking garbage collectors in Marseille faced 9,000 tons of garbage that have piled up in the streets in the last two weeks. The FO union voted Monday evening to end the protest out of concerns over 'hygiene and safety.' City authorities said it would take four to five days before France's second-largest city starts looking, and smelling, like itself. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - France’s finance minister declared that anti-austerity protests had reached “a turning point” Tuesday as garbage collectors began tackling Marseille’s reeking mounds of trash and a few French oil…

France: Strikes costing up to $557 million per day (AP)

October 25th, 2010

Striking employees sit next to a fire, as they block the main entrance of a waste incineration plant, in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's approval rating has sunk to its lowest level yet, a new poll says, as protests over his pension reforms left the country struggling with gas shortages, travel chaos and school shutdowns. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - France’s massive strikes are costing the national economy up to euro400 million ($557 million) each day, the French finance minister said Monday as workers continued to block oil…

France: Strikes costing up to $560 million per day (AP)

October 25th, 2010

People walk by rubbish piled in a street of Marseille. President Nicolas Sarkozy's government warned that strikes against pension reform have cost up to three billion euros and threaten to derail France's still fragile economy recovery.(AFP/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)AP - France’s massive strikes are costing the national economy up to euro400 million ($562 million) each day, the French finance minister said Monday, as workers continued to block ports,…

Sarkozy approval at record low amid French strikes (AP)

October 24th, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Francophonie Summit in Montreux, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. The Summit takes place from Oct. 22 to 24 in Montreux. Some 70 heads of state and 3,000 delegates attend the summit that will focus on issues of global governance and democracy, sustainable development and cultural diversity. (AP Photo/Dominic Favre, Pool)AP - A new poll suggests French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest level yet amid pension protests that have sparked gas shortages, travel chaos and…

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 struggles to import gasoline amid strikes (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 - The French government says fuel shortages caused by strikes will go on for several more days.


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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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France: New Wave of Strikes as Sarkozy Remains Defiant (Time.com)

October 19th, 2010

Time.com - As France’s controversial pension reform nears legislative approval, demonstrators unleash a sixth wave of protests

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French strikes hit airlines, trucking, gas pumps (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 - Airlines flying into France were ordered to slash schedules — and to bring enough fuel for the trip out. Gas stations ran short or dry, while truckers jammed…

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