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October 12, 2010

France Strikes Again As Pension Reforms Pass Into Law

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French unions launched fresh strikes on Tuesday to protest a rise in the retirement age, threatening open-ended action to force the government to back down, [...]
October 16, 2010

Fuel Supplies Threatened By French Strikes

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(Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images) Diesel and jet fuel are running low in parts of France as a month of nationwide strikes and protests continues, AP reports. [...]
October 15, 2010

Reserves Opened To Stop Fuel Panic

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RESERVE fuel supplies have been opened up after strikes closed down all French oil refineries and fears of petrol shortages have sparked panic buying. [...]
October 16, 2010

Strikes Threaten French Fuel Supply

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The French government has called for calm as industrial action against pension reform threatens fuel supplies. A strike in the oil sector has reduced output [...]
October 16, 2010

French Transport, Train Strikes Enter Second Day

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travelers and commuters in France faced a second straight day of disruptions and hassles Wednesday as unions pressed on with an open–ended strike to try [...]
October 13, 2010

Strikes To Shut Half Of France's Oil Refineries

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PARIS — Total oil group said on Wednesday that strikes by its workers were forcing it to shut down all six of its refineries in France -- half the total [...]
October 12, 2010

Air Passengers Face Delays Due To French Strikes

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The powerful CGT union called for rolling strikes from today at all French ports, which have already been badly disrupted by a localised dispute at the [...]
October 16, 2010

Protesters Rally Across France Over Pension Reforms

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Paris, France (CNN) -- France entered a fifth day of nationwide strikes Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, rallying against a [...]
October 12, 2010

Air Traffic Control Strike Leaving 2000 Irish In Lurch

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A spokesman at the Air France office in Dublin said "some" flights were cancelled due to the strike. Mr O'Leary said: "It's time the 'right to strike' in [...]
October 12, 2010

French Marseille Port Hit By Pension Reform Protest

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PARIS (Dow Jones)--France's Marseille port authority Tuesday said 85 ships have been affected by a 24-hour strike against pension reform, of which 56 are [...]
October 12, 2010

Faisal Shahzad, French Terror Arrests, And Drone Strikes: Evidence Of A ...

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The police there then shared what they learned from that suspect with the French authorities. And the drone strikes that killed the alleged German and [...]
October 14, 2010

Navigating The Strike: A Traveller's Survival Guide (Oct. 14)

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Ongoing strikes in protest of pension reform continue to disrupt France's transport system after millions of workers and students marched across the country [...]
October 15, 2010

French Strikes Threaten Fuel Supply

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Authorities restored access to three depots on Friday morning in an attempt to ease disruption, after the nation's 12 French oil refineries went on strike. [...]
October 13, 2010

Record Turnout For Pensions Protests

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Air travel should no longer be affected: Air France's 24-hour strike has ended and air traffic controllers are back in work. Some targeted power cuts are [...]
October 12, 2010

Rail Unions Join French Strike Action

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France's rail unions have added to the government's woes by calling for rolling strike action from October 12. Other national strikes are also planned for [...]
October 16, 2010

France Set For Further Pension Protests

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France is bracing itself for further mass protests over the government's plan to raise the retirement age. Strikes have shut most of France's oil refineries [...]
October 13, 2010

French Strike Enters 2nd Day

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By the CNN Wire Staff Paris, France (CNN) -- French unions were holding a second straight day of strikes Wednesday, a day after more than a million people [...]
October 13, 2010

French Strikes Bring France To A Halt

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Owing to the strike in France, intercity trains to Paris are running at only one third of normal frequency. Rural train services are more seriously [...]
October 12, 2010

Unions Threaten Petrol Supplies

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THE RISK of a petrol shortage in France has intensified, as a strike by port workers in Marseille has entered its third week and spread to other parts of [...]
October 12, 2010

French Unions Strike Over Pension Reform

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By the CNN Wire Staff Paris, France (CNN) -- French unions began an open-ended strike Tuesday over pension reforms days after the Senate approved raising [...]
October 17, 2010

Students Become Part Of French Strike

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which has been crippled by strikes. Resistance grows to the government's plan for pension reform with numbers of young people now out of work in France. [...]
October 15, 2010

All French Refineries Blocked As Strikes Over Raising Retirement Age Enter Day 4

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PARIS (AP) - The head of an oil workers unions says strikes have spread to all of France's refineries, though disturbances in schools and the transport [...]
October 16, 2010

French Oil Boss Stresses Strikes Cause For Concern

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MARRAKECH, Morocco — The chairman of the French oil company Total acknowledged Friday that French strikes which have blocked refineries was cause for [...]
October 14, 2010

Strikes Over Pensions Paralyse French Oil Refining

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PARIS: Nationwide strikes paralysed France's oil refining industry on Thursday, with only one out of 12 plants operating normally and some petrol stations [...]
October 15, 2010

French Strikes Continue To Disrupt Rail Travel

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Travellers in France are facing further disruption today, as bus and rail workers begin a second day of strikes in protest against proposed pension reforms. [...]

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