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A demonstrator holds a placard reading "Working more and living less" during the demonstration, Tuesday Sept.7, 2010 in Paris. French unions challenged unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy with a major nationwide strike over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, cutting service on trains, planes, buses and subways.
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French unions test Sarkozy in massive pensions strike
| Wednesday, September 08, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Brian Love | Reuters | PARIS: French trade unions said 2.5 million people took to the streets on Tuesday to protest over pension reforms that Pre... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
A demonstrator holds a banner reading "Get Out" showing President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Labor Minister Eric Woerth during the demonstration, Tuesday Sept.7, 2010 in Paris. French unions challenged unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy with a major nationwide strike over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, cutting service on trains, planes, buses and subways
France   Labor   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy   		 The Jordan Times 
French workers stage mass protest against pension reform
| PARIS (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of French workers took to the streets Tuesday to challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62, the centrepiece of his reform agend... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
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UN: No food crisis looms despite Russia wheat ban
| ROME-No global food crisis appears to be looming despite a Russian wheat shortfall that has helped lift prices to their highest level in two years, but volatile food commodities markets need better ... (photo: WN / Geeta)
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A worker gives instructions to commuters for alternative transport routes in front of an electronic information board giving details about strike action on London's underground transport system in central London's Paddington train station, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010  The New York Times 
Commuters Walloped by Strikes in France, London
| Filed at 5:00 a.m. ET | PARIS (AP) -- Public transit ground to a halt across France and on the London Tube on Tuesday, with tourists and commuters bearing the brunt of a wave of discontent over gove... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Commuters are seen in a crowded train of the Paris subway, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. French unions launched a major strike Tuesday over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, with walkouts causing headaches for travelers and commuters. Business Report
French unions test Sarkozy in pensions strike
  | * Unions want 2 million on streets against pension reform | Submit your comment | French trade unions mounted a show of strength on Tuesday with strikes backed b... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
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| There was a whiff of a fresh, woody smell in the air when the luxury brand Hermes launched a new perfume at Nilgiri room, Oberoi hotel on Wednesday. Le Voyage D'Hermes,... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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People shout slogans during a protest on the Old-Port in Marseille, southern France, Thursday June 24, 2010. 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. Daily Star Lebanon
Sarkozy faces mass protests against pension reform
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Tuesday, September 07, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Rory Mulholland | Agence France Presse | PARIS: Strikes broke out Monday on the eve o... (photo: AP / Claude Paris)
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A Roma rights activist holds a drawing depicting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, during a protest in front of the French embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. The New York Times
East European Eyes on France's Roma Policy
| PARIS — After a summer marked by a needless quarrel over how to treat their Roma population, the French seem on course for an autumn of discontent over issues muc... (photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda)
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Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain listens to a question during a press conference following the qualifying session at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Saturday, March 27, 2010. Alonso awaits title fate Al Jazeera
Alberto Contador of Spain, wears the overall leader's yellow jersey on the podium after the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 187.5 kilometers (116.5 miles) with start in Pamiers and finish in Bagneres-de-Luchon, Pyrenees region, France, Monday, July 19, 2010. Contador plans to ride 2011 Tour of Spain Zeenews
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A demonstrator holds a banner reading "Get Out" showing President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Labor Minister Eric Woerth during the demonstration, Tuesday Sept.7, 2010 in Paris. French unions challenged unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozy with a major nationwide strike over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, cutting service on trains, planes, buses and subways French workers stage mass protest against pension reform The Jordan Times
Technicians work at the reactor building of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, some 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Iran inaugurated two minor plants at its Bushehr nuclear reactor on Tuesday, showing Powers urge defiant Iran to cooperate with IAEA The Star
Men walk past a financial display board in central London, Monday Oct. 6, 2008. Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth. By midafternoon Europe time, Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, lost 245.70 to 4,734.55 _ a 4.93 percent fall. The declines were led by the banking industry, with the mining and oil industries also suffering Questions About Banks Push European Indexes Lower The New York Times
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A view of chinar (maple) trees during autumn in Srinagar on November 08, 2009. Trees are changing colours while the days become shorter as winter approaches in the Kashmiri summer capital of Srinagar. And now for a very peculiar autumn The Guardian
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