French trains almost back to normal after strike
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France's train network was almost back to normal on Saturday following two days of crippling strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform plans.
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COMMUTERS packed aboard the few trains running and surgeons handled only emergency operations as strikes over job cuts and pay disrupted rail services and hospitals throughout France yesterday.
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Switzerland's reputation for punctuality has survived intact after the first major change to the train timetable in 20 years went like clockwork.
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Trams returned to Paris on Saturday after a 69-year gap, with the inauguration of a new commuter service around part of the city's southern periphery.
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Ivory Coast's main city begins returning to normal after anti-French riots following a call for people to return to work.
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As a 48-hour strike by railway signal workers ends, signs are showing of a possible breakthrough.
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French commuters struggled to work Thursday as public transport workers put President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform plans to the test with a 24-hour strike in defence of pension privileges.
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France faced a second day of paralysed public transport Friday as two rail unions continued to strike over planned pension reforms and services only slowly started to resume.
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France faced a second day of paralysing public transport strikes Friday as smaller rail unions decided to prolong their a stoppage over planned pension reforms.
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France was hit by transport chaos Thurday as unions challenged President Nicolas Sarkozy with a 24-hour strike, but the government vowed to stick by plans to overhaul pensions for hundreds of thousands in the public sector.
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Striking transport workers shut down most  of France's rail network on Thursday in a protest over  pensions, posing the biggest test yet of President Nicolas  Sarkozy's ability to push through economic reforms.
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It was just an hour into the new work week. Maintenance workers at the train depot were back on the job when air raid sirens began to wail.
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The French capital endured new commuter disruption Tuesday as civil servants and teachers said they would join train drivers fighting government plans to cut pension benefits and other cost-cutting measures.
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French industrial output recovered more than expected in July, led by a big surge in car production.
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PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's first real test after five months in office comes at rush hour today, with a strike disrupting flights and trains around Europe, and stripping Paris of public transport - all because of anger over plans to trim some retirement packages.
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Employees at the Eiffel Tower ended a strike Thursday that had shut tourists out of the popular Paris attraction for two days.
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Commuters crammed aboard the few trains left running and surgeons operated on only emergency cases as strikes over job cuts and pay disrupted French rail service and hospitals Wednesday.