Strikes in France disrupting ferry services to Britain
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Strike action in the northeastern French port of Calais was causing disruption to ferry services between Britain and France, a Port of Dover spokesman has told AFP.
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A ferry ran aground, trucks toppled over, river banks burst, people were evacuated from flooded houses and uprooted trees blocked highways as gale force winds swept Britain and Ireland, emergency services said.
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French railway workers severely reduced  train traffic Wednesday due to a strike over working  conditions, and the country geared up for separate protests by  energy workers and hospital surgeons.
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British rail and road links were disrupted by flooding on Monday while residents were evacuated in northern England after rivers burst their banks, transport officials said.
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The French parliament started debating a  controversial bill on Tuesday that the government says will  prevent travel chaos during transport strikes, but that unions  warn will damage industrial relations.
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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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Paris' subways slowed to a halt and rail lines were disrupted Thursday during a massive strike in France that was expected to give President Nicolas Sarkozy his first real test after five months in office.
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Channel ferry services are hit by a blockade as French fishermen show their anger at fuel price rises.
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PARIS - Support for striking transport workers faltered yesterday, with some unions returning to work on the second day of a protest against government plans to scrap some retirement benefits and commuters grumbling about delays and crowded platforms.
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Rail workers in France are on strike over the government's policies of economic liberalisation, which they say threaten the public sector.
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A STRIKE by workers who refuel aircraft at Heathrow failed to disrupt flights, airport chiefs said last night. About 40 members of the Transport and General Workers Union walked out at 4.30am yesterday, after
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PARIS  - 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.
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A second day of strike action over pension reforms disrupts French rail services, with the Paris metro badly hit.
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Talks to avert strike action that would disrupt some of Britain's busiest airports are set to begin.
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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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PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's first real test after five months in office comes at rush hour Thursday, with a strike disrupting flights, trains around Europe and stripping Paris of public transport _ all because of anger over plans to trim some retirement packages.
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PARIS, Oct. 18 -- French public transportation workers staged a strike on Thursday, bringing most rail, bus and subway service across the country to a standstill and delivering a vivid warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose plans to reduce generous but costly public pensions face stiff...