Transport Strikes Freeze Up France
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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 - Transport workers shut down most trains yesterday, testing the patience of Parisians forced to walk, bike, or skate to work with a strike aimed at derailing President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to strip away labor protections he says hurt France's competitiveness.
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An accident involving a bus and a van on a main highway in south-west France killed at least seven people early today. The accident, which happened south of Bordeaux near the border with Spain, also injured at least 30 people, France-Info radio said.
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A transport strike in Paris today has forced early morning commuters onto the streets, as the city slowed to a snail's pace.
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Striking workers shut down most of France's rail network on Thursday and further disruption was expected in a protest over pensions, posing the biggest test yet of President Nicolas Sarkozy's ability to push through reforms.
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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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Teachers, tax collectors, railway workers and other public servants went on strike Thursday in France to protest job losses and demand higher pay.
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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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French teachers went on strike on Thursday, the third day of public sector protests over pay, reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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French rail traffic was returning to normal after an unexpected strike by ticket collectors following the rape of a colleague caused havoc for French rail commuters, railway operator SNCF said on Thursday.
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Six people died, thousands of homes were blacked out and air traffic delayed as violent storms hit northern France. Tourist hotspots like the Eiffel Tower reopened today after yesterdayâs hurricane-force
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France braces for three days of strikes expected to cause massive disruption in the public sector.
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Public transit strikes, a fact of life in France, would no longer force trains and buses to a complete halt under a controversial bill presented to parliament Tuesday.
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French rail unions were to meet Monday to plan their next step after mounting a crippling two-day strike over President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to cut pension privileges for rail and energy workers.
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Several thousand taxi drivers staged protests across France Wednesday, disrupting traffic from Paris&#39; international airports over plans to open up their jobs to competition and scrap a fuel subsidy.
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Tens of thousands of Christmas shoppers, holidaymakers and workers suffered travel chaos today because of a strike by Tube drivers at the start of a day of industrial unrest.
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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...