French strikers protest in last-ditch attempt to halt pensions bill
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Friday, October 29, 2010 – Powered by –> PARIS: Hundreds of thousands of French strikers took to the streets Thursday in a desperate last-ditch bid to force President Nicolas Sarkozy to scrap a just-passed law raising the retirement age. But while the crowds marching under a sea of trade-union banners remained impressive, the Interior Ministry and unions reported numbers approximately halved compared to similar protests before the reform was voted. Officials said that fewer than 200,000 had taken part by midday on what was a ninth one-day protest, compared to 480,000 on October 19, and unions admitted that demonstrators were…
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