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French gov’t undercuts Senate on retirement bill (AP)

6:20pm GMT, Thursday, 21 October 2010

A student shouts slogans during a demonstration in Paris, Thursday Oct.21, 2010. Protesters blockaded Marseille's airport, Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris and rioting youths attacked police in Lyon on ahead of a tense Senate vote on raising the retirement age to 62. A quarter of the nation's gas stations were out of fuel despite President Nicolas Sarkozy's orders to force open depots barricaded by striking workers. On her cheek reads: No to the reform. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - The French government is short-circuiting a protracted debate in the Senate on a bill raising the retirement age to 62, brushing aside some 250 amendments.



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