Some amazing photos of the protests going on over the water.. It's almost unbelievable and actually quite impressive to see such public unity over a policy to take retirement age up by just 2 years to 62. Makes us look pretty docile on our retirement age of 66 from 2020... |
| A man holds a placard which reads "Listen to the public's rage" during a demonstration in front of the French Senate in Paris October 20, 2010. French trade unions kept up their resistance on Wednesday to an unpopular pension reform due for a final vote in the Senate this week. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau) |
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| People march during a protest in Marseille, southern France, Saturday Oct. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) |
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| French high school students kiss on the road in front of the police at the end of a demonstration over pension reform in Paris October 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes) |
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| Plainclothes police officers, right, try to detain a youth during a protest in Paris, Thursday Oct. 21, 2010. |
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| Civil security members requisitioned by the French government clean the streets and pile up garbage in Marseille October 20, 2010 on the ninth day of a strike by rubbish collectors. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier) |
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| French high school students block the entrance of the Dorian high school in Paris October 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau) |
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| A French high school student faces riot gendarmes during a student demonstration at the Place de la Republique in Paris October 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes) |
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