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Striking French Workers Defy Sarkozy

Nationwide strike cripples transport, shuts schools

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 19, 2009 9:44 AM CDT

(Newser) – France is in the grip of the second nationwide strike in 2 months today as unions protest the Sarkozy administration's economic policies, reports AFP. Air and rail transport has been disrupted, and half of primary school teachers have not come into work. The strikers are...   Read full story »

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