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French Back in Streets as Pension Strikes Show No Sign of Ending

Lisa Bryant

   PARIS - Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of France
   on Thursday as a record-breaking strike continuedover proposed pension
   reforms -- and with the government and unions still deadlocked over a
   compromise.

   Demonstrators packed the Place de la Republic in central Paris ahead of
   the march, waiving banners, listening to rock music and snacking on
   grilled sausage. Unions estimated this protest was the biggest since
   strike action began more than a month ago.

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