Oct 21, 2010

French Protesters Block Airport Road

Youths overturn a car in a street in Lyon, central France amid nationwide tensions
over raising the retirement age, 21 Oct 2010.


France is dealing with another day of protests against plans to raise the country's retirement age. Demonstrators on Thursday blocked a road leading to the airport in the southern port city of Marseilles. The protesters stopped cars from reaching the airport, but aviation officials said there were no plans to cancel flights.
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