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October 23, 2010

Are French Riots Going To Preceed Euro Concerns?

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For the ninth consecutive day the French riots have continued, protesting the proposed increase in the retirement age from 60 to 62. Once again the French [...]

October 20, 2010

French Riots, Rachel The Matriarch, Escaped Swans And More In The Day In Photos

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A youth jumps over a burning garbage bin during clashes in Lyon, France. Some airliners are now steering clear of France in light of a new round of [...]

October 21, 2010

Lady GaGa Cancels Concerts In France Due To Riots

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This means that Lady GaGa has cancelled her French shows. People are rioting everywhere, and students all across the country are engaging in blockades at [...]

October 20, 2010

French Riots Continue To Escalate

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(REUTERS) French riot policemen use flash-ball to disperse high school students during a demonstration in Lyon on Oct. 15, 2010 during a fourth day of a [...]

October 20, 2010

Riots Sweep France As Strikes Grow

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Striking public sector workers caused disruption across France on Tuesday as 'troublemakers' piggybacked protest marches to torch cars, smash windows and [...]

October 21, 2010

Unions Threaten French

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Flashpoint: Workers rioting in France this week. Militant bosses said the paring back of the state payroll would spark similar outbreaks of violence The [...]

October 20, 2010

Unrest In France: Youth Take To Streets, Riots Over Retirment Age Turn Violent

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They clashed with riot police across France as protests over raising retirement age took a radical turn. Things were so bad that hundreds of flights were [...]

October 21, 2010

French Protests Turn Ugly As Riots Hit Wealthy Lyon

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One of France's wealthiest cities and more commonly associated with fine-dining than riots, Lyon has seen the worst violence of this week's street protests [...]

October 23, 2010

Lady Gaga Cancels Concerts In France Due To Riots

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The French strike was caused largely by a pension reform act passed by President Nicolas Sarkozy. It has resulted in chaos in the country, with riots and [...]

October 23, 2010

London Underground: Ring The Bloody Sex Pistols

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It has to be said, however, that as a barometer of willingness to call political masters to account, nothing registers quite like a riot. So are the French [...]

October 20, 2010

Riots In Grenoble After Police Shooting - Telegraph


17 Jul 2010 Rioters in France have torched cars and opened fire on police offers during an overnight confrontation in the southeastern French city of [...]

October 20, 2010

My Way News - Rioters Rampage, Protesters Block French Airports


20 Oct 2010 Riot police in black body armor forced striking workers away from blocked fuel depots in western France, restoring gasoline to areas where [...]

October 21, 2010

France Riots Continue, Protesters Block Airports - CSMonitor.com


20 Oct 2010 France riots: Riot officers in the Paris suburb of Nanterre and the southeastern city of Lyon sprayed tear gas but appeared unable to stop [...]

October 23, 2010

France Riots: Demonstrations Over Pension Reforms Continue For ...


22 Oct 2010 Armed with pump-action shotguns, sidearms and stun grenades the officers deployed to the centre of Lyon look like they belong in a war zone. [...]

October 20, 2010

Saudis Say Al Qaeda Targeting France: Minister InvestmentWatch Blog

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While tension had been building among the juvenile population in France, action was not taken until the reopening of schools in Autumn, since most of the French population is on holiday during the late summer months. However, riots [...]

October 23, 2010

France Introduces Petrol Rationing As Riots And Blockades Continue ...

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Meanwhile riot police used tear gas and batons to end blockades at oil refineries. (ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW). France Introduces Petrol Rationing As Riots And Blockades Continue 240810banner2 · Having A Supply Of Healthy Foods That Last [...]

October 20, 2010

Rioters Rampage, Protesters Block French Airports - KLAS-TV ...


Riot police in black body armor forced striking workers away from blocked fuel depots in western France, restoring gasoline to areas where pumps were dry after weeks of protests over the government proposal raising the age from 60 to 62 [...]

October 20, 2010

List Of Riots - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia


1747 - French Food Riots of 1747,[citation needed] (Toulouse/Guyenne, France) 1752 - French Food Riots of 1752,[citation needed] (Rouen/Paris, France) [...]

October 20, 2010

Txvoodoo: From Twitter 10-19-2010

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#MillionaireMatchmaker; 20:25:13: RT @capecodgurl: While France riots that retirement age is moved to 62. Americans placidly accept that they may NEVER b able 2 retire. 20:27:23: @watergatesummer Talk to @violetkar re Farsi [...]

October 20, 2010

Retirement Protests In France Turn Violent, Disrupt Services

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Paris — Masked youths clad in black torched cars, smashed storefronts and threw up roadblocks Tuesday, clashing with riot police across France as protests over raising the retirement age to 62 took a radical turn. [...]

October 20, 2010

Will Americans Follow French Example Of Mass Civil Unrest? ~ The ...

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comTuesday, October 19, 2010How will Americans react when the government begins to impose the same austerity measures that are causing riots, street battles, fuel blockades and other assorted chaos in France? Will we witness mass civil [...]

October 23, 2010

French Senate Passes Controversial Reform Bill, At Last. | Tea Break

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French Senate has approved President Nicolas Sarkozy's controversial pension reform bill amid mass strikes, fuel blockades and riots. French now will retire at. [...]

October 23, 2010

School Problems...


This Friday came up to be a rather productive day. Not only because I finally managed to wrap up a report my advisor expected last week, but because I got to learn a lot more of what’s happening around me and that I normally don’t notice. And by that, I mean several reasons why not only us, the youn [...]

October 21, 2010

France Riots Cause Havoc In Paris Suburb

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France riots are causing rioters to rampaging through a Paris suburb, breaking shop windows and hurling stones at police. Youths wearing hoods and scarves on their faces are darting through the streets of Nanterre near a high school that has seen clashes in recent days. Riot police are deployed around the area, still littered with broken glass and burned tires from past cla [...]

October 23, 2010

Yahya's Blog On Life, Politics, Religion, Culture, Etc : France ...

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France braces for riots as protests turn violent. By John Lichfield in Paris. Tuesday, 19 October 2010. A menacing new spectre hung over the French pension reform dispute yesterday – the threat of a re-run of the multi-racial suburban [...]


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