French police clash with strikers at oil refineries
By Rory Mulholland | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-23 08:07
French gendarmes charge to unblock the entrance of the Grandpuits oil refinery southeast of Paris on Friday. Police took over the installation in an attempt to end a blockade by workers striking over a planned reform of the pension system. Benoit Tessier / Reuters |
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