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The Week In Review (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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From a devastating volcano eruption in Indonesia to yet another tragic massacre in Mexico's ongoing drug war, the last week in October proved to be ev...

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French Senate Passes Pension Cuts To Raise Retirement Age

AP | ELAINE GANLEY and ALEXIS DUCLOS | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Under pressure from the government, the French Senate voted Friday to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, a victory for President Ni...

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French Retirement Protests Turn Violent

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 a...

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Nearly A Million French Protesters March Against Pension Cuts For 3rd Time This Month

AP | JEAN-MARIE GODARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of protesters young and old demonstrated in France on Saturday, waving union flags and pressing conservative Presi...

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French Strikes: Sarkozy Vs The Street

The Independent | John Lichfield in Paris | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the biggest demonstrations seen in France for more than a decade, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets yesterday to protest against ...

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France On Strike To Protest Government's Handling Of Financial Crisis

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: 2pm The unions who organized the nation-wide strike in France say 2.5 million workers have participated, BBC reports. French police have put ...

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