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Thu 10 Oct 2010France faces further strikes
French union leaders have called for further strikes as the government grapples to restore fuel supplies ahead of a senate vote on President Nicolas Sarkozy's controversial pension reform plan.
France's main unions have called for two more days of protests against the pension reform bill that is due for a final vote in the Senate this week. Protests are planned for October 28th and November 6th, they said.
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