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Thu 04 Apr 2003French one-day strike disrupts flightsAir transport between Ireland and France will be reduced to just one passenger flight today because of a one-day strike by French civil service employees.Aer Lingus and Ryanair have cancelled a total of 14 services as a result. "We were just told about this by the French authorities, we had no say in it," said an Aer Lingus spokeswoman.