Strikes Cripple Air, Train and Bus Service
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Strikes by French air traffic controllers and transport workers grounded most flights and crippled rail and bus service, creating havoc as civil servants held a nationwide walkout.
Tens of thousands of public employees marched in Paris, many lighting flares that formed huge clouds of smoke. “All together! Yes!” they chanted.
The protests are a major challenge for the five-month-old government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, which wants to sell off the state’s stake in many French companies to raise cash.
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