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FRANCE
Sarkozy defiant as strikes intensify
President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Nov. 20 he would not surrender to strikers or water down his plans of thorough reform for France.
Hundreds of thousands of civil servants — teachers, customs agents, tax inspectors and the like — joined the transport workers strike and stayed off the job Nov. 20.
The Japan Times Weekly: Nov. 24, 2007 (C) All rights reserved
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