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French police attack Paris protesters as anti-pension bill protests rage
Mar 18, 2023 09:16Police in Paris have tear-gassed protesters and arrested hundreds of them after they took the streets and gathered at Place de la Concorde to voice their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to implement pension reforms without a vote in the lower house of parliament.
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13,000 Iranians martyred by West's chemical arms supplied to Saddam: Gharibabadi
Mar 18, 2023 08:16Human rights official has deplored the European Parliament's resolution over the suspected poisoning of some students in Iranian schools, emphasizing that thousands of Iranians lost their lives as a result of the West's chemical weapons supplied to the deposed Ba'ath regime of Iraq during the imposed war on Iran.
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French protesters block key highway, oil refineries after Macron’s pension move
Mar 17, 2023 11:33French protesters have blocked a key highway around the capital and ramped up industrial action at oil refineries in a new demonstration of anger after President Emmanuel Macron’s government adopted a controversial pension reform plan without a parliamentary vote.
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Anger boils as France adopts pension plan without vote
Mar 17, 2023 03:35French police intervene to clear demonstrators from a central Paris square where thousands gather in front of parliament to protest President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform.
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French pension reform heads for final vote amid massive strikes
Mar 16, 2023 11:56A final version of the French government's controversial pension reform that since the start of the year has set off massive protests and strikes in France is to be put to a vote in both houses of the French parliament.
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France faces fresh round of strikes over unpopular pension reform
Mar 15, 2023 09:41France is facing a fresh round of strikes over the highly contested pension reform planned by President Emmanuel Macron.
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Iran slams France’s violent crackdown on pension reform protests
Mar 12, 2023 10:23Iran has lashed out at the French government over its violent crackdown on protests against a controversial pension reform plan, saying Paris lectures others about respecting human rights it is a stranger to.
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Nationwide rally hits France as Macron insists on pension plans
Mar 11, 2023 11:07Protesters took to the streets in France for a seventh day of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms as the Senate resumed debate on the plan.
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French Senate votes to raise retirement age despite nationwide protests against pension reform
Mar 09, 2023 06:40France's Senate has voted in favor of raising the legal retirement age in the country, a first win for President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plans, ignoring months of widespread protests and strikes across the country.
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France braces for major transport disruption as unions call for nationwide strikes, demonstrations
Mar 06, 2023 04:12France is bracing for a major disruption in public transport services as the sector is expected to be hit hard by forthcoming strikes and protests against controversial pension reforms proposed by the government of President Emmanuel Macron.