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PARIS: No relief was in sight for weekend travelers as a strike that
has snarled public transportation across France appeared likely to
continue into next week.
Although a rift was opening Friday among unions over whether to pursue
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Leaders of the CFDT union recommended calling off the strike on Friday
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drastically reduced services, or stopped entirely.
Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, urged residents and visitors to
park their cars, motorcycles and scooters because air pollution levels
were rising sharply as waves of vehicles poured into the city because
of the strike.
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Traffic jams snarled many parts of central Paris, including the circle
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kilometers into the suburbs. Almost 300 kilometers, or 185 miles, of
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Labor Minister Xavier Bertrand called on strikers Thursday to return
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Throughout Friday, serious problems persisted on the main RER commuter
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At stations including Paris and Lille, workers blocked trains, set off
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500,000 public-sector workers to retire earlier than their peers in
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