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Hundreds of thousands of teachers, nurses, factory workers and plumbers marched through French cities on Thursday to demand pay raises.
From Reuters
The demonstrations were the high point of a nationwide one-day strike called by France's eight main trade unions to try to persuade President Nicolas Sarkozy and business leaders to do more to help ordinary people overcome the economic crisis.
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