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NICE, France (Oct. 22) -- Unbowed by a crescendo of nationwide strikes featuring violent protests, blockaded refineries and fuel shortages, France's Senate voted today 177-153 in favor of a controversial pension reform bill that raises the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. The decisive vote came on another tension-fraught day during which French police in riot gear forced open a key oil refinery blocked by strikers. The new law is expected to be officially rubber-stamped by both houses of Parliament next week. On Thursday, a determined President Nicolas Sarkozy accelerated the lengthy ...
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By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyHe's captivating. He's tough. And he loves a challenge. But all that may not be enough to save President Nicolas Sarkozy of France as he fights for his political life amid a burgeoning campaign finance scandal. At issue is whether Sarkozy accepted illegal cash donations to his 2007 presidential campaign from Liliane Bettencourt, the French heiress to the L'Oréal fortune and the world's third-richest woman. A former accountant to Ms. Bettencourt has asserted that Sarkozy regularly received cash payments from the heiress and said on one occasion, his campaign was given a cash donation of some ...
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