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This Article is From Oct 16, 2010

Paris airports running out of fuel?

Paris airports running out of fuel?
Paris: Diesel fuel supplies are running low around France's eastern city of Lyon as the country braces for a whole new day of nationwide protests against government plans to raise the retirement age.

Fuel supplies were a prime concern as unions announced Friday that all 13 refineries in France were on strike and many depots were blocked.

The Ecology Ministry says fuel stocks at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport are good until at least Tuesday. But a sign Saturday at a gas station in Feyzin, near Lyon, announced a fuel shortage at all pumps.

In Paris, balloons floated above the Place de la Republique, the starting point for Saturday's march to protest plans to make the French work until 62 before retiring.

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