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Ica, Peru, Dec 2 (EFE).- A portion of Peru's main north-south highway remained shut down Wednesday as farm workers in the Ica region continued their protest to demand the scrapping of a law that they say enables their exploitation by agri-business firms.
Protesters set fire to tires and blockade a road to the Calais port and Channel Tunnel until being forcibly removed by police. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Hundreds of tractors block streets around the EU's headquarters in Brussels as ministers met to seek ways to streamline farming rules and red tape that have fuelled protests around the bloc. IMAGES
After walking on the rails between the Lyon and Bercy stations in Paris, striking railway workers hold a general assembly on the 10th day of protests against pension reform. IMAGES
In front of the Gare de Lyon station in Paris, striking railway workers gather for the tenth day of national mobilisation against a highly unpopular pension reform. IMAGES