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Police use tear gas to disperse rioters during a demonstration against pension reform in Paris. The clashes broke out near Place de la Republique in the city centre. Although the Paris march began peacefully, black-clad protesters later set fire to a storage trailer and broke storefront windows, prompting police to fire tear gas to try to halt the vandalism. (COMPLETES VID1MU0NL_EN) IMAGES
"If the government were to use the 49.3" article to push through its pension reform, "there would be no more rules for anyone," warns Olivier Mateu, secretary general of the Bouches-du-Rhône CGT departmental union, at a press conference in Martigues. IMAGES
Beijing, Dec 1 (EFE/EPA).- The decision by the Communist Party of China to raise one of the world's lowest retirement ages has sparked widespread debate on social media. The plan comes as the country tries to cope with a rapidly ageing population. Retirement age in China has remained unchanged for more than four decades at 60 for men, and 55 for female civil servants and white-collar workers. (Camera: WU HONG).SHOT LIST: ELDER MEN AND WOMEN IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Stranded passengers wait for trains at Gare du Nord station in Paris, where SNCF traffic remains disrupted on the 25th day of a strike against pension reform, with an average of six out of ten high speed TGV trains running. IMAGES
Dozens of union-affiliated strikers organise a Christmas picnic outside the SNCF train station at Aubrais, near Orléans, on the 19th consecutive day of a nationwide strike that has crippled public transport throughout France. IMAGES
The CFDT union joins the other unions for a third day of mobilisation against French pension reform. With the CFTC and Unsa, it is taking to the streets not against the principle of merging the 42 existing pension schemes into a universal system - the objective of president Emmanuel Macron's government - but to improve the content of the project. IMAGES
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