Sarkozy won't move on pension age, makes bill changes

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FRANCE - French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to modify his bill to overhaul the pension system in response to strikes and demonstrations by workers, though he won't retreat on raising the retirement age.

Protests across France yesterday drew between 1.1 million and 2.7 million people, according to police and unions, making the demonstrations among the biggest in the past two decades. "We must ma...

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