French pension reforms clear first hurdle

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FRANCE - A bid by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to raise the official retirement age from 60 to 62 by 2018 has been approved by the lower house of parliament.

While 233 delegates from the opposition left wing voted against the reform, the bill gained the support of 329 legislators in France's National Assembly, as thousands of people protested against th...

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