Youth walk away from a damaged phone booth during clashes with police in Nanterre, outside Paris Photo: AFP/GETTY French Riot Police Clash With Students As Petrol Stations Run Dry -- The Telegraph
French riot police and students fired tear gas and petrol bombs at each other while truckers blocked roads and more than a thousand petrol stations ran dry, as nationwide protests intensified.
Despite claims that it had petrol provision “under control”, the government said it had activated an emergency crisis cell charged with maintaining fuel supplies.
The opposition Socialists criticised François Fillon, the prime minister, for failing to speak to the unions over proposed pension reforms, which would raise minimum and full retirement ages to 62 and 67.
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MIDDLE EAST
Gilad Shalit: Release talks resume for Israel soldier.
Iran's leader, Hezbollah seen as Lebanon guardians.
U.S. says Chinese businesses and banks are bypassing U.N. sanctions against Iran.
Iraqi PM visits Iran amid meddling claims. Iran tells Iraqi prime minister 'get rid of America'.
Sunnis in Iraq allied with U.S. rejoin rebels.
ASIA
Japan's secret foreign policy.
U.S. military, civilian officials claim progress in Afghan war.
Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping appointed to key military post.
Gunmen kill 29 in Pakistan's Karachi as election held.
Japan leaders 'broke secret islet pact with China'.
Aviation hotline between Koreas revived.
AFRICA
DR Congo women march against sexual violence.
For Somali refugees, the road leads from one misery to another.
Four African nations crack down on LRA.
Ex - rebels clash with drug smugglers in Mali desert.
Somali pirates 'lead rise in ship hijackings'.
EUROPE
Facing a rising China, Russia looks to boost Europe ties.
Russia risks mass unrest under current regime, Gorbachev says.
Merkel says German multicultural society has failed. In Germany, voices against immigration grow louder.
Oil workers, youths, truckers defy French govt.
Russian spies receive top Kremlin honours - reports.
AMERICAS
Brazil's Green Party to remain neutral in run-off vote.
Mexican hit men stalk U.S.
Mexico convoy threads its way through strange drug war in Sonora state.
Three inmates killed in Haiti prison riot.
Rescued miners’ secrecy pact erodes in spotlight.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft appeal of US Muslim's detention.
France: Saudis warn of new al-Qaeda threat.
Osama bin Laden 'living comfortably in Pakistan'. NATO official: Bin Laden, deputy hiding in northwest Pakistan.
Al-Qaida returning to Afghanistan for new attacks.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Two Fed officials favor aggressive easing options.
IMF chief warns recovery 'in peril'.
Federal Reserve urged to act on economy.
Luxury sales rebound to pre-crisis levels.
Citigroup profit tops expectations.
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