Steel workers from the nearby Fos-sur-Mer ArcelorMittal plant join a protestin Marseille, southern France, Saturday Oct. 16, 2010. Diesel and jet fuel supplies are running low in parts of France as workers took to the streets for another nationwide protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62.Claude Paris
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