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"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
French Transportation Minister Clément Beaune says national railway strikes during the Christmas holiday season aren’t "inevitable," as employees of rail operator SNCF are on strike this weekend. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of people march in Paris in defense of the public health service, demanding an end to bed closures in hospitals. "Austerity kills", warns one sign. IMAGES
France and PSG football star Kylian Mbappé and Chinese Olympic diving champion Zhang Jiaqiis are at Beauval Zoo to help in the unveiling of twin pandas Yuandudu ("Little Snow") and Huanlili ("Cotton Flower"), born on August 2. IMAGES
French Defence Minister Florence Parly meets Malian transitional President Bah N'Daw at the presidency in Bamako. Counterparts from Estonia, Kalle Laanet, and the Czech Republic, Lubomir Metnar, are part of the delegation. A UN report on Tuesday found a French air strike killed in 19 civilians in northern Mali in January. IMAGES
The giant panda Tian Tian, on loan from China to the Washington Zoo, is busy in his pen the day after the birth of the baby panda he had with Mei Xiang. She was artificially inseminated on March 22 with Tian Tian's frozen semen. IMAGES
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