Chaos in France as pension protests continue...

An entire French airport was blockaded for more than five hours this morning as nationwide protests against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government intensified.

It came as students threatened to storm the country’s Senate, the upper house of Parliament which is set to rubber stamp a bill raising the retirement age from 60 to 62.

Thousands of trade unionists threatened flights arriving in and out of Marseilles-Provence, one of the principal airports in the south of France. More + photos...

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