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« on: May 19, 2010, 21:01:04 »
From the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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A sit-in by nurses on Parisian train tracks ended in clashes between protesters and police.
Rail traffic between Paris and western France was brought to a grinding halt by several hundred specialised nurses staging protest on the tracks, pressing claims for a greater recognition of their work.
Police forcibly removed the demonstrators but trains were delayed by around 90 minutes.
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2010, 18:29:49 »
Over here we get hairy truckers protesting. In France they get nurses. No wonder more and more people are emigrating!
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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2010, 09:08:09 »
Not just nurses but "specialist nurses"
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