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French Labor Minister Eric Woerth, delivers his speech on the Pension Reform, at the Senate, in Paris, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. The French Senate prepared to vote on a pension reform, after the government short-circuited a protracted debate. The Senate is near certain to approve the measure, which raises the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62 later Friday, despite months of strikes and protests that reached a climax of radical action and scattered clashes this week. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)