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Clashes end a demonstration against the pension reform plan near the National Assembly building in downtown Paris, Tuesday, June 10, 2003. Public sector workers walked off the job over a highly contested plan to reform the pension system and demonstrated in Paris as Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin was to open a parliamentary debate on the pension plan reform at the Assembly. The French Navy building is seen center in background with the obelisk at right. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)