71.   Thousands of protesters, who had camped out at the bank training center since Friday, put up little resistance but vowed to continue their strike elsewhere.

72.   Transport employees voted to continue the strike on Wednesday in Marseille, Lyon, Lille and Bordeaux.

73.   Traffic stayed halted and most stores closed as the opposition continued the strike.

74.   Train workers in Bordeaux and in the alpine Chambery region voted to continue the strike, while a remaining two regions had not yet decided late Thursday.

75.   Traffic stayed halted and most stores closed as the opposition continued the strike, although it was eased in the evenings for banks, stores and garment factories.

76.   Traffic stayed halted and stores closed as the opposition continued the strike.

77.   Train workers in Bordeaux and in the alpine Chambery region voted to continue the strike, while a remaining three regions had not yet decided late Thursday.

78.   Two metro lines were starting to run again in Paris at mid-morning and union leaders were expected to make an announcement about whether they planned to continue the strike.

79.   Union officials said the vote was overwhelmingly in favor on continuing the strike.

80.   Union members there were to meet before noon to vote on whether to continue the strike.