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A French high school student faces anti-riot gendarmes during a student demonstration at the Place de la Republique in Paris October 19, 2010. France faced its sixth day of nationwide strikes and protests in two months on Tuesday as trade unions sought to force French government to back down on an unpopular pension reform raising the retirement age. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French high school students kiss on the road in front of the police at the end of a demonstration over pension reform in Paris October 21, 2010. France faced another day of strikes and confrontation on its streets on Thursday as the government grappled to restore fuel supply with senators just a few days away from voting on pension reform. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Passengers walk on the highway as French striking workers block the Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy near Paris October 20, 2010. Striking public sector workers disrupted travel across France as trade unions kept up their resistance on Wednesday to an unpopular pension reform due for a final vote in the Senate this week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French striking workers clash with police as they block the Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy near Paris October 20, 2010. Striking public sector workers disrupted travel across France as trade unions kept up their resistance on Wednesday to an unpopular pension reform due for a final vote in the Senate this week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Distraught relatives and friends of passengers of Air France flight AF447 arrive at the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 1, 2009. The Air France plane with 228 people on board disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on its way from Brazil to Paris on Monday after hitting strong turbulence and French officials said they feared a disaster. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
A relative of passengers of the Airbus A310-300 flight from Yemen speaks with the media as he arrives at a crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 30, 2009. An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board, including 66 French nationals, crashed into the sea as it approached the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros in bad weather early on Tuesday, officials said. Some bodies were recovered from the wreck of the Yemenia plane, said Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Qader, undersecretary of Yemen's aviation authority. The airline said one survivor had been rescued from the sea. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French riot police arrest youth at the end of a peaceful protest march in Paris on March 19, 2009. Several hundred youths clashed with police in Paris on Thursday, as peaceful, million-strong protests against France's handling of the economic crisis turned violent. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy meets visitors as he attends the 27th Music Festival "Fete de la Musique" at the Elysee Palace in Paris, June 21, 2008. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Former French President Jacques Chirac leaves after a meeting with China's President Hu Jintao in Paris November 5, 2010. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
France's Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade (L), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (C), a Somali-born former Dutch politician known for her criticism of Islam, and philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy (R) attend an meeting of French intellectuals and politicians in Paris February 10, 2008. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French socialist party member Segolene Royal delivers a speech as she attends "The gathering of brotherhood and the future" in Paris September 27, 2008. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (2ndL) is surrounded by microphones as he speaks with journalists as he arrives for the trial, called the "Clearstream Affair", at the courthouse in Paris on September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Bernard Kouchner (R), France's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attend a joint news conference at the Quai d'Orsay Foreign Ministry in Paris June 24, 2007. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French newly-named Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris for the first ministers cabinet meeting after a government reshuffle June 24, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday in which his most senior ministers stayed on and a relative of France's only Socialist president joined the governments ranks. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua looks through the courtroom door he leaves after the verdict at the end of his trial on corruption charges at Paris special court April 30, 2010. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) follows first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after funeral services for fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves after meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris April 7, 2008. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), delivers a speech at a gathering in support of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Villepinte, near Paris June 20, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Commuters crowd into the metro at Chatelet station in Paris November 19, 2007 during a nationwide strike by French SNCF railway workers to protest against a pensions reform. French transport unions will on Monday vote whether to end a strike over pensions reforms which has dragged on for six days and caused commuters misery. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Commuters wait on a platform for their regional train in a station in central Paris as one-day nationwide strike hits transportation services January 29, 2009. Hundreds of thousands of workers take part in a nationwide strike angry at what they say are insufficient government measures to tackle the economic crisis. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Youths take part in a midnight candlelight march between the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Invalides in Paris late September 12, 2008. The followers will gather at the Invalides where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate an open-air mass on Saturday, the second day of his four-day visit to France. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
A pro-Tibet activist with a Tibetan flag painted on her face participates in a protest to demand freedom for Tibet, in central Paris May 10, 2008. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
A 22-foot (6.7-metre) diameter helium-filled balloon stands at Park Andre-Citroen in Paris May 15, 2008. Starting on Thursday night, laser beams will light up Paris Air Pollution Balloon with a specific colour based on meteorological data, green (excellent air quality), orange (mediocre air quality), and red (poor air quality). REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
People attend the "White Dinner" event at the Champs Elysee near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris June 12, 2008. Participants attend the dinner, which takes place at a different place in Paris every year, by gathering at predetermined locations before being transported by bus to the site of the event. Diners, all of whom are required to be dressed in white, bring their own food, drink and cutlery to the event. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during the traditional Bastille Day fireworks display in Paris July 14, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Paris St. Germain's Gregory Coupet reacts in pain after fracturing his leg during their French Ligue 1 soccer match against Auxerre at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris November 28, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
St Germain's Ludovic Giuly (L) challenges Olympique Marseille's Mathieu Valbuena during their French Ligue 1 soccer match at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Paris Saint Germain's Ludovic Giuly celebrates after scoring during their French Ligue 1 soccer match against Olympique Lyon at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris September 20, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Yukari Nakano of Japan performs during the gala exhibition at Bompard Trophy event at Bercy in Paris, October 18, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Perpignan's Gavine Hume (10) and Jean-Philippe Grandclaude celebrate after winning the French Rugby union final match against Clermont Auvergne at the Stade de France Stadium in Saint Denis near Paris June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Clermont Auvergne's Napolioni Nalaga (R) challenges Perpignan's Damien Chouly and Marius Tincu during the French rugby union final match at the Stade de France Stadium in Saint-Denis, near Paris June 6, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
