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<p>A student shouts slogans during a demonstration in Paris, Thursday Oct.21, 2010. Protesters blockaded Marseille's airport, Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris and rioting youths attacked police in Lyon on ahead of a tense Senate vote on raising the retirement age to 62. A quarter of the nation's gas stations were out of fuel despite President Nicolas Sarkozy's orders to force open depots barricaded by striking workers. On her cheek reads: No to the reform.</p>

<p>A student shouts slogans during a demonstration in Paris, Thursday Oct.21, 2010. Protesters blockaded Marseille's airport, Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris and rioting youths attacked police in Lyon on ahead of a tense Senate vote on raising the retirement age to 62. A quarter of the nation's gas stations were out of fuel despite President Nicolas Sarkozy's orders to force open depots barricaded by striking workers. On her cheek reads: No to the reform.</p>

October 22, 2010

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Clashes, protests in France over pensions
October 22, 2010 9 p.m.

Clashes, protests in France over pensions

PARIS (AP) - Police used tear gas and a water cannon against rampaging youth in Lyon on Thursday while the French government showed its muscle in parliament, short-circuiting tense Senate debate on a bill raising the retirement age to 62.