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...caution and crossed signals may finally be giving way to bolder action. Last week, a mere 48 hours after Seillière's outburst, Employment and Social Affairs Minister François Fillon announced a decree temporarily liberalizing employee overtime limits from the current 130 hours a year to 180. That falls short of the 200-hour permanent limit Seillière sought, but it represents a significant retreat from the 35-hour week instituted by Jospin. Then the government leaked its 2003 budget, which would reduce income taxes and employer-paid benefits but raise minimum wages and maintain...
...François Clavadetscher, a newly retired Swiss captain who came from the Swissair side, says the conflict has been fueled by jealousy. "We are better trained, have higher qualifications and undergo stricter selection criteria," he says. "It is normal that our salaries are higher. No airline will pay the same to long-haul pilots and those flying commuter planes." If the union persists in its demands, Swiss spokesman Markus Baumgartner warns, the company would have to restructure its route network in order to save money for the payout, a move that could cripple the fledgling airline. Meanwhile, management...
While French journalist François Thomazeau estimates that "80% of the French public respects and loves Lance," it was the other 20% that made its presence felt on the grueling climb to Mont Ventoux in Provence on July 21. Armstrong, who is randomly tested for drugs throughout the year and has always been clean, has nevertheless faced suspicion that given his domination of a drug-tainted sport, he must be illegally boosting his performance. And so he was heckled with cries of "Dopé!" as he chased France's Richard Virenque, a rider who confessed to using performance...
...same time, previously remote mountain areas have been developed for skiing and other forms of tourism. Many experts are now concerned that as the glaciers recede, the natural risks associated with them are increasing. "Over the last 20 years, we've seen higher temperatures and more melting," says François Valla, a glacier expert with Grenoble's Cemagref research center. "We're seeing new lakes forming everywhere." To deal with the potential threats, Valla has launched Glaciorisk, a six-country scientific project that aims to improve our understanding of glacier hazards and establish a database that will include "problem...
...FRAN FERRARO Age 40 Brooklyn "Yes and no. I come here every day, and hey, look, when it's your time to go, you go, no matter where you are, so it's not going to matter, really. So I live every day; I enjoy myself because you never know what happens tomorrow...