Paris garbage collectors, City Hall reach deal, cancel strike

PARIS, France: This week, Paris City Hall and the city's garbage collectors reached a deal to lift the strike notice that had threatened to leave the French capital facing piles of rubbish during the Olympic Games.

Paris City Hall said it had sealed a deal with the workers and that the strike notice covering several days in May and from July to September 8 had been lifted.

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