French rail strike disrupts train traffic
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A rail strike has disrupted local and national train traffic in France, but not international lines.
France's national rail company SNCF says a third of the country's high speed trains are being canceled.
Eurostar trains to London and Thalys trains to Brussels are expected to run normally Wednesday.
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In Paris, only half of suburban trains are circulating on certain lines. Paris subway is unaffected by the strike.
Rail unions are protesting a plan to change working hours and rules about overtime and days off. They are also rejecting a contested labor law aiming at loosening the country's labor rules.
Some truck drivers were also continuing a strike that started Tuesday, blocking roads around cities in western France.