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Potato protest

Friday 26 February 1993 00:02 GMT
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LILLE (AFP) - French farmers closed off the Lille-Paris motorway and blockaded several other roads in northern France in protest against a drop in potato prices. The farmers used tractors to block the southbound lane of the A1 motorway and were preparing to set up barricades on the northbound lane as well.

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