BBC News 16 October 2010 Last updated at 07:19 ET

Paris airport fuel running shortStrikers from the Reichstett refinery in eastern France demonstrate in front of the refinery - 15 October 2010

France's main airport, Charles de Gaulle, has enough fuel to last only a few days, the government warns, as unions prepare to hold another day of strikes against pension reforms.


Chilean miner Ariel Ticona (wearing cap), his wife Elizabeth Segovia and their baby girl Esperanza, who was born while Ticona was trapped in the San Jose mine - 15 October 2010Secret release of 28 Chile miners

Twenty-eight rescued miners are secretly released from hospital in Chile, two days after their ordeal came to an end.

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