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Marseille is becoming the waste-bin of France. At least that's what some of the people mutter. If the wind is blowing fiercely enough off the Mediterranean - as it does at this time of year - you can just about avoid the stench of rotting fruit and veg.
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Marseille is becoming the waste-bin of France. At least that's what some of the people mutter. If the wind is blowing fiercely enough off the Mediterranean - as it does at this time of year - you can just about avoid the stench of rotting fruit and veg. But if it isn't, a walk along the main shopping thoroughfare can leave you with a lung full of bad air. The rubbish hasn't been cleared off the streets for over a week now. Great piles stand against shop windows. Two men dressed in white overalls are shovelling up some of the mess. They work in a shop that is partly hidden behind the rubbish, and their manager is angry. His patience with the strikers has run out. If more people start feeling like that, the unions have a problem. And they may.