P161 CEEFAX 161  Thy 23 Feb  1=:1:/31
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  STRIKE STRANDS P—SSENGERS IN C—L—IS 
  Hundreds of Britons are stranded    
  in the French port of Calais dzj    
  to a strike bz French sjamjn.       
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  All British ferries to the xort     
  have been diverted to Zeebruggj     
  in Belgium bjcausj of the action.   
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  The 48-hour strike has been called  
  bz French sjamjn who claim a jK     
  ferry firm, Meridian, is employing  
  non-European staff to xzsh down     
  wages and ticket prices.            
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  Earlier, there were clashes bjtweun 
  strikers and riot xolice in the     
  njarbz port of Boulognj.            
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