Barcelona braces for million-strong march for Catalan independence

The Catalans tire of giving up all for a cause they see as unjust.
When a people can no longer provide for their own, because of the "masses" means of indebted plight, the point of "No Return" has now become the main focal point for the means of ascension, toward what is seen as a viable escape, and yet only offers the means, to a much more elevated path, of indenture..

Up to a million people are expected to converge on Barcelona to join a rally demanding independence for Catalonia in Spain's north-east.

At least one train and more than 1,000 coaches have been chartered to bring supporters to Tuesday evening's march, which is likely to mark a watershed in the hitherto marginal independence movement and a rupture with Spain's federal government.

Long-standing resentments about what Catalans see as their unfairly high contribution to central government have been inflamed by Spain's economic woes. Polls show support for independence running at 51%, twice as high as in 2008 when the financial crisis began.

Fuel to Paris reduced as French protests escalate

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE69E1AN20101015?pageNumber=4&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

Solidarity speaks volumes.

Striking French oil refinery workers shut down a fuel pipeline supplying Paris and its airports on Friday and airport workers grounded some flights as protests mounted to derail an unpopular pension reform.

France's airport operator played down worries of fuel shortages, but strikes at all of the country's 12 refineries and fuel depot blockades prompted motorists to stock up on petrol.

TV footage showed riot police using teargas to contain young protesters in the southern city of Lyon.

About 260 people were arrested throughout the country, police said, describing them mostly as "troublemakers", while about a dozen officers were injured.

In Paris, police got orders to stop using "flashball" riot-control pellets, a type of rubber bullet, to quieten crowds after a secondary school student was badly injured on Thursday.