Marseille garbage collectors strike ahead of Olympic torch arrival


PARIS (Reuters) - Marseille's public administration asked the local state authority on Sunday to requisition striking garbage collection workers, compelling enough of them back to work to maintain a service, two days before the Olympic torch is expected to reach the port city.

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