Riot police block the way of the demonstrators as they tried to walk towards the parliament building in central Ankara, April 1, 2008, where lawmakers were debating the reform. Thousands of workers clashed with police near Turkey's parliament on Tuesday during angry protests against an International Monetary Fund-backed social security reform that raises the retirement age. Many people across Turkey joined a brief work stoppage on Tuesday -- the second in a month -- to protest against the plan to gradually raise the retirement age to 65, from a current 48 for men and 44 for women. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY)
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