Truckers Call End to 6-Day Fuel Blockade

French truckers began lifting nationwide blockades at oil refineries and fuel depots after union leaders unanimously called for an end to a six-day protest that has strangled fuel supplies, causing airport delays and chaos at gas stations. With a majority of France’s gas stations still dry, however, the removal of blockades was not expected to immediately ease the plight of motorists, who have had to line up bumper-to-bumper to fill their tanks. France’s second-largest trucker group, UNOSTRA, was the last of the three unions leading the protests to call an end to the action, saying its leaders had accepted a government offer to cut fuel taxes.