(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: October 12, 2010) The French government says it will not give in to the demands of striking workers to halt plans to reform France’s pension system. The strikes in France have disrupted transportation, postal delivery and schools. The president of the European Commission will discuss Hungary's red sludge spill with the country's leaders, who have taken temporary control over the aluminum firm responsible for the environmental disaster. And in Chile, the operation to rescue 33 trapped miners is due to begin in a matter of hours.