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EU to Discuss Strengthening Euro; Greeks Strike Members of the European Union are meeting in Brussels Thursday to discuss how to strengthen the ailing euro currency. Germany is expected to press for the EU to play a stronger role in the economies of...
A number of key Indian economic sectors were temporarily crippled Tuesday by a nationwide strike to protest government labor policies and inflation. The strike is unprecedented to the extent it unified a number of politically opposed groups, includin...
Indian PM Calls on Anti-Corruption Activist to End Hunger Strike 印度总理呼吁反腐分子停止绝食 India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called on activist Anna Hazare to end his hunger strike being conducted to call for tougher anti-cor...
Unionized workers at Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, have begun a 24-hour strike in a dispute with the government over the future of the company. The workers walked off the job Monday over modernization(现代化) plans that...
Mother : Who was it on the phone? Daughter : It was Daddy. He said that he is stuck at the airport and couldn't come back on schedule. Mother : How is that ? Daughter : There is a strike going on amon...
Broadcast: Jan 10,2003 Bank workers joined the 39 day old strike against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Thursday, 1) tightening the stranglehold which has already come close to shutting down the cou...
By Delia Robertson A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies. Tens of thousands of civil service...
Larry James Israeli forces have struck at suspected guerrilla positions in southern Lebanon, after an exchange of rocket and artillery fire with Hezbollah fighters. The attack came after two hours of...
Ross Dunn Israel has launched air-strikes at targets linked to the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza City, in response to the killing of a pregnant Jewish woman and her four daughters. Witnesses sa...