By Phuong Tran Dakar 24 January 2007 While talks sputter to end Guinea's deadly two-week nationwide strike, the country's main export industry is starting to feel the effects. Guinea is the world's largest exporter of bauxite, the raw material used...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 02 August 2006 Hezbollah militants fired a record number of rockets against Israel Wednesday as Israeli troops carried out their deepest raids yet in Lebanese territory. At least 55 Israelis and 540 Lebanese have died in the...
By Challiss McDonough Qana, Lebanon 30 July 2006 Among others, the body of a child recovered under the rubble of a demolished building that was struck by Israeli war plane missiles at the village of Qana is placed in an ambulance, July 30, 2006 An I...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 12 June 2006 A general strike in Guinea has turned violent as it enters a second week. Students are starting their own protests as they have been unable to begin their exams. Security forces fired tear gas and wielded baton...
Lesson 84 On strike 罢工 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Who will be driving the buses next week? Busmen have decided to go on strike next week. Th...
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...