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...Labor-reform efforts, Sari says, will probably be met by strikes and protests?the kind of civil unrest Yudhoyono would like to avoid. The potential wrath of the unions was on display Sept. 21 outside the High Court in central Jakarta. Hundreds of workers laid off last year from aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia raged in protest when the court rejected their claim that layoffs were conducted illegally. Nandang Rusmana, a mechanic who worked at Dirgantara for 20 years, is still unemployed more than a year after he lost his job and is borrowing money from his family to keep...
...crude-oil prices soared to record levels in July, South Korea's flagship airline, Korean Air, established a nine-member fuel-management team charged with a single purpose: contain escalating fuel costs by wringing every last bit of mileage out of their aircraft. One idea the team floated during early brainstorming sessions was to ask crew members to lose 4.5 kilograms each, thus lightening in-flight loads. Another was to install rest rooms next to airport gates, using the power of suggestion to encourage passengers to shed a few grams by relieving themselves prior to boarding. Someone even proposed limiting...
Through its medical-assistance arm MedLink, MedAire counts 74 airlines as clients, including British Airways, Emirates and Continental Airlines, as well as operators of 1,800 corporate aircraft and 1,700 ships and yachts. The company, which also offers worldwide security consulting, fielded 23,202 calls last year for everything from remote medical assistance to emergency evacuations from Third World countries...
...three days after the planes fell from the sky, the Kremlin seemed to be in denial about the cause. Two aircraft left Tuesday night from the same Moscow airport, and dropped off the radar screens within 60 seconds of each other. At 10.53 p.m. traffic controllers lost contact with Flight 1047, a Siberia Airlines flight from Moscow to the Black Sea resort of Sochi. A minute later, Volga-Aviaexpress Flight 1303 from Moscow to Volgograd disappeared. The wreckage of the planes was quickly found. In all, at least 90 people had been killed. The massive, near-simultaneous nature...
...accommodate the delegation's efforts, Sadr was in no hurry to bring the matter to a close. His own reading of the political winds in Iraq plainly suggests that as long as he's inside Shiite Islam's holiest shrine surrounded by American troops, tanks and aircraft, he holds a clear political advantage. Although the latest pause in the military effort to dislodge Sadr and his men from the shrine may grate at the morale of the U.S. troops gearing up to do the job, Allawi may have had little choice. The national conference is critical to his own efforts...