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...passed December 26, gives employers more freedom to lay off employees, adjust their hours and hire replacements for strikers, while delaying for up to five years the right to form multiple unions, making the confederations illegal. Leaders of those unions did their part for peace Saturday, ordering a temporary halt to protests that has eased tensions and made Monday's talks possible. But the union leaders were not included in the talks, though President Kim announced at the meeting that he was suspending 16 warrants for their arrest. Unions have vowed to revive the strikes full-time in mid-February...
...England did it with defense, coming up with three turnovers in the final four minutes to halt Jacksonville's attempt at a comeback...
...make the first nonstop, round-the-world balloon flight, the 174-foot "Global Challenger" experienced technical problems and the three-man crew was forced to land in the Algerian wilderness. "At one stage I was standing by the door chucking out everything movable - oil canisters, food, anything - to halt the descent," Branson said. "I thought, "What am I doing up here?" The acknowledged hero of the safe landing was engineer Alex Ritchie, himself a last-minute replacement for a sick crewman, who climbed outside the capsule to jettison a one-ton fuel tank, slowing the rapid fall...
...very pleased," said Dusan Vasiljevic, one of the students. If the army holds to its pledge, it represents a shift in the role that the military will play in Belgrade. In March of 1991, Serb President Slobodan Milosevic brought army tanks onto the streets of Belgrade to halt protests. He also used the military to launch wars in Croatia later that year and in Bosnia in 1992. But Milosevic has neglected the army in favor of a strong police force, a slight that may cost him. The students have also asked for a meeting with Serbia's police chief, Zoran...
RENO: This is how bad the flooding is in Reno, Nevada: even gambling has come to a halt. Some of the worst flooding in decades continues to plague five western states, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, closing major highways, and closing, for the first time in 60 years, Reno's Harrah's Casino. The governors of California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Idaho have declared 70 counties disaster areas. More than 15 people have been killed by the flooding, brought on by a series of storms that have swept through the area since December...