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...sale. Roland Koch, governor of the state of Hesse, told the workers that GM couldn't be trusted and that he would fight to save every German job. The strike coincided with GM's announcement that it would shed 10,000 positions at its European plants, roughly the same number of jobs that Magna had planned to cut. GM did not say where the cuts would fall. The company employs 7,000 people in Spain, 5,500 in Britain, 3,900 in Sweden, 3,600 in Poland and 2,600 in Belgium. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
Election commissioners labored Wednesday to hand-count an unusually high number of ballots that could not be processed electronically—thanks to the write-in campaign of five-time City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, who failed in September to complete her paperwork to be placed on the ballot...
...Party in the USA”. “This was a great event—we just followed a girl in an angel costume here. She was short, blonde, hot,” said team member Peter G. Jebson. “My number...
...front-runners appear to be three low-key "fixers": Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. While all three may be somewhat bland and anonymous even in their home countries, they appeal to a growing number of E.U. countries - in particular the smaller ones - because they would excel at operating behind the scenes. (Read: "Opposition Grows to Tony Blair's Bid for E.U. President...
...state's keynote speaker at the embassy rally was drowned out by the chants of nearby protesters. Worse still from the prospective of Iran's leaders, these chants were picked up by the live radio feed of the event and broadcast throughout the country. In this environment, the number of protestes that show up matters less than the fact that protests are occurring on a regular basis and outside of university settings, something that would have been unthinkable just a few months...