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...Chechen capital. "Some 400 rebels attacked Kizlyar in neighboring Dagestan, an ethnic republic to the northeast of the breakaway region," reports TIME's Yuri Zarakhovich. "The rebels, who have lost at least six people in gunfighting, are now battling with federal troops for control of the town's railway station." Five policemen and five civilians have also been killed so far in fighting that raged through the city streets. Led by Salman Raduyev, the son-in-law of Chechen leader Jokhar Dudayev, the rebels say they will kill the hostages if Russia does not withdraw troops from Chechnya. The action...
...endgame. A majority of French railroad workers voted to suspend their strike today, one day after subway and bus drivers in Paris agreed to return to work. Despite recent government concessions that included an agreement to renegotiate the five-year contract with the national railway company, hard-line union negotiators remain unsatisfied. "There's going to be another big demonstration here on Saturday that may draw support from private-sector employees, which could be an indication the strike is going to continue for a while longer," says Paris bureau chief Thomas Sancton. Union leaders hope to draw 2 million people...
...Some drivers are going back to work, but it's definitely not an indication that the strike is over," Sancton reports. Workers on the Paris commuter and intercity trains will continue striking, despite recent government concessions that included an agreement to renegotiate the five-year contract with the national railway company. "There's going to be another big demonstration here on Saturday that may draw support from private-sector employees, which could be an indication the strike is going to continue for a while longer." Which means that French cities will remain snarled with traffic jams and millions forced...
...Russian government announced that troops would begin patrolling railway stations as the country nears December 17 elections that boast a complicated lineup of 43 parties and 2,700 candidates. TIME's Yuri Zarakhovich reports that the government worries that Chechen rebels will try to disrupt the voting with bombings as part of their pledge to bring the Chechen war to Moscow. "The government made a very bad mistake, With Russian troops still in Chechnya, they decided to go ahead with not only national elections but also with local elections. The rebel fighters are not going to be very happy with...
...link between Richardson's railway stations and Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie houses," Floyd said yesterday. "And it was the only one left...