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...INDICATORS Over A Barrel Oil workers in Norway striking over pensions and job security reduced daily production in the world's third-largest oil exporter by 12%. The government ordered an end to the walkout...
...this time - but no one was betting this irrepressible tabloid star would not bounce back. - By Helen Gibson Stop Press NORWAY A strike by nearly 3,000 journalists at 84 media companies shut down most of the country's newspapers, including some of the biggest dailies. The walkout...
...INDICATORS A Stalled Workforce Fiat workers in southern Italy ended an 11-day walkout over pay at the struggling Italian automaker. And striking Alitalia staff caused chaos at Rome airport over a cost-cutting plan aimed at rescuing the loss-making airline...
...dramatic Shi'ite walkout dealt a stinging blow to the Bush Administration's exit strategy and to Bremer, even if the disagreement can soon be smoothed over. Without ever appearing in public or communicating with American officials, Ayatullah Sistani showed just how much power he wields over Iraq's future. During the contentious negotiations to draft the basic law, Shi'ite members would frequently accept a point, then reopen the issue after hearing from Ayatullah Sistani. Now they were playing the same trick in public as a way to gain maximum leverage. But any attempt to revise the disputed clauses...
...York Times article which labels his class, appropriately, “Idealism 101” and distributes a Christian Science Monitor expose that depicts him as a liberal ideologue in and outside the classroom. He was a featured speaker at Harvard’s large anti-war walkout last year, and at every opportunity he gets (from serving as the emcee of an a cappella concert to chatting with students he meets in the Yard), he lets loose his wry sense of humor against the usual targets: George Bush, John Ashcroft, Don Rumsfeld and the boys...