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WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 18, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- A nationwide one-day strike by public transport workers in France has left the country with drastically reduced train, bus and metro services. Trade unions held protests in dozens of towns and cities in their campaign to protect a pension system enjoye.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 8:11am neoform

SF Gate -- Most of London's sprawling transport network shut down Tuesday after maintenance workers walked off the job, arousing commuter anger and drawing warnings the strike will inconvenience millions of Britons. Around 2,300 members of the National Union of R.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- A senior Vatican cardinal has inaugurated a low-cost charter flight service which aims to transport Catholic pilgrims to holy sites. The first flight from Rome to Lourdes in France took off at 1130 (0930 GMT), using a small charter airline owned by the.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- France faces a second day of travel chaos as transport unions continue a strike in protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms. More trains were running than on Wednesday, but millions of people still struggled to get to work. Rail a.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Transport workers shut down most rail traffic in France for a second day Thursday, frustrating passengers forced to postpone trips and Parisians who had to walk, bike or skate to work. The government awaited a response to its offer to negotiate a way o.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Oct 19, 2007 @ 12:05pm neoform

BBC News -- Continuing strike action by French transport workers is disrupting rail services, with only about half of Paris metro trains operating. Two of France's eight transport unions voted to extend the 24-hour strike which began on Wednesday at 2000 local tim.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Sep 11, 2007 @ 11:09am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Last week, a trade union badly damaged the legitimacy of collective action - and achieved nothing. By going on strike after having won almost all its demands, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers closed down the London Underground fo.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 27, 2007 @ 12:30pm neoform

CNN -- Eighteen people are dead after a Russian-made Mi-8 military transport helicopter crashed in the volatile province of Chechnya. Earlier, the Russian military prosecutor's office told CNN that 14 paratroopers and three crew members were killed when the h.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 12:55pm mrmdc

Reuters -- French motorists may be driving more recklessly than usual because they are counting on the traditional pardon by the incoming president after the election in May, the transport minister said... Read More