Unions representing French aviation workers, including pilots, flight attendants and baggage handlers, voted Friday for strike action on February 6-9 that is expected to disrupt air travel.
The unions are protesting a draft law that will require individual aviation workers to give 48 hours notice before taking strike action.
The bill was approved by France’s lower house [...]
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emperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned Friday that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend.
People have been found dead on the streets in some countries, while thousands have been trapped in mountain villages in Serbia. Even [...]
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Hacker group Anonymous, in an embarrassment for law enforcement, released a recording Friday of a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard discussing operations against the hacking collective.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed the authenticity of the nearly 17-minute recording posted on YouTube and other sites and said it was “intended for law enforcement [...]
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France Telecom and an investment partner have sold mobile operator Orange Austria to Hong Kong-based Hutchison for 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion), Hutchison’s Austrian affiliate said.
The Hutchison deal has been long in the works from the heavily indebted France Telecom, which holds 35 percent of the Austrian company. Buyout firm Mid Europa Partners holds the [...]
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The rupee surged 1.4 percent on Thursday and posted its largest single-session rise since May 2009, powered by hopes of dollar inflows, a day after the world’s six major central banks announced co-ordinated action to help ease the euro zone crisis.
Strong gains in local shares, mirroring global equities, and the euro’s sharp climb buoyed the [...]
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The economic data is mostly pointing in the right direction, but the weak economy has kept hopes in check for a big improvement in the government’s labor report Friday.
Analysts expect that a slowdown in job creation took place in January after December’s surge in holiday hiring, so that the Labor Department will report no improvement [...]
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US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday recalled one million packets of birth control pills over a packaging error that could put women at risk of unintended pregnancy.
The pills, about half of which were the brand name Lo/Ovral-28 and the other half were generic norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets, may be improperly arranged so that inactive [...]
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President Joseph Kabila’s ruling PPRD party and its allies won a parliamentary majority in November elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to official results released Thursday.
The camp of the PPRD and its allied parties captured an aboslute majority of about 260 seats on the 500-seat National Assembly while the opposition won about 110 [...]
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The United States plans to end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013 and shift to a training role, one year before most US troops are due to withdraw, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
Although US commanders had already indicated a move towards an advisory mission in coming months, Panetta’s comments marked the first time the [...]
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Shane Warne was facing legal action Tuesday after a cyclist involved in a road rage incident with the Australian cricket great said he plans to sue for damages to his bike.
Web designer Mathew Hollingsworth, 28, is launching a civil claim in the Melbourne Magistrates Court seeking Aus$1,575 (US$1,668) for repairs to his hi-tech bicycle plus [...]
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