Rail Workers Rally as Talks Open in Paris Strike
Several thousand railway workers and supporters demonstrated in Paris and other cities while union leaders walked out of talks over a contested pay system. Trains ran at about 25 to 40 percent of normal as government, management, and labor reps met amid protests.
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Paris
General Confederation of Labor
Confederation
St. Lazare Station
Federation
Workers Force
French Democratic Confederation of Workers
Marseille
Rennes
Nantes
Iran deals progress in talks on blocked assets return
In The Hague, U S and Iranian officials report progress toward returning 507.7 million dollars in blocked assets. Talks involve the New York Federal Reserve, U S Treasury, the Iranian Central Bank and government, with a second meeting planned at the Iran U S Claims Tribunal and a prior 34 hour session. The course of negotiations remains open with no final agreement yet.
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Hague
Netherlands
Iran
Lebanon
New York Federal Reserve Bank
U.S. Treasury Department
Iranian Central Bank
U.S
Sam Wunder
Washington
State Department
Phyllis Oakley
The
ITT and CGE Sign Global Telecom Joint Venture
ITT Corp and France's Cie Generale d Electricite agreed to form a joint venture merging telecommunications and fiber optic operations. The Netherlands-incorporated firm will have about 12 billion dollars in annual sales and 150,000 employees in 75 countries, making it the second largest telecom group behind AT&T. ITT to receive 1.25 billion dollars in cash.
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Brussels
Belgium
ITT Corp
France
Cie. Generale d’Electricite
ITT
CGE
Netherlands
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Torrential rains kill 28 in southeast Brazil and displace thousands
In southeastern Brazil heavy rains left 28 dead and about 10,000 homeless. Minas Gerais suffered 16 deaths from mudslides and lightning, while Sao Paulo state reported 10 deaths from a mudslide in Laurinhas. Rio de Janeiro saw one death as a shack collapsed killing a baby. Civil defense said 300 houses and 26 bridges collapsed and 10,200 people were driven from their homes across the three states. Homeless were sheltered in schools, churches, and government buildings.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Minas Gerais
San Paulo
Laurinhas
Rio
Jose Maria Nova da Costa
National Civil Defense
Brasilia
Sao Paulo
Rio Resident Ends Up Damp Amid Severe Brazilian Flooding
A dejected Rio de Janeiro resident sits on his car as tropical downpour turns a quiet street into a river. Southeastern Brazil reports twenty eight deaths from storm damage and flooding since last weekend. The government released 670000 dollars in emergency funds to buy food blankets fuel and medicine. Heavy rains have pounded the region for a month.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
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