Toys R Us Sweden strikes test centralized union pact
Sweden's Toys R Us faces widening strikes as 40 to 50 workers oppose signing a centralized nationwide agreement between unions and employers. Union spokesman Bill Erlandson notes the pact enforces wage and condition parity, keeping firms on a level playing field and ensuring broad union influence in politics and business.
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Toys ‘R’ Us
USS
Toys 'R’ Us
Sweden
Bill Erlandson
France names Alain Juppe as prime minister after Chirac swearing
Alain Juppe, 49, a top aide to President Chirac, was named prime minister eight hours after Chirac's swearing in. Chirac vows swift action to cut unemployment and heal social divisions as France changes leadership following Mitterrand era. A Russian official says a Chechnya body is not missing U S relief worker Fred Cuny, with officials awaiting forensic results.
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Alain Juppe
France
Juppe
Jacques Chirac
Chirac
Francois Mitterrand
Chechnya
U.S
Fred Cuny
Alexander Mikhailov
Federal Security Service
KGB
Cuny
Itar-Tass
Mikhailov
State Department
Ebola crisis in Kikwit as quarantine expands
Health workers search streets of Kikwit Zaire for new Ebola cases as the city of 600,000 remains under quarantine. Mobutu says quarantines cannot be foolproof while 87 deaths and 5 more infections are reported. WHO lists 114 cases with 79 deaths. US CDC orders airlines to report feverish or vomitous passengers.
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Kikwit
Zaire
Toronto
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Kinshasa
Mobutu Sese Seko
Jean-Jacques Muyembe
Kinshasa University
World Health Organization
Geneva
WHO
United States
Centers For Disease Control
Palestinians accuse U S of bias after veto on Jerusalem land
Palestinians and Arab leaders condemn the United States for vetoing a U N Security Council resolution that would declare Israel's land grabs in Jerusalem invalid The veto marked the first U S Security Council veto in five years and drew sharp reactions from PLO negotiator Nabil Shaath Arab League officials and militant groups including Islamic Jihad and Hamas urging restraint and warning of heightened tensions in the peace process.
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Gaza Strip
United States
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Jerusalem
Marwan Kanafani
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Washington
Middle East
Security Council
United Nations
Nabil Shaath
Arab League
U.S
Adnan Omran
Cairo
Egypt
America
Sheik Nafez Assam
Islamic Jihad Group
West
Mahmoud Zahar
Hamas
Shell kills one as Sarajevo fighting briefly eases
In Sarajevo a mortar shell hit a market killing one and wounding at least six as fighting slowed after two days of heavy clashes. Four others were wounded including two Russian peacekeepers by a mine. The airport reopened for UN flights though some UN personnel remained out.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Gary Coward
NATO
Guy Vinet
Cedomir Kantic
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