Acropolis to be shut by strike
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The usually busy Athens Acropolis will be shut down this weekend after the union of guards called a 48-hour strike to demand better working conditions.
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Three strikes that threatened to paralyse some of the UK's top airports are called off.
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Mexico's mine union said almost all of the country's mines and metals plants were shut on Monday as workers took part in a one-day national strike in memory of 65 men killed by a coal shaft explosion a year ago.
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A strike at the world's largest privately-owned copper mine may be near an end after an outline deal is reached.
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Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics Sunday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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PARIS - Transport workers shut down most trains yesterday, testing the patience of Parisians forced to walk, bike, or skate to work with a strike aimed at derailing President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to strip away labor protections he says hurt France's competitiveness.
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LONDON: Museums were closed, driving tests disrupted and ministerial cars went unwashed yesterday when British civil servants staged their biggest strike in more than a decade.
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South African public servants have called off two days of strikes they had threatened for this week. The strikes, planned for Monday and Tuesday, were suspended while ordinary members are consulted on the government&#39;s latest pay offer.
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OAXACA, Mexico  - Hundreds of cars lined up at gas   stations in the protest-torn Mexican city of Oaxaca on   Wednesday as tensions rose before a 48-hour business shutdown   expected to bring the tourist hot spot to a standstill.
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Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics yesterday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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Ukraine's opposition announced plans to block off key roads and teachers went on strike in parts of the country as protests over disputed election results stretched into the fourth day.
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DENVER Newmont Mining Corporation temporarily shut down a mine in Peru today after a two-week blockade of a road to the mine and thousands of workers protesting in the streets over concerns of the effects of new mining operations on water supplies.
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Greece's culture minister has angered architects and conservationists by clearing the way for the demolition of a landmark art deco building to improve the view from the new Acropolis museum.
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JOHANNESBURG, June 13 -- Tens of thousands of government workers on Wednesday intensified their biggest strike since the end of apartheid, closing schools, snarling transportation systems and virtually shutting down sections of South Africa's largest cities.
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The start of a WTA Tour event was delayed a day because of a planned strike in the area aimed at shutting down public services and private businesses.
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A strike called by India's biggest trade unions shuts down two communist-ruled states.
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Most of info-tech companies in India's technology hub Bangalore are closed by a general strike.