Half of country's 14,500 post offices must be closed
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Faced with growing losses, the Royal Mail has told the government officials that half of the country's 14,500 post offices should be closed.
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Unrest hits output; workers fight plan to slash 12,000 positions, say losses due to mismanagement.
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Seventeen local drug manufacturers and some 100 pharmacies will be forced to stop operations by the end of this year because they have failed to meet national requirements on drug manufacturing and sales, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration
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people across Scandinavia fumed on Thursday at what they said was the slow response of their governments to the crisis. Flags were to fly at half-mast in Sweden, Norway and
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More than 13,000 people were killed in countries across South and Southeast Asia, with thousands more missing or unreachable.
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The government is to announce how many post offices will close as part of future plans for the network.
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Plans to cut or downgrade almost 30 post offices in some of Scotland's most rural areas are announced.
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Two-thirds of network shut down in dispute over job security and pensions.
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Â· Unanimous backing for action on public sector pay  Â· Postal workers announce new wave of disruption
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Â· New figure of 2.47m is less than half previous count Â· Latest statistics based on more reliable survey
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The postal service in some areas is "chronically poor", while customers are not always the priority, MPs say.
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Anger greets news that thousands of post offices in mostly rural areas are to be closed to save money.
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The Postal Service says that a shortage of baggage handlers, computer problems and snowstorms delayed the delivery of thousands of letters and packages.
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AMSTERDAM -- Europeans from Riga to Rome will observe three minutes of silence today to remember the 150,000 people killed by the Asian tsunami and contemplate the millions of other lives devastated by the disaster. EU public buildings will fly flags at half-staff and governments will call for silence at noon. Luxembourg, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, has called ...
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A major programme of post office branch closures is set to be announced in parts of Scotland.
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Senior officials of 143 governments are calling for the total ban of production and use of anti-personnel landmine. Senior government officials of 143 countries across the world
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Headteachers and governors are demanding government action on a ministerial pledge to protect rural schools. Meanwhile, the reality is that hundreds around the country face closure