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Pato seals nervy Milan victory

Sports | Soccer
2009-10-20

STRIKER Alexandre Pato earned AC Milan a 2-1 comeback win over AS Roma on Sunday to slightly lift the air of gloom hanging over the San Siro. Roma winger Jeremy Menez, deputizing up front for the injured Francesco...

Pay cuts prompt Romanians to strike

World
2009-10-6

HUNDREDS of thousands of Romanian public sector workers went on strike yesterday in protest at IMF-mandated pay cuts, raising pressure on the minority government before a November presidential election. Hospitals...

Player's leg amputated after lightning strike

Odd
2009-9-1

THE family of FC Nordsjaelland defender Jonathan Richter says the player has had the lower part of his left leg amputated, six weeks after he was struck by lightning during a reserve game. Richter's condition...

Third strike on main London rail route

World
2009-8-13

WORKERS on one of the main lines into London began another two-day strike today in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, bringing more disruption to thousands of passengers. Rail operator National Express...

Wenzhou government steps in to resolve taxi drivers' dispute

National
2009-7-29

WENZHOU City government will regulate the taxi market, including raising the starting fee and setting the maximum daily fee to protect drivers' interests, it said after a cabbies' strike yesterday. More than...

London hardest hit by postal strike

World
2009-7-18

LONDON was hardest hit by a postal workers strike yesterday after 10,000 workers in the capital walked out, the Communication Workers Union said. A further 2,000 workers in Scotland, central, eastern and southwest...

Police protection as cabbies strike

National
2009-6-16

ALMOST every taxi in service in Xining, Qinghai Province, had a police officer on board for fear that striking drivers might attack working drivers, as a cab strike moved into its second day, yesterday. More than...

Afghans say US airstrike killed 140

World
2009-5-17

THE United States airstrikes earlier this month killed 140 villagers, an Afghan government investigation concluded yesterday, putting Kabul starkly at odds with the US military's account. The official death toll,...

London Underground workers to vote on strike

World
2009-3-23

THOUSANDS of workers on London's Underground rail network are to be balloted this week on strike action in a dispute over job security and pay. A walkout would be the latest in a spate of strikes in recent years...

Greek PM calls for cancellation of planned trade union rallies

World
2008-12-10

GREEK Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday called on the country's major trade unions to cancel planned rallies Wednesday amid heightened concerns over further riots and violence in downtown Athens. In letters...