Posts Tagged ‘dispute-over’

Pakistan Blocks Twitter

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

After dispute over ‘offensive’ messages.

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Pakistan Blocks Twitter

I.A.E.A. Director General to Visit Tehran

Friday, May 18th, 2012

The unexpected announcement suggested that both the I.A.E.A. and Iran had accelerated the urgency of resolving their dispute over I.A.E.A. requests for access to a restricted Iranian military site.

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I.A.E.A. Director General to Visit Tehran

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Yields in Dispute Over Oath of Office

Monday, April 30th, 2012

The party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi backed down on Monday in a dispute over Myanmar’s oath of office, agreeing to enter Parliament for the first time.

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Yields in Dispute Over Oath of Office

Russian police detain 23 at environmental rally

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

MOSCOW — Police on Saturday detained 23 protesters, including Russia’s best-known environmental activist, on charges of holding an unsanctioned rally. They had been demonstrating in Revolution Square in the heart of the capital in support of two men arrested Tuesday in southern Russia in a dispute over construction in a forest of rare pines. Read full article > >

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South Sudan halts oil production

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Oil production is suspended in South Sudan amid a dispute over how to share revenues with the government in Khartoum.

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South Sudan halts oil production

Tradesmen in wildcat pay action

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Hundreds of construction workers stage wildcat strike action at sites across the UK in a dispute over pay conditions.

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Tradesmen in wildcat pay action

TV Licensing staff’s third strike

Friday, November 18th, 2011

TV Licensing workers stage a third strike in a dispute over pay.

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TV Licensing staff’s third strike

Expanded Euro Bailout Fund Clears Hurdle

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Finland’s Parliament agreed to contribute its share despite reservations among legislators and a dispute over demands for collateral from Greece.

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Expanded Euro Bailout Fund Clears Hurdle

Senate reaches deal on FEMA funds

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

The bipartisan agreement is meant to end a dispute over FEMA funding that threatened to shutdown part of the government.

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Senate reaches deal on FEMA funds

Rail strike plan for bank holiday

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Rail unions announce two 24 hour strikes on First TransPennine Express trains following a dispute over pay.

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Rail strike plan for bank holiday

Monkees call off remaining tour

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Sixties pop group The Monkees calls off nine remaining US tour dates, in a dispute over ‘business matters’.

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Monkees call off remaining tour

Private school ‘luxury’ tax claim

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

Private schools face accusations that charitable status is unfair, as a court hears a dispute over their “public benefit”.

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Private school ‘luxury’ tax claim

Jobcentre staff to go on strike

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Thousands of Jobcentre staff are to go on strike on Monday in a dispute over working conditions and management targets.

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Jobcentre staff to go on strike

27% of communication by members of Congress is taunting, professor concludes

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

It may be helpful, at a time like this — when Congress is threatening to shut down the U.S. government in a dispute over a tiny fraction of the federal budget — to think of legislators like a lost forest tribe.

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27% of communication by members of Congress is taunting, professor concludes

University strike action spreads

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Lecturers are set to walk out of some of England’s universities in a dispute over pensions on Tuesday.

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University strike action spreads