China's truckers' strike exposes union weakness

Around 2,000 truck drivers in Shanghai went on strike last month over rising costs and excessive...

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Surge in Somali piracy threatens world shipping

Indian seamen's unions and shipping organisations have warned that a surge in Indian Ocean piracy...

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The recently published Israel National Accounts for 2010 show that the past year proved to be far...

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The international financial crisis has reduced, but not stopped Gulf investment into sub-Saharan...

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The Kyrgyz parliament yesterday established a commission on determining 'special payments' for US...

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The International Transport Workers' Federation warned on February 25 that it was "moving closer"...

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This is a growing criminal concern, spanning small-scale individual kidnap and extortion through...

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East Africa suffers from logistical bottlenecks, due to the limited capacity of existing port...

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While the focus of attention in Europe has been on either the euro-area debt crisis or Germany's...

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Recent announcements about shipbuilding plans strongly suggest that the navy no longer views the...

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