51.   The commercial drivers began their strike Monday to protest the killing Friday of a taxi driver.

52.   The pilots began the strike Monday after three years of talks failed to produce a compromise agreement.

53.   The National Union of Educators began the strike after failing to reach an agreement last week during a meeting with government officials, including President Gustavo Noboa.

54.   The union, which began the strike on Thursday, is protesting government plans to privatize the canal, and is demanding higher pay.

55.   They began the strike on Monday evening, and it was expected to end late Wednesday.

56.   Thirteen inmates began the strike Monday at Bekora prison on the outskirts of Dili, the capital of the disputed territory, said prison chief Mayun Mataram.

57.   U.S. warplanes began strikes on Afghanistan Sunday after the Taliban, the Islamic militia that controls most of the country, refused to hand him over.

58.   Union leaders decided Friday which workers, from meter maids to museum cashiers, would begin the strike Wednesday.

59.   German metalworkers seeking a six percent pay hike on Friday began a strike in the Bavarian region of southern Germany, the powerful IG Metall union announced.

60.   A train strike in Croatia continued into its eighth day Thursday while the civil service union announced it would begin a strike next week, HINA news agency reported.