51.   Demanding higher wages, they walked out Monday, halting most domestic trains across the country.

52.   Demonstrations by miners demanding overdue wages continue in the capital, Kiev, and several towns in the coal-producing eastern Ukraine.

53.   Despite the inevitability of the economic slowdown, trade unions had demanded higher wages from employers reeling from plunging profits.

54.   Dozens of mines in Russia and neighboring Ukraine have been shut since last week, when miners went on strike to demand unpaid wages.

55.   Dozens of opposition labor unionists clashed with supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after staging a march on Wednesday to demand wages owed by the government.

56.   Dozens of miners in two Russian mining regions refused to leave their mines at the end of their shifts Tuesday, demanding back wages, Russian news agencies reported.

57.   Dozens of mines throughout Russia have been shut since early May, when miners went on strike to demand back wages which sometimes run for more than six months.

58.   Fifteen prison guards in a southern Russian city walked off the job Tuesday to demand unpaid wages from the government, a news report said.

59.   Four diplomats at the Italian Embassy in Moscow went on strike Wednesday to demand higher wages, an embassy official said.

60.   Garbage collectors demanding better wages marched Tuesday through the capital shouldering the coffin of a colleague who had died during demonstrations here.