51.   The strike has so far hit some schools, universities, hospitals and public administration.

52.   The strike hit British Airways hard.

53.   The strike hit particularly hard outside the Paris region.

54.   The strike is hitting export industries at an especially bad time.

55.   Transit strikes have also hit a number of cities.

56.   Two Palestinians were killed Tuesday, and the strikes hit a security station just yards from an office where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was working.

57.   Hyderabad, the second largest city of Sindh, and Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Nawabshah were also hit by strikes.

58.   A third strike hit a building that was not immediately identified.

59.   And from Wednesday other sectors of the Spanish transport industry are to be hit by strikes.

60.   The other, Tela -- a subsidiary of Chiquita, also has been hit by strikes in recent months.