41.   Croatian rail unions announced Wednesday on the seventh day of a rail strike that passenger traffic would resume, but not commercial traffic, HINA news agency reported.

42.   Eurostar rail service between London and Brussels, which was not affected by the rail strike, was operating normally.

43.   The rail strike -- and an accompanying management lockout -- first of all affected only the Canadian Pacific railway system.

44.   The rail strike -- and an accompanying management lockout -- first of all affected only Canadian Pacific, the national private-enterprise railway system.

45.   The rail strike has already cost the fragile Serbian economy more than one million dollars, although goods trains are still running.

46.   The rail strike was not being supported by the UGT union which is close to the Socialist Party.

47.   Thousands of commuters and rail travellers nationwide face their fifth day of chaos on Wednesday as negotiations to avert a weekly one-day rail strike ended in deadlock.

48.   It follows criticism from some quarters that Blair has spent too much time abroad recently, ignoring the rail strikes and other pressing issues.

49.   It follows criticism from some areas that he has spent too much time abroad in recent weeks, ignoring a series of rail strikes and other issues.

50.   Other rail strikes took place over the weekend in the southeast and the Toulouse area.