51.   It urged its members Friday to renew the strikes after the New Year holidays.

52.   ITAR-Tass said Friday that the workers agreed to call off the larger strike after talks with authorities.

53.   Lebanese fear new strikes after bungled raid deadly to Israel.

54.   Last Friday, pharmacists called off an indefinite nationwide strike after only one day, following last-minute concessions by the government.

55.   Last month, lecturers went on strike after negotiations with the government for better pay stalled.

56.   Meanwhile thousands of oil workers on Monday called off a threatened nationwide strike after accepting the latest wage offer from government-run oil giant, Petrobras.

57.   More than three million students went back to school on Monday as their teachers ended a two-week strike after reaching agreement with the govenment on salary increases.

58.   Miners throughout Russia walked out last month, but ended the strike after eight days when the government promised to send their pay.

59.   Opposition parties resorted to strikes after international and local mediation efforts failed.

60.   Polish train engineers, demanding pay raises and early retirement schemes, threatened to go on strike after breaking off negotiations with the government on Tuesday.