71.   Pakistan-strike ISLAMABAD - Pakistan transporters agreed to call off their crippling strike after the government accepted their demand to withdraw several new taxes, officials here said.

72.   Since early July, workers in the state-owned petroleum and gas industry have led a crippling strike to try to force him and his junta from office.

73.   The arrest of Kim has brought to six the number of union leaders who have been arrested in a crackdown on unions leading the crippling strikes.

74.   The crippling strike could not have come at a worse time.

75.   The federation has spearheaded nearly four weeks of crippling strikes against the law, which makes it easier for employers to lay off workers and extend their hours.

76.   The KCTU, which claims a membership of half a million, spearheaded a month of crippling nationwide strikes in late December and early January against the law.