1.   But it could be a harbinger of similar conflicts and changes in France, where teachers struck today to protest proposed budget cuts, and other parts of Europe.

2.   KOREAN WORKERS STRIKE Tens of thousands of workers in South Korea struck to protest layoffs and the increasing use of temporary workers.

3.   Otherwise the rails were silent up and down Italy as train workers struck to protest government plans to overhaul the state railway system.

4.   Chinese dissidents on hunger strike to protest arrests.

5.   France was virtually paralyzed again Friday as millions of workers struck to protest proposed social security reform and the privatization of key public utilities.

6.   Hundreds of Daewoo Motor Co. workers rallied Saturday and vowed to strike to protest a massive layoff by the ailing carmaker.

7.   Hundreds of thousands of workers strike to protest budget cuts.

8.   Israeli Arabs strike to protest house demolitions, police brutality.

9.   Last week, the Histadrut trade union paralyzed the country for several days, striking to protest government plans to harm pensions.

10.   Miners in the northern Leon region struck to protest government plans to lower coal subsidies while allowing electric companies to buy more of their coal from foreign sources.