1.   A few hundred strikers continued blocking highways Thursday around Donetsk and in mining towns in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.

2.   A planned news conference with Owen was called off while the striker continued to have what the team spokesmen called intensive treatment.

3.   But strikers would continue their action until four of their leaders were released by the government, he said.

4.   But the strikers continue to remain off the job.

5.   French coach Roger Lemerre said Thursday he may have to call up Nicolas Anelka if top striker Thierry Henry continues to have knee problems.

6.   Though he has Zidane, French coach Roger Lemerre said Thursday he may have to call up Nicolas Anelka if top striker Thierry Henry continues to have knee problems.

7.   French strikers continued to block cross-channel ferries trying to dock in Calais Wednesday despite a court ruling ordering them to withdraw, officials said.

8.   However two unions, the CFDT and CGT, said strikers would continue to block the port here during the negotiations.

9.   In an unusual move, the strikers continued to handle grain ships.

10.   In these regions strikers continued to block several hundred Spanish and foreign trucks, often by slashing their tyres, despite police intervention.