Southwest Airlines reaches tentative deal with union representing 19,000 attendants
Southwest Airlines said on Wednesday it has reached a tentative agreement with the Transport Workers Union Local 556,
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Gold One mine 'hostage situation': South African miners tell of escape
Hundreds of workers at a mine in South Africa are caught up in a dispute between two rival unions.
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82-year-old Korean man has heart attack after choking on 'live octopus' dish
An 82-year-old man in South Korea had a heart attack after choking on a piece of "live octopus," or san-nakji, a local delicacy comprised of freshly severed -- and still wriggling -- tentacles.
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South China Sea: Why the Philippines and China are on a collision course
A new sense of urgency is pushing Manila and Beijing to greater assertiveness in the South China Sea.
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Australia's South32's Q1 metallurgical coal output falls on Illawarra bottlenecks
Diversified miner South32 posted an 18% drop in first-quarter metallurgical coal output on Monday, as production was affected
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China and Philippines accuse each other over collisions in disputed South China Sea
China and the Philippines on Sunday accused each other of causing collisions in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries that have heightened regional tensions.
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South China Sea: China coast guard hit Philippine ship, Manila says
Beijing retorts that Manila is deliberately stirring trouble in disputed South China Sea waters.
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Mozambique burns 45,000 hens as bird flu spreads from South Africa
The egg-laying hens had been imported from South Africa, which is facing one of its worst outbreaks.
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EPA orders Norfolk Southern to perform additional cleanup following Ohio derailment
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday ordered Norfolk Southern Corp to carry out additional cleanup
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Turkish company Karpowership restores electricity to Guinea-Bissau capital
Turkish firm Karpowership puts the lights back on after the government partially settles a $15m debt.
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Yunchan Lim: 19-year-old piano sensation signs record deal
Yunchan Lim, once called "classical music’s answer to K-pop", signs to the UK's Decca Records.
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Shane Beamer will keep feeling sting of Florida loss from a walking boot
It has been a year from hell for Shane Beamer and his South Carolina Gamecocks. Not only are the SEC East team 2-4 on the season, but their head coach just broke his foot out of frustration in the Florida loss.
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