GM-UAW reach tentative deal; two-day strike ends

Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007

NEWS

165 Taliban suspects killed in 2 days
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An ongoing battle in Helmand province has killed more than 100
suspected
insurgents, bringing the Taliban death toll to more than 165 in the past
two
days, the U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday.

Warning shots fired at monks in Burma
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Security forces fired warning shots and tear gas into massive crowds of
demonstrators in Myanmar's biggest city Wednesday, while hauling away
defiant
Buddhist monks into waiting trucks the first mass arrests since protests
in
this military dictatorship erupted last month.

Burma, Somalia ranked most corrupt
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Burma and Somalia have been ranked as the most corrupt nations in
Transparency
International's 2007 index, released Wednesday adding pressure to the
Southeast Asian country's military regime as it faces the biggest anti-
government protests in nearly two decades.

MONEY

GM-UAW reach tentative deal; strike ends
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The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. said Wednesday they
have
reached a tentative contract agreement that ends a two-day nationwide
strike
immediately.