Dusseldorf, Germany - Germany's services sector union ver. di announced Saturday plans to hit Deutsche Post with open-ended strike action starting May 2 after wage negotiations have broken down.

The union also said it was possible that before then, warning strikes would be staged against the German postal company.

Before strike action can be carried out, union members will vote on the issue between April 25 and 29. The results will be announced April 30.

Wage negotiations broke down overnight Friday chiefly over the issues of working hours and protection against layoffs.

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Berlin - Jews trickling back to Soviet-controlled East Germany after World War II in the hope of helping to establish a "Workers' and Peasants' State" were soon disappointed, a new exhibition in Be

Berlin  - Chancellor Angela Merke

Beijing  -  Volkwagen AG and SAIC Motor Corp Ltd opened a new factory Friday in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with an annual production capacity of 60,000 cars.

Berlin, April 18: Astronomers have for the first time detected the light echo of a high-energy flash from a black hole.