China Stamps Out Southern RiotingWall Street JournalZENGCHENG, China—The deployment of thousands of riot police armed with tear gas and shotguns appeared to have restored order to this southern Chinese town after days of severe rioting, but both migrant workers and a government think tank …and more » More: continued here
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Financial Times Royal Mail profits smashed by competition and FacebookMirror.co.ukROYAL Mail warned of thousands more job cuts yesterday after revealing its letters business lost £120million last year. New boss Moya Greene admitted the firm was “balance sheet insolvent” and only being kept …Royal Mail cuts more jobs as losses mountThe …
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CTV.ca There's mail in there. We want to be working. Right now!SooToday.comLocal Canada Post mail carriers set up an information picket today in front of the Post Office on Queen Street. They want to go back to work and start delivering the mail but they say Canada Post is being …
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BBC News Criminal's BMW auctioned on eBayBBC NewsA BMW M3, a Rolex watch and plasma TVs are among items seized from criminals and sold by a police force on eBay. In the past five months the Leicestershire Police scheme has raised £80000 and more than £350000 since it started in …
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Privatise post-haste and regret at leisureThe GuardianGet the regulation right first A Royal Mail postbox in a rural area of Suffolk. The letters division fell into a loss of £120m, from a profit of £20m. Photograph Graham Turner for the Guardian Parliament last week passed an act to pave the …
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