EU to take legal action vs members on working time

Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 23:35 [IST]

BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (Reuters) The European Commission will launch as soon as possible legal action against European Union members that are in breach of the bloc's working time regulations, Employment Commissioner Vladimir Spidla said.

His statement follows the failure of EU labour ministers today to agree on amendments to the EU law that would solve discrepancies between national legislation and the EU regulation as revealed by European Court of Justice rulings.

''We need to be logical ... if a country does not respect the treaty we must bring proceedings against it,'' Spidla told a news conference after the ministers' meeting.

''We should move as fast as possible,'' he said.

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Israel pulls out around border village-UNIFIL

Tuesday, November 7, 2006,23:35 [IST]

BEIRUT, Nov 7 (Reuters) The commander of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon said after meeting senior Lebanese and Israeli officers today that Israeli troops pulled out from most of the surrounding area of a divided village. Israel had completed its withdrawal from all but one small part of southern Lebanon at the start of October. Its forces remained in the divided village of Ghajar, which straddles the border between Lebanon and territory Israel captured from.....

Communist Vietnam will become WTO's 150th member

Tuesday, November 7, 2006,23:36 [IST]

GENEVA, Nov 7 (Reuters) Communist Vietnam, one of the world's fastest growing economies, won formal approval from the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday to become its 150th member by the end of the year. The Southeast Asian country of 82 million people will officially join the WTO, which sets the rules for global trade, 30 days after its National Assembly ratifies the accords. ''Today is a memorable day in the process of the international.....

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DPL, Belgium company sign MoU to develop Dighi Port

Wednesday, November 8, 2006,0:03 [IST]

Mumbai, Nov 7 (UNI) A memorandum of understanding was today signed between Dighi Port Ltd and Jan De Nul NV in presence of Belgium Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt to develop the port. Jan De Nul Group specialises in dredging and land reclamation, rock placing, trenching, rock dumping for oil and gas-related offshore pipeline projects, quay walls, marine-related projects, civil engineering and large-scale environmental remediation projects. The Balaji Infra Projects Limited (Vijay Kalantri Group) is.....

Modi urges MPs to raise Gujarat's issues in Parliament

Wednesday, November 8, 2006,0:03 [IST]

Ahmedabad, Nov 7 (UNI) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today urged MPs from the state, cutting across party lines, to raise the issues facing Gujarat during the Winter Session of the Parliament. Mr Modi pointed out to the MPs that 13 mine and industries projects, eleven road and buildings projects, four Water Resources projects and several other projects of energy and petrochemicals were pending with the Central Government which need to be pursued. He.....

Panama elected to UN Council for Latam seat

Wednesday, November 8, 2006,0:04 [IST]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7 (Reuters) Panama was elected today to an open U N Security Council seat as a compromise choice after weeks of a divisive battle between Venezuela and U S -backed Guatemala. To applause and cheers, Panama received 164 votes, more than the two-thirds needed in the 192-member U N General Assembly. Venezuela got 11 votes, Guatemala 4, and Barbados 1. A number of countries abstained. The outcome of today's formal vote was.....