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An illegal strike by 7,000 workers at the Harmony gold mine in South Africa's central Free State Pro

Union Pacific's congestion problems in Texas and throughout much of its U.S. network is forcing Burl

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Four Philippine sailors who claimed they witnessed the high-seas murder of three Romanian stowaways

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The European Union has shelved controversial plans to auction takeoff and landing slots at its bigge

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Russia's ailing oil and gas sector, long desperate for a significant injection of Western cash, got

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A record 163,781 metric tons of air cargo moved through Hong Kong in October, bringing the 10-month

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A little-noticed federal court decision may signal how some service-related claims against Union Pac

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