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Strike halts Belgium trains, including Eurostar

A 24-hour strike paralysed Belgium's rail system on Tuesday, shutting down local lines as well as international services such as Eurostar trains between Brussels and London.

"No trains are running," Fanny Charpentier, a spokeswoman for Infrabel, which manages the country's railway lines, told AFP.

Belgian train commuters had to find alternatives ways to get to work while high-speed Thalys routes to France, Germany and the Netherlands were also idle.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 12:17:04 AM EST
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does not create "chaos" like the French strikes do.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 05:06:19 AM EST
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Belgium is alreadin chaos because it barely has a functioning governemnt, so what's a little more ?

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 06:21:36 AM EST
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