Subject: NEW: Turkey warns incursions imminent if Kurdish rebels not quelled

From: "Ina Nickerson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:21:38 +0100

http://navpatf.wrotefit.cn/?085103067934The strike is expected to cripple France's national train network.Only one in four trains will be running on Thursday, including suburban services linking Paris to its three international airports, she said."He was shooting like crazy at everybody," officer Antonio Turi said.Railway workers will join bus, power, gas and some state employees for the action called after President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to back down over planned pension reforms, according to Monique Ricard, spokeswoman for the French railway SNCF.Eurostar has advised its customers to avoid all travel on Thursday and it has cancelled some of its trains on Thursday and Friday.LONDON, England (CNN) -- Widespread strikes are expected to cripple France's transport network just as rugby fans make their way to Paris for this weekend's World Cup final.Trains across France and the Metro -- Paris's subway system -- are expected to come to a halt starting Wednesday night, Ricard said.With Paris hotels booked full many fans are staying 30 kilometers (20 miles) outside the city in hotels around Disneyland's Paris resort.Police were investigating how the man managed to take a weapon into the courtroom in Reggio Emilia, a city about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Bologna. About 80,000 rugby fans are expected to attend Saturday's World Cup final between England and South Africa."We are certainly concerned about the impact for fans. So far we've been assured the disruptions should be manageable but it remains to be seen," Jessica Chambers, a spokeswoman for the England Rugby Supporters Club.Vladimir Putin's visit was the first by a Kremlin leader to Iran since 1943.High demand has pushed upward the price of a pair of tickets for the final to as much as $3,000 in eBay auctions.Officials close to hard-liners within Iran's ruling Islamic establishment said they believed the proposal by Putin was a type of "time out" on U.N. sanctions against Iran, if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue.Unidentified relatives of the gunman's victims console one another outside the courtroom.SNCF has insisted the industrial action would not continue into the weekend.