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More than 600 Norwegian Airline pilots are set to strike on November 4, if the company fails to reach an agreement on its new corporate structure by November 3. The strike is expected to ground flights in Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, Stockholm Arlanda and Copenhagen. http://www.thelocal.no/20131031/norwegian-pilots-may-strike-on-monday

Several countries in Northern Europe are recovering after a powerful autumn storm swept across the region on Monday night, leaving 15 dead in its wake, including seven in Germany. Northern Germany is cleaning up Tuesday morning after a powerful fall storm with hurricane-force winds battered the country and most of Northern Europe Monday. The storm, […]

– UK citizens advised that rail workers are staging a series of strikes until Oct. 31st. Confirm your travel plans. For more information, visit: Renfe website at: http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/index.html

Approximately 300,000 bank employees plan to stage a strike Oct. 31. The strike will disrupt banking and ATM services across Italy. Striking employees also plan to stage demonstrations outside financial institutions and government buildings. http://www.4-traders.com/INTESA-SANPAOLO-SPA-68944/news/Italy-Bank-Workers-to-Strike-Union-Says-17344235/

Japan Hit By 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Off Fukushima Prefecture Coast, Tsunami Advisory Issued (Reuters) – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck 231 miles east of the Japanese island of Honshu on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A U.S. Pacific tsunami warning center said there was no destructive widespread tsunami threat following the quake. The Pacific Tsunami […]

Francisco has made a sharp turn toward the northeast which will keep the center of the storm off the coast of Japan. However, it will still bring heavy rain and a risk of flooding to part of the nation. Although the tropical storm has been following a track similar to deadly Typhoon Wipha from last […]