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Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:00
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118 [3]
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Nigerian trade unions on Tuesday ended an eight-day general strike to protest fuel price increases and accepted a compromise price deal offered by the government. Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), who met all night to consider the government offer, settled for 34 naira (US $0.26) for a litre of petrol or a 31 percent hike instead of the 54 percent increase announced by President Olusegun Obasanjo's government on 20 June.

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Nigeria [6]

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