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China Daily | Updated: 2014-11-07 07:54

Germany

Court action targets strike

German state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn will take legal action against a train drivers' union staging a four-day strike from Thursday to Monday that has paralyzed passenger and freight transport across the country. Deutsche Bahn filed an injunction with a Frankfurt labor court on Thursday after the GDL drivers' union rejected an offer of mediation and began what would be the longest strike in the German railway's postwar history.

Pakistan

Govt summons envoy on report

Pakistan summoned the US ambassador to reject allegations in a Pentagon report that Islamabad supports militant proxies in neighboring India and Afghanistan, a foreign ministry statement said on Thursday. The US Defense Department report, titled Progress Towards Security and Stability in Afghanistan, said militants continue to enjoy safe havens in Pakistan, which uses the fighters as a hedge against its loss of influence in Afghanistan and as a counterweight to India's superior military.

Indonesia

Iran to build oil refinery

Iran is expected to build an oil refinery in Indonesia and also supply crude oil to the country, an Indonesian official said on Thursday. Naryanto Wagimin, acting director general for oil and gas of the Indonesian Energy and Mines Ministry said Iran also plans to build liquefied natural gas and petrochemical refineries in Indonesia. Naryanto made the remarks after meeting with Indonesian Energy and Mines Minister Sudirman Said and Iranian Energy Ministry officials at his office.

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