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Local government minister Phil Woolas said in a statement that the rule will be scrapped from October 1, maintaining that it did not comply with European legislation on age discrimination.

But the Government held out the prospect of further talks in a bid to resolve the long-running row and said it hoped that discussions will now begin with unions and local authority employers which will avert the need for further strikes.

Story continues ADVERTISEMENT The Government said that nothing had been ruled in or out as far as fresh talks were concerned.

Ministers said they wanted to address the "important issue" of protecting existing pension scheme members.

Unions were deciding their next move before making any announcement about further industrial action.

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Boeing sales people could always point to the advantages of commonality in cockpit layout, spare parts stocks, maintenance, and other factors, in selling a package of airliners of various sizes, to meet all the needs of major carriers.

As a consequence, Airbus determined that the world needed a new generation of superjumbos, and is introducing the A-380, which just this week was certified by US and European authorities as able to be evacuated satisfactorily in the event of a crash, no small point when 700-800 lives could be lost in the event of a fire.

The A-380 still has a way to go before entering commercial service.

Deliveries have been delayed, and rumors fly about problems with weight, performance guarantees of range and fuel consumption, and even unconfirmed dark talk of structural integrity issues.

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“We want to thank all that have supported and prayed for her.

We want to especially thank The Christian Science Monitor, who did so much work to keep her image alive in Iraq.” During Carroll's months in captivity, she had appeared twice in videos broadcast on Arab television, pleading for her life.

Her captors had demanded the release of all women detainees in Iraq by Feb.

26 and said Carroll would be killed if that did not happen.

The date came and went with no word about her fate.

On Feb.

28, Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said Carroll was being held by the Islamic Army in Iraq, the insurgent group that freed two French journalists in 2004 after four months in captivity.

She was last seen in a videotape broadcast Feb.

9 by the private Kuwaiti television station Al-Rai.

Her twin sister, Katie, issued a plea for her relea...