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CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Guinea's powerful union chiefs called off a crippling strike Sunday after the president agreed to appoint a new prime minister in an attempt to end simmering unrest that has killed scores of people this year.
One of the country's two main union chiefs, Rabiatou Serah Diallo, said Sunday that union officials proposed five names for the post and President Lansana Conte was expected to choose one of them.
Ibrahima Fofana, another union leader, said the strike would end at midnight Sunday but that Monday should be a day of prayer for the more than 100 people killed in political violence this year, mostly during clashes with security forces.
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