National Strike Grips Belgium, Canceling Flights and Shutting Breweries Train travel was also upended and schools were closed as a national strike threatened to bring the country to a standstill on Wednesday. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Key Figure in South Korean Leader’s Troubles: A PuppyWith Election Defeat, Ghana’s President Becomes Casualty of Faltering EconomyJapanese Leader’s Pearl Harbor Visit May Not Be a First, After AllThe Interpreter: How ‘Islands of Honesty’ Can Crush a System of CorruptionParis Imposes Measures to Fight Pollution, With Mixed ResultsGambian President, Reversing Course, Won’t Accept Election Defeat