(3)Players' strike this weekend averted

OSAKA, Japan - Japan pro baseball players association (labor union) head Atsuya Furuta (C) declines to shake hands with Ryuzo Setoyama, general manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines and representative of management, as he leaves a joint press conference after two days of inconclusive negotiations in Osaka on Sept. 10. They failed to make a clear-cut deal but agreed to avert a strike at least for this weekend. (Kyodo)

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