PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- An agreement signed earlier yesterday between the United States and Italy drew strong support from Westinghouse Electric Company as the two countries took a major step closer to opening the Italian market to U.S.

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An investor bailout of Alitalia won the grudging support of the last two unions Monday, ending difficult labor talks that at one point appeared to doom the airline to liquidation.

Alitalia's biggest labor unions clinched an initial deal with the airline's potential buyers Monday, raising hopes that it could avoid collapse, but pilots balked and flights risked being grounded for a lack of cash to buy fuel.

Text of report by Italian privately-owned centrist newspaper La Stampa website, on 23 May [Report by Alessandro Barbera: "Nuclear Energy, Restart In Five Years"] Rome - Ever since 2001 there has been a breach among the centre- left parties.