[originaltext] Venezuela. Thousands of oil workers have gone on strike to de

Venezuela. Thousands of oil workers have gone on strike to demand a pay increase. Union leaders say 90% of the country’s 40,000 oil workers have stopped working. However, the Venezuelan oil industry officials say operations remain the same. They say it will be one week until the strike affects oil exports. The oil workers are demanding a 15% pay increase ordered for all government workers by President Hugo Chavez. The state-owned oil company says the presidential order does not include oil workers. Also Venezuelan school teachers went on strike demanding a similar pay increase.
Q: Why have Venezuelan oil workers gone on strike?

At the United Nations, assistant secretary general for peacekeeping Hedi Anaby says preparations for voting in East Timor must go forward quickly. Mr. Anaby says voters must be officially recorded by June 22nd for the election to be held on August 30th. Voters will elect an 88- member National Assembly which will write a constitution. Mr. Anaby has told the UN Security Council that it will be difficult to record voters by the required dates.  Als0 East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao has again said that he will not seek the presidency of the new country. He said he will help East Timor in other ways. A presidential election is expected next year.
Q: According to Hedi Anaby, what must go forward quickly in East Timor?