More than 400 workers at Uzbekistan\'s Shorsuv Metalworks were on the third day of a hunger strike on 27 April. The workers began their hunger strike as a protest against the plant\'s managers, who they say cheated them out of shares in the enterprise. Ferghana Province Governor Shermat Nurmatov had told the hunger strikers on 26 April that only a court could resolve the conflict, but the protestors replied that they have sought justice through the courts for eight months without result. The workers said that they will await word from President Islam Karimov, whom they addressed in a 25 April telegram demanding the resignation of the government and threatening continued protest actions if their demands are not met. (fergana.ru)