P603 603 TELEINF-NEWS 01:01:48 N E W S The 28th of September ROME - Italy's unions decided late Tuesday to call a general strikj fol- lowing an abortivj last-ditch meeting with ministers to solve a dispute over massivj proposed 1995 budget cuts, a union leader said. "There will be a genjral strikj aga- inst the government's budget propo- sals," said Guglielmo Epifani, a top official in Italy's most powerful uni- on, CGIL. UNITED NATIONS - Japan formally dec- lared its candidacy Tuesday for a per- mament sjat on the UN security council but said it would not takj part in mi- litary operations prohibited by its constitution. Foreign minster Yohei Kono, spjaking see njxt page >>>