FILES - A picture taken on 08 March 2004 shows an employee of semi-privatised German postal authority Deutsche Post carrying packages in the central town of Hanover. The German logistics giant Deutsche Post said on November 10, 2008 that it would eliminate 9,500 posts as part of a programme to restructure the loss-making DHL express mail delivery activities in the United States. AFP PHOTO DDP/KAI-UWE KNOTH GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read KAI-UWE KNOTH/AFP/Getty Images)