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Venezuela’s neighbors just watch as it spirals downward
VENEZUELANS DESPAIR at the lack of international interest in the political crisis that is rocking their country. Since anti-government protests began early last month, at least 34 people have been killed, most of them opposition supporters gunned down by security forces or government-backed gangs. Some 1,600 people have been arrested, and many say they were beaten or tortured. One of the opposition’s top leaders has been jailed for more than a month.
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OKCupid asks users to avoid Firefox
Dating website OKCupid has sought to deter users from accessing its site via browser Mozilla Firefox. The site says the move was in response to new Mozilla chief executive Brendan Eich's previous opposition to gay marriage in the US state of California.
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Kiev report blames ex-Ukraine leader Yanukovych for protest deaths
The killings of protesters in the Ukrainian capital during anti-government demonstrations in February took place under the order of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, a report said Thursday The preliminary report by the Ukrainian government implicated pro-Moscow Yanukovych in the covert planning of a series of sniper attacks in Kiev, backed by Russia, during the rallies that eventually led him to flee across the border.
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UPS Fires 250 Employees For Staging A 90-Minute Protest To Defend Co-Worker
UPS is firing 250 Queens, N.Y., drivers for walking off the job during a 90-minute protest in February. The company dismissed 20 of the workers after their shifts Monday and issued notices of termination to another 230 employees, notifying them that they will be fired once the company has trained their replacements, UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told Business Insider.
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Ukraine zoo animals at risk of starvation on ousted president's estate
Zoo animals at ousted Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych's estate are at risk of starvation after zoo staff fled when anti-government protesters stormed the grounds. When the estate was stormed, a personal zoo was found containing several animals, some of them exotic. The zoo staff fled without leaving any means of caring for the animals.
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Why Street Protests Don't Work
Street protests are in. From Bangkok to Caracas, and Madrid to Moscow, these days not a week goes by without news that a massive crowd has amassed in the streets of another of the world’s big cities. The reasons for the protests vary. Often, the grievance quickly expands to include a repudiation of the government, or its head, or more general denunciations of corruption and economic inequality.
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Brazil protesters in Rio clashes over dancer's death
Deadly protests have broken out in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro following the death of a young man allegedly beaten by police. A man was shot dead during the violence on Tuesday night in the Pavao-Pavaozinho neighbourhood. Demonstrators from the favela set barricades of tyres alight, leading to the closure of streets in the nearby tourist area of Copacabana.
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Tiananmen Square protest museum opens in Hong Kong
The world's first museum dedicated to the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has opened in Hong Kong. Organisers hope in particular to attract visitors from mainland China. The protests are still a taboo topic in mainland China but Hong Kong operates under a more liberal legal system.
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China: 60,000 Workers Continue Historic Strike, Defying Repression by the State and Pressures from Western Corporations
The biggest strike in China’s history is ongoing, despite the state’s increased repression, which has led to two activists going missing, more being arrested, and many more wounded and hospitalized. One of the missing activists was kidnapped for two days by security agents and was pressured to help break the strike, but he refused.
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30,000 Chinese Factory Workers Strike Against Maker of Nike Sneakers
Thirty thousand Chinese workers have been on strike for two weeks against the world's largest maker of athletic shoes. They make sneakers for companies that you know of, of course, like Nike and Adidas. And workers have shut down production. And the company Yue Yuen's stock price has sharply declined. The workers allege the company has failed to adequately fund social security pensions and contribute to housing funds.
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Ethiopia: Protests Grow Over Addis Ababa's Expansion
Ethnic Oromo students in Ethiopia are ratcheting up opposition to the territorial expansion of the Horn of Africa nation's capital, Addis Ababa. Thousands of students at all eight regional universities in Oromia, the largest of Ethiopia's federal states, turned in recent days to demand an immediate halt to the city's so-called "Integrated Development Master Plan," unveiled earlier this month.
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Rebel China nudists defy Communist Party ban on nakedness
Just months after a police crackdown on China’s top nudist destination, naturists ‘flout’ government rules which outlaw skinny dipping and naked sunbathing
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Fast-food workers announce global protest, walkouts set for 33 countries
Fast-food workers are planning a global strike for better pay and working conditions, with actions set to take place in 150 U.S. cities and 32 other countries in a bid to exert pressure on multinational companies. Strikes are planned for May 15 across five continents in countries including Morocco, Japan, India, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, Argentina and New Zealand
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Civil war warning in Thailand
Supporters of Thailand's besieged government have warned of civil war as the country's army chief said the military is ready to act but only as a last resort to end worsening political unrest. Pro-government Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan told thousands of supporters massing on the outskirts of the Thai capital that if state agencies bend to the demands of anti-government protesters and install their own prime minister "we will escalate our fight...we will not stand for it".
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Environmental Protests In China Turn Violent, Injuring Dozens
A protest in eastern China over a plan to build a waste incinerator turned violent, with state media reporting that at least 10 demonstrators and 29 police officers were injured in clashes. Demonstrators on Saturday overturned 30 vehicles, set two police cars on fire and blocked a highway linking Hangzhou with another city, the official Xinhua News Agency said. A protester and a policeman were seriously injured.
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São Paulo Streets Burn as Brazil’s Protesters Promise ‘Fighting’ Ahead of World Cup
We all know that climate change threatens to devastate coastal cities, disrupt food production, and trigger a refugee crisis of untold proportions. It’s also bad for a nation’s credit rating, according to a report released Thursday by Standard & Poor’s. That would be seem to be the least of the worries of, say, Vietnam, which S&P ranked dead last of 116 countries’ vulnerability to climate change-related credit risk.
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Thai army chief urges rivals to talk after declaring martial law
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's army declared martial law nationwide on Tuesday to restore order after six months of street protests that have left the country without a proper functioning government
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For Chevron, $6 a day is apparently too much pay for Cambodian workers
Is $6 a day really too much for a multibillion-dollar energy company to pay its workers in Cambodia? This is a question Chevron Cambodia Ltd. is grappling with. Starting on May 12, over 200 workers at Chevron’s Caltex gas stations across this capital city ground the firm’s business to a halt, demanding their salaries be increased from $110 to $160 a month.
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McDonald's workers protest low wages as shareholders weigh executive pay
Hundreds of low-wage McDonald's workers protested near the fast-food chain's headquarters on Wednesday calling for a significant pay hike as shareholders prepare to weigh in on the company's executive compensation.
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Millions Worldwide March Against Monsanto
"It's time to take back our food!" was the cry as people in 52 countries worldwide took to the streets in a global day of action on Saturday against chemical behemoth Monsanto. The third annual March Against Monsanto is slated to be the biggest yet, according to movement founder Tami Canal, with millions of people in over 400 cities expected to take part.
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