this is the irony of life and changing times..... "Strike, violence across India on Teachers' Day" "NEW DELHI: As the country marked the Teachers ' Day on Saturday, faculty members of prestigious IITs went on a hunger strike and teachers in Lucknow and Ranchi hit the streets...
Graffiti, threatening phone calls and cut brake lines have all been aimed at Liberal supporters in the High Park area of Toronto over the last week. Six more incidents were reported since Sunday, when Toronto...
"A protest rally of about 100 representatives of Georgian United Trade Union is being held at Igoeti village, where the first checkpoint of Russian occupation armies is located. ‘You cannot make Georgia to bring to its knees with bombing’; ‘There is no place for...
As we get closer to the Olympics here in Vancouver, city leaders are cracking down on homelessness, security, and drug issues. It's not said outright, but it seems a lot like a last-minute attempt to clean up before company arrives.In China, however, the government gets...
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Around 35,000 people took part today in the latest mass protest in South Korea against their government's decision to allow US beef imports to continue."Waving banners, flags and candles, the crowd gathered in...
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"At least 40 people have been injured in religious clashes on a remote delta island in India's eastern state of West Bengal, police say. Fifteen of those injured in the clashes on Sagar island, at the confluence of the Ganges and the sea, were policemen. Supporters of the...
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"Happy job hunting." may be what some Hallmark cards should be saying. Hallmark Cards Canada is saying sayonara to 195 workers at their Toronto location after the decision was made to centralize their operations...
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Nearly 150 graves of French Muslim soldiers were defaced by vandals at the Notre Dame de Lorette cemetery."A pig's head was hung from one headstone and slogans insulting Islam and France's Muslim justice minister were daubed on other graves.President Nicolas Sarkozy...
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"New Delhi(ABC Live): Today Sonia Gandhi completed ten years as president of congress party. Party workers celebrated this movement by dancing on the drum beats and distributing sweets, they were also shouting...
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"Just after 2pm on Friday a group of around 300 demonstrators marched the short distance from the Islamic Cultural Centre in Örebro to the offices of Nerikes Allehanda newspaper. The demonstrators chanted slogans...
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"Iraqis demonstrate against Saudi Arabia in Washington
TEHRAN, Aug 25 (MNA)-- Hundreds of Iraqis residing in the U.S. converged in the front of the Saudi embassy in Washington on Friday condemning Riyadh’s policy towards Iraq, Sotaliraq said on its website.
With slogans...
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"Protester killed in 'neo-Nazi' attack on eco-camp | Russia | Guardian Unlimited: "One eco-activist was killed and five others were seriously injured at the weekend when a gang of young men shouting nationalist...
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Norwegian students and activists protesting a NATO dinner last night faced tear gas and arrest after breaking through barriers police put up around the City Hall, where the dinner was taking place. The tear...
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The situation in Moscow is tense, as 9000 cops have been brought in to head off a massive anti-government rally."Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov was among about 170 people arrested as police moved against...
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"Woolmer was always a calming influence on the team and if stress took his life away, I find it difficult to believe," Former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald said on Bob Woolmer's sudden death. Woolmer died within a day after...
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