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Spanish Rampage: General strike erupts in street violence

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Riot police took to the streets of Spain as protesters burned bins, vandalized shops and attacked officers during a one day nationwide general strike. Spaniards angry with having the eurozone’s highest unemployment rate refused to go to work in protest at further crushing austerity measures being brought in by the new center-right Popular Party government.  Read More →

Malian Tuareg rebels seize key northern town of Timbuktu

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Leader of the recent military coup d’état in Mali Amadou Haya Sanogo (C) among his fellow soldiers in the capital city of Bamako, March 22, 2012 Tuareg rebels say they have gained control of Mali’s strategically important town of Timbuktu in the north as the coup leader pledges to bring back order to the country. The rebels announced in a statement that they have... 

Australia warns Israel against strike on Iran

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Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr Australia has joined the list of countries that have warned the Israeli regime against any military strike on Iran, a report says. According to Israeli Haaretz newspaper, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr, in a phone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, has voiced Canberra’s opposition to... 

Anti Iran War Protests Hit UK and Israel

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  Anti-war protest on Trafalgar Square, London UK activists from the ‘Stop the War Coalition’ have held a day of action to speak out against war with Iran. Protesters took to the streets of 15 major British cities. In Israel, hundreds marched in Tel Aviv protesting the war. The coalition’s unit in Nottingham declares on its website, that the United States has... 

Spanish workers march against cutbacks, labor reforms

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Spanish workers hold an anti-austerity march in Madrid, March 23, 2012. Spanish workers in the industrial sector have staged a demonstration in Madrid to protest against the government’s tough austerity measures amid mounting fears of the country’s economic meltdown. The demonstrators staged a march in the capital on Friday to demand an end to the government’s... 

Peru cancels visit by UK navy frigate over Malvinas Islands

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A protester carries a placard that reads "Britons get out from Las Malvinas" during a demonstration outside the British Embassy over the Las Malvinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 20, 2012. Peru has cancelled a visit by a British navy frigate planning to dock at the country’s port of Callao to show support for Argentine’s claims of sovereignty over... 

Massive peace marches across Syria

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After one year of the crisis that has afflicted this country due to armed violence and terror, further added to by foreign reprisals, hundreds of thousands of Syrians across the country joined peace marches on Thursday (15th). Convened by youth organizations, students, social and political organizations, Syrians of different ages, different religious beliefs and different... 

Police arrest scores of Canadian student protesters

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Canadian police tries to disperse protesters in Montreal, Canada on March 15, 2012. In Canada, at least 150 people have been arrested and several others injured in the city of Montreal after weeks of massive student protests against tuition hikes. The Thursday arrests came as police in riot gear fired tear gas at students participating in an annual protest against police... 

Students clash with police during Chile protest

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A Chilean student throws back a tear gas canister at riot police during a protest against the government of President Sebastian Pinera, in Santiago on March 15, 2012. Chilean students calling for education reforms in the South American country have clashed with police during a protest rally in the capital Santiago. Thousands of high school students marched in downtown... 

Heat ray crowd dispersal cannon unveiled

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The American military have presented the world with a new weapon, informally named the heat ray or microwave cannon. The “Active Denial System” is a non-lethal weapon primarily designed for crowd control. A video was uploaded on YouTube by USFORCESTV channel of the US military testing a new super high frequency (SHF) weapon. Rumors have long been spread about a... 

Russia unveils plan to land Man on the Moon & Mars

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The next generation Angara rocket being assembled. Russian probes will visit Mars, Jupiter and Venus, while Russian cosmonauts will set foot on the surface of the Moon – all by 2030. At least according to the plans of the country’s space agency. Space Development Strategies up to 2030, the official blueprint that for the country’s space industry in the coming years,... 

Japanese want U.S. military bases gone

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The U.S. military presence in Japan acquires special relevance recently due to proposals by Washington to reinstall a base on the island of Okinawa and indecision about Tokyo. According to various data, not even the recent visit to this island by prime minister Yoshihiko Noda has achieved consensus between the two parties, despite a bilateral pact that was in effect,... 

Mozilla CEO: 30 mln not nerds, get online or get out of govt!

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The increasing role the internet plays in life clearly shows that being familiar with the media is a sine qua non condition for policymakers, believes Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs. ­The head of the top IT player was speaking on the impact of anti-piracy protests in January, which resulted in the controversial SOPA/PIPA bills being shelved. Mozilla was among the internet... 

Obama signs anti-protest Trespass Bill

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US President Barack Obama Only days after clearing Congress, US President Barack Obama signed his name to H.R. 347 on Thursday, officially making it a federal offense to cause a disturbance at certain political events — essentially criminalizing protest in the States. RT broke the news last month that H.R. 347, the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement... 

Argentina plans museum dedicated to those killed in war with UK

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Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech in front of a picture displaying the Malvinas Islands painted in the same colors as Argentina’s national flag, the government palace, Buenos Aires, February 7, 2012. Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced plans to build a museum dedicated to the Malvinas War to honor... 
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