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Death toll in violence at Bolivian fuel plant rises to 6
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death toll from an operation by Bolivian security forces to clear the blockade of a fuel plant by anti-government protesters has risen to six, officials said Wednesday. The public defender’s office announced the casualty figures, a day after the violence in the city of El...
French government to boost funding for public hospitals
PARIS (AP) — The French government says it will boost funding for the country’s public hospitals, in an effort to end months of protests by doctors and nurses and as more demonstrations and strikes are expected next month over the planned overhaul of the pension system. The emergency plan unveiled...
Main Gulf port in southern Iraq shut for a third day
BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters blocked access to Iraq’s main Gulf port in Umm Qasr for a third day Wednesday, as protesters said recent efforts by political parties to placate them were insufficient. At least 27 protesters were also wounded in the capital Baghdad in the early morning...
Last campus protesters hold out as Hong Kong schools reopen
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong schools reopened Wednesday after a six-day shutdown, but students and commuters faced transit disruptions as the last anti-government protesters remained holed up on a university campus, surrounded by police. City officials tried to restore a sense of normalcy as primary and...
A Hong Kong protester on why he won’t surrender to police
HONG KONG (AP) — Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. He wrapped his arms around his body — although it was unclear whether it was to ward off the cold or to reassure himself. Only a handful of protesters remain...
“Tuk Tuk” a newspaper for the Iraqi protest movement
BAGHDAD (AP) — Every other day, the editor, bespectacled and perpetually pecking at a laptop, sends a top secret 8-page document to an anonymous printing house near Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, a central plaza which has transformed into the hub of what has become the largest grassroots protest movement...
Ex-British Consulate staff says Chinese police tortured him
BEIJING (AP) — A former employee of the British Consulate in Hong Kong says he was detained and tortured by Chinese secret police trying to extract information about massive anti-government protests in the territory. Simon Cheng said in an online statement and media interviews that he was hooded, beaten,...
Faculty at 9 New Jersey colleges to rally for contracts
EDISON, N.J. (AP) — Faculty and staff at nine colleges in New Jersey plan to protest for new contracts. The members of the Council of New Jersey State College Locals will stage informational pickets and rallies across campuses on Wednesday. The union represents more than 10,000 professors, staff and...
Amnesty: At least 106 dead in protests, which Iran disputes
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Days of protests over rising fuel prices and a subsequent government crackdown have killed at least 106 people across Iran, Amnesty International said Tuesday, adding that the real figure may be much higher. Iran’s government has not released a toll of those...
AP Explains: How have the protests in Chile evolved?
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — It’s been nearly five weeks since the most potent civil unrest in Chile’s recent history broke out, bringing mass protests across the South American nation. Most of the demonstrators are peaceful as they push a broad range of demands intended to bring more equality to...
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