Lawyer: Al-Sarsak is still on hunger strike
by : BETHLEHEM Mahmoud al-Sarsak is on his 86th day of hunger strike but is drinking milk to prolong his life until his court hearing Thursday, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mohammad Jabarein told Ma’an that Israeli prison officials called him to visit al-Sarsak urgently Sunday because he was in danger of dying. Al-Sarsak was briefly hospitalized that afternoon. Jabarein met with 15 doctors at the hospital, who said al-Sarsak was at immediate danger of paralysis and losing consciousness. "I decided (...)
More... If you want to answer... Refusenik sentenced to 20 days in prison on his birthday
by : 972mag Yaniv Mazor was sentenced this morning by his commander to twenty days in prison for refusing to fulfill his reserve service duties. “This is an army whose main purpose is the maintenance of the occupation regime imposed on millions of people on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip – and I cannot serve in it,” said Mazor, hoping that others would join him. Yaniv Mazor – a resident of Jerusalem, chief sergeant (res.) in the armed corps, and a tour guide in profession (...)
More... If you want to answer... Officials call for action as Bethlehem villages run dry
by : BETHLEHEM Rural villages near Bethlehem are facing a water crisis despite sitting on top of the second largest reservoir in the West Bank, an official delegation to the area said on Monday. Seven villages have not had running water for more than 15 days, in an area with a population of 30,000, the joint services council for development and planning said. Council chair Khader Hamdan said the Israeli national water company, which the Palestinian government purchases from, has not taken into account (...)
More... If you want to answer... Popular Committee Member Mousa Abu Maria Arrested (video)
On Monday 11th June 2012, farmers from Beit Ommar, alongside Popular Committee Members and two international activists, were cultivating land adjacent to the illegal Karmei Tsur settlement. After approximately half an hour of working their land, Israeli settlers began to harass the farmers, shouting abuse in English, calling those farming ‘dogs’ and ‘Nazis’, and throwing stones. The farmers continued to peacefully cultivate their land as Israeli Occupation Forces (...)
More... If you want to answer... Weekly nuclear news
by : Christina Macpherson AUSTRALIA Nuclear propaganda booming, even if nuclear industry is declining. Barry Brook comes out with magical prospects for Australia’s nuclear future. Martin Ferguson spruiks for uranium mining in Queensland, but Premier Newman will stick to his electoral promise to keep uranium mining ban in Queensland. BHP Billiton - interesting times, as its former wonder boy, CEO Marius Kloppers is at odds with investors, who are justifiably worried about BHP’s plan for big new Olympic (...)
More... If you want to answer... UNUSUAL DAYS
by : Fidel Castro Ruz On June 7, 2012, under the title “Assassin-in-Chief”, an internet website published the following: “…you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief.” “Thanks to a long New York Times piece by Jo Becker and Scott Shane, ‘Secret ’Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will’, we now know that the president has spent startling amounts of time overseeing the (...)
More... If you want to answer... Palestinian sports community appeal to UEFA – Red Card Israeli Apartheid
by : BDS Occupied Palestine – June 22 2011 Mr. Platini, We, Palestinian footballers, athletes and sporting organizations and officials, are dismayed that Israel has been rewarded for its continued impunity and violent oppression of our people with the honour of hosting the UEFA Under-21 tournament in 2013. This decision is a drastic reversal of your brave stand just last year against Israeli attacks on Palestinian sport and its persistent violations of universal principles of human rights. (...)
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FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter expressed today (12 June) grave concern and worry about the alleged illegal detention of Palestine football players. The reports FIFA received state that in apparent violation of their integrity and human rights and without the apparent right of a due process (trial), several Palestine football players have allegedly been illegally detained by Israeli authorities. In particular, the mentioned reports refer to the Palestine player Mahmoud Sarsak, whose (...)
More... If you want to answer... DEMOCRACY IN THE HANDS OF IDIOTS, PART TWO
by : David R. Hoffman, Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru Imagine, if you will, that the United States government passes a law banning advertisers from sponsoring commercials on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show or Rupert Murdoch’s Fox (Faux) “News” Network. On one hand, there would be two decided advantages to this ban: The National IQ would undoubtedly increase several percentage points, and manipulative pseudo-journalists would no longer be able to appeal to the basest instincts in human nature for ratings and profit while (...)
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by : Johnny Canuck BC Treaty Advocate Elected Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story... Canada continues its efforts to undermine Indigenous human rights with latest Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues..
More... If you want to answer... Kill One Kill Twelve Kill Millions Kill Billions
by : Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner A new article on VeteransToday. Bests, Bob Nichols Kill One Kill Twelve Kill Millions Kill Billions » Bob Nichols: "The cause of the proximate murder of most, if not all, humans on Earth is a complicated tale of corruption and sabotage by more than one person surrounding the brutal meltdowns and explosions… " Jun 9 2012 Short URL: http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=210465 Recent Tweets: "....There are more radioactive particles in the air, up to 5000 meters or 16,404 ft high, (...)
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by : Timbre Wolf Authorities have increased the Exclusion Zone, around Fukushima, to 12,500 miles.  "Radioactivity is like air or water. It goes wherever the currents OF air or water take it - it rides them. It goes through borders without so much as a TSA private parts feel-up and ignores Custom’s check points. It doesn’t care how educated you are, how wealthy, how powerful, or how spiritual you are. Gated communities are defenseless against it. It just plops it’s invisible, odorless (...)
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by : Christina Macpherson AUSTRALIA Can’t help it – I’ve had to go mostly for renewable energy news – so much more is really happening – world-wide – and on the brink in Australia. It’s happening at the grassroots – with solar panels popping up on more and more houses , and with campaigners like the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. New survey shows that 94% of Australians want big solar power development. Threat to unique Australian species – the beautiful (...)
More... If you want to answer... Climate Change: Brand or Be Branded
by : Jen Alic It is very difficult to understand the climate change denial platform on a purely philosophical and scientific level. Climate change is a rather obvious aspect of the history of the Earth and clearly man interacts with climate in an increasingly dynamic manner. That this is even debated appears on the surface to be not a little ridiculous—somewhere on the level of discussing whether the Earth is round or flat. It is the semantics of it all, which, when combined with politics and the (...)
More... If you want to answer... Hail to our cannon fodder !
by : chb Obama is lauching a PR campaign to glorify the Vietnam war. A cunning way for the Nobel Prized Pres (!!!) to go on leading his conutry in an unprecedented series of agressive wars and schemes all over our planet. The overwhelming public opposition to the Vietnam war will be conveniently censored, to legitimize and intensify a renewed warrior spirit. Here’s a few lines on how "good" this war was, from JACK A. SMITH in http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06... The U.S. lost 58,151 (...)
More... If you want to answer... Review: "The Finkler Question" by Howard Jacobson - anti-Zionism vs pro-Zionism
by : Dr Gideon Polya I am a great fan of funny British university-based novels like Kingsley Amis’ “Lucky Jim” and David Lodge’s hilarious romps of the so-called "Campus Trilogy" of “Changing Places”, “Small World”, and “Nice Work”. Howard Jacobson’s “Coming from Behind” was a very funny addition to this genre. However Howard Jacobson’s Booker Prize-winning novel “The Finkler Question” starts out very funny but (...)
More... If you want to answer... Week’s Events Point to Global Collapse; Max Keiser on German Bank Downgrade
by : Fearless Rick Editor’s Note: This was a particularly trying and nervous week for the markets, as political and economic tensions seemed to escalate on daily basis. From China’s interest rate easing to the downgrade of Germany’s banks to the rising wave of racism and bias, the swirl of history seemed to take on an unusually pungent aroma, one which permeated all levels of discussion and event horizons. I am horrified at my own - and that of Max Keiser and many other non-mainstream (...)
More... If you want to answer... UK Diamond Jubilee celebrations hide 700 million Commonwealth avoidable deaths
by : Dr Gideon Polya Great Britain and the British Commonwealth are celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of Great Britain and various other countries and head of the British Commonwealth. However the enthusiastic celebrations for a much-admired and much-loved monarch should not hide the Awful Truth of the over 727 million avoidable deaths linked to British imperialism and neocolonialism over the last 60 years. The most (...)
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by : David R. Hoffman, Pravda.Ru Legal Editor LIVE, from the State that brought you Senator Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin voters now proudly present, fresh from his recall election victory, Governor Scott Walker! At first glance, it is almost unfathomable that anyone with a modicum of intelligence would have voted to retain Scott Walker as Wisconsin’s governor. This, after all, is a man who openly declared he is trying to destroy the rights of workers through a “divide and conquer” strategy; who received 61% of the (...)
More... If you want to answer... The End & The New Beginning: The victims of history will soon be the victors
The End & The New Beginning: The victims of history will soon be the victors as the Earth is bathed in the Great Light of the Aquarian Age For as the lightning cometh out of the East, and shineth even unto the West; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. – Jesus, Matthew 24:27 The time in which we now live is charged with cosmic significance as nations and peoples unconsciously struggle to align themselves either with the old aeon influences or the incoming forces of the (...)
More... If you want to answer... More of 600 children Killed by mercenaries in Syria since March 2011
by : Font: PNN Palestine News Network / IRNA European Committee for Human Rights Faisal Sergio Tapia complaint more of 600 children Killed by mercenaries in Syria since March 2011 The systematic use of executions, beheadings, dismemberment, torture, burn victims, against children, women, old men, is the common form of killing of mercenaries sponsored from abroad, where most of victims are women and children killed before the eyes of the world. The International Tribunal over the Children affected by War and Poverty of the Human (...)
More... If you want to answer... Fear of arrest still prevents Israeli officials from visiting Britain
by : Anshel Pfeffer Despite changes to ’war crimes’ law in Britain, Maj. Gen. Doron Almog cancels trip on Jerusalem’s advice. "The Israeli government fears senior state officials and military officers are still at risk of being arrested in Britain for alleged war crimes, despite a legal amendment aimed at precluding such arrests. Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog had recently canceled an appearance at a fundraising dinner in London scheduled for next month at the advice of Jerusalem. Almog, who (...)
More... If you want to answer... The Future of Natural Gas - An Interview with Raymond Learsy
by : Daniel J. Graeber Massive natural gas discoveries along with new extraction techniques have led many to claim nat gas as the fuel of the future – which could ensure U.S. energy independence, reduce geopolitical risks, and help meet U.S. electricity demands for the next 575 years. Yet why have we seen so many negative publications and reports? Does natural gas really have a place in our future and is it the golden chalice we have been led to believe? To help us investigate these issues and others (...)
More... If you want to answer... Troops, settlers force village to recite ’I love Israel’
by : JERUSALEM Israeli forces and settlers raided a village northwest of Jerusalem earlier this week, and humiliated and abused its residents, a local official said. Residents of al-Nabi Samwil were working on their land on Monday when Israeli forces, accompanied by settlers, arrived and demanded to see villagers’ ID cards, head of the local governor’s office Mohammad Tari told Ma’an. Israeli officers ordered young men from the village to sing, dance and say "I love Israel." When the (...)
More... If you want to answer... Israeli Citizen Fights for Palestinian Citizenship
by : Sarah Snobar An Israeli citizen has been imprisoned for trying to drop his Israeli citizenship and replace it with Palestinian citizenship. He said that he does not recognize Israeli courts and the Israeli government as they represent an illegal occupation. 23-year-old Andrew Pshenichnikov has been in an Israeli prison for a week. He is being detained for entering a West Bank zone other than “Zone C” which is the only zone Israelis are allowed into. He moved to Dheisheh Refugee camp near (...)
More... If you want to answer... The truth about the past 70 years
by : Douglas Dietrich Nexus interview with Douglas Dietrich: The truth about the past 70 years The victors write history, as it removes facts that no longer fit into the picture. Douglas Dietrich was librarian of the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for the explosive destruction of records in the Presidio military base in San Francisco. Now he opens his notes and thereby gives amazing insight into the past hushed America and the world. In an interview with Thomas Kirschner Douglas Dietrich reveals the (...)
More... If you want to answer... An Honest Clarification
by : Fidel Castro Ruz Some days ago, on May 28, the violent battle waged at El Uvero was commemorated with well deserved references. An elemental duty forces me to clarify the facts. During those weeks, Manuel Piñeiro, “Red Beard”, as the leopard, who never changes its spots, as the saying goes, managed to send to Santiago de Cuba a truckload of weapons that were associated to the attack against the Presidential Palace by the Revolutionary Directorate. Somehow he had managed to take hold of them. (...)
More... If you want to answer... MEDIA DISINFORMATION: West Desperately Attempts to Spin Syrian Crisis
by : Tony Cartalucci MEDIA DISINFORMATION: West Desperately Attempts to Spin Syrian Crisis Latest fabrications includes defected "air force officer" with "super human" hearing and sight, and miraculous satellite imaging by Tony Cartalucci Global Research, June 3, 2012 Latest fabrications includes defected "air force officer" with "super human" hearing and sight, and miraculous satellite imaging. The Guardian claims in their report, "I saw massacre of children, says defecting Syrian air force officer," that (...)
More... If you want to answer... NATO glorifies its decline
NATO glorifies its decline The 25th NATO summit ignored the nagging question which has haunted the Organization since the collapse of the Soviet Union: what is its real utility to the ensemble of its members, outside the United Kingdom and the U.S. Any questions concerning the massacre of 160,000 Libyans or a cessation of the attack on Syria having been disallowed, the heads of state were simply commanded to finance the military industrial complex of the U.S. VOLTAIRE NETWORK | DAMASCUS (...)
More... If you want to answer... THE HOULA MASSACRE: Opposition Terrorists "Killed Families Loyal to the Governme
THE HOULA MASSACRE: Opposition Terrorists "Killed Families Loyal to the Government" The massacre in Houla is being blamed on the Syrian government without a shred of evidence. Based on the comprehensive investigation into the events carried out by Russian news channel Vesti24, this incisive report confirms that crimes against humanity are being committed by terrorist militia. The objective is not only to isolate the al-Assad government politically and economically, but to develop a pretext (...)
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by : kakine Mr President Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Washington DC 20500 Mr President, Barely a month ago, on the radio station Radio Mambi, Orlando Bosch’s widow called for a celebration of the first anniversary of the death of her husband, who had died on April 27th 2011. Her call was received loud and clear, as several hours later, on the (...)
More... If you want to answer... Neocon American and Zionist pressure & censorship by the New Statesman (UK)
by : Dr Gideon Polya Censorship is dangerous and repugnant because it prevents sensible interlocution, scholarly communication, scholarship, scientific research and science-based rational risk management crucial for human safety. The New Statesman is leading UK weekly that has a moderately progressive stance. Indeed I have been reading the New Statesman for over 50 years. It provides a welcome alternative to the propaganda of the Establishment-, Neocon American- and Zionist-subverted Mainstream media of the (...)
More... If you want to answer... Resisting with the Greeks
by : CADTM Europe In the recent elections on May 6, Greek voters sanctioned the coalition forces which had applied austerity plans and surrendered to the dictates of the Troika (the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission). New Democracy and the PASOK (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement) have thus paid the price of their total submission to Greece’s creditors. The far right party, LAOS, a member of the coalition previously in power, has practically disappeared from the political scene. The CADTM hails (...)
More... If you want to answer... An Appeal to save the life of Mahmoud Sarsak
by : Mahmoud Kamel Muhammad Sarsak Our brother and son, Mahmoud Sarsak, is a 25 years old professional footballer from Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, today entering his 67th day of hunger strike. We ask you to support Mahmoud and his demand for fair treatment. Your voice can contribute to saving his life and to a little victory against injustice. Mahmoud has been imprisoned by Israel for the past three years, after being arrested by the Israeli military on 22nd July 2009 at the Erez checkpoint in Gaza while on his (...)
More... If you want to answer... TWO Exclusive Video: Interview with Dr. Robert Spitzer Who Discusses Retracting His Infamous ‘Ex-Gay’ Study
by : Wayne Besen In 1973, Dr. Robert Spitzer led the charge to successfully have homosexuality removed from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), which is its list of mental disorders. This was a major victory and remains one the gay movement’s signature achievements. Given his stature and key role in declassifying gay people as sick, it was quite a surprise when Dr. Spitzer published a non-peer reviewed 2001 study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior (...)
More... If you want to answer... Congressman Kucinich: Why I Support Norman Solomon for Congress
by : David Swanson Dear Friend, I’m writing you in support of one of the top peace candidates for Congress anywhere in the country: the internationally-known and respected antiwar advocate and author, NORMAN SOLOMON. It is important that you help to elect him. Norman and I have been friends for almost 15 years. He is a powerful intellectual, a gifted writer and an activist who is willing to put himself on the line for the principled causes of peace, justice and the environment. He will be one unique (...)
More... If you want to answer... The Employment Wall
by : David Glenn Cox The Employment Wall By David Glenn Cox This year 1,750,000 students will graduate from colleges within the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, last year the economy created only 172,000 jobs requiring college degrees. Or since the collapse of the economy in 2008, US colleges have graduated six million and using 2011 as a bell weather less than 20 percent of those graduates have found a job in their chosen discipline. Fortunately, for government none of these people (...)
More... If you want to answer... An open letter regarding the Greek left - cf Stathis KOUVELAKIS
by : Socialist Worker [Nb: Stathis KOUVELAKIS is a greek philosopher, teaching at King’s College London, and member of the french left "Front de Gauche". Here is his answer to Garganas http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/ar... ] Disagreements are not only normal and, in any case, unavoidable within the left. They can also be productive provided they are formulated in terms that do not excessively distort the positions of the interlocutor. In a recent issue of Socialist Worker answering the question (...)
More... If you want to answer... What are the next steps for Greece? cf Panos GARGANAS
by : Socialist Worker Panos Garganas spoke to Socialist Worker about a Greek exit from the euro—and the tasks for the left [Nb: Panos Garganas, editor of the Greek newspaper Workers Solidarity - member of SEK is the Socialist Workers Party—the British SWP’s sister organisation in Greece.] _____________________ What will an exit from the euro mean? The conservative New Democracy party and the Labour-type Pasok say it will be a catastrophe. The truth is, it will be a break with the austerity (...)
More... If you want to answer... US Memorial Day - remember US war dead & 50,000 US veteran suicides since 9-11
by : Dr Gideon Polya Memorial Day is a American federal holiday observed annually in the United States on the last Monday of May and is a day of remembrance for the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. It was formerly known as Decoration Day and originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union soldiers who died in the Civil War. However, by the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died in all wars. [1]. On the occasion (...)
More... If you want to answer... Demonstrators attack African migrants in south Tel Aviv
by : Ilan Lior and Tomer Zarchin Likud MK describes Sudanese migrants as cancer; government prepares for mass deportation. Some 1,000 protesters rallied in Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood on Wednesday and called for the ousting of African asylum seekers from Israel. Demonstrators attacked African passersby while others lit garbage cans on fire and smashed car windows. Another group of demonstrators stopped a shuttle taxi and searched for migrant workers among the passengers, while banging on the windows. The (...)
More... If you want to answer... SYRIZA or the magnificent breakthrough of a unique unifying and original experie
by : giorgos SYRIZA or the magnificent breakthrough of a unique unifying and original experience by Yorgos Mitralias Translated by John Catalinotto A nightmare for "those on top," a hope for "those on the bottom," SYRIZA made a sensational debut on the political landscape of Europe in deep crisis. After quadrupling its electoral strength on May 6, SYRIZA now aims not only to become the largest party in Greece in the June 17 elections, but to be able to form a left-wing government which will repeal (...)
More... If you want to answer... Iron ore, climate change & censorship in Murdochracy & Lobbyocracy Australia
by : Dr Gideon Polya An interesting insight into Western Mainstream media ownership, media bias and media censorship comes from Murdochracy and Lobbycracy Australia where Big Money buys political influence and votes. Indeed in 2010 the huge Mining Industry only had to spend $22 million to bring down a very popularly elected Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, who was removed by a pro-Zionist-led Coup in 23-24 June 2010 (for details suppressed by Neocon American and Zionist (NAZI)-beholden mainstream media (...)
More... If you want to answer... Create one,two, three, many Greeces!
by : giorgos Create one, two, three, many Greeces! 24 May by Sonia Mitralias Speech in the great anti-capitalist demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, May 19, 2012 Comrades, I come from Greece, a country destroyed and desperate, a country in ruins but still standing tall. From this Greece that resists and has shouted a huge magnificent "No" to its torturers: the Troika and the IMF, the Brussels Commission and their Merkel and Schäuble, their Barrosos, Sarkozys and the bankers. In short, to those who (...)
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by : Patrice Faubert After the céliniens and céliniennes For which, any human transformation Is impossible, and vain Here houellebecquiens and houellebecquiennes For which, it is necessary that nihilism occurs More left, more right-hand side Its skin should simply be saved And for this reason, all is beautiful All the blows are allowed More respect, it is finished It is a question of benefitting from it well Before the flood, the brawling It is a question of throwing up well All its vindication, that is urgent (...)
More... If you want to answer... Australian universities linked to pro-Zionist censorship and Israeli genocide
by : Dr Gideon Polya Australian universities have been soiled by association with genocidal Israeli militarism and with evidently pro-Zionist censorship by the Australian taxpayer-funded, universities-backed and academic-based web magazine The Conversation. Australian universities and Australia’s premier research body CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization) once has a fine reputation for intellectual leadership. This has now been tarnished by association of CSIRO and a (...)
More... If you want to answer... China Warns Australia to Choose "Godfather" - China or U.S.
by : John Daly It is rare in diplomatic circles for governments to speak bluntly, particularly in the Orient, where manners are highly prized. The exceptions to this rule are retired military officers, who are often able to voice sentiments too impolitic for other channels. One of the more startling pronouncements in this vein occurred last week when Song Xiaojun, a former senior officer of the People’s Liberation Army, warned that Australia cannot juggle its relationships with the United States (...)
More... If you want to answer... Quebec Students Strike Half Million Into the Streets of Montreal! Watch it Live
by : Johnny Canuck http://www.cutvmontreal.ca/live
More... If you want to answer... THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT THE EMPIRE OFFERS US
by : Fidel Castro Ruz A piece of news released by AP, the most important US news agency, dated today in Monterrey, Mexico, explains it with irrefutable clarity. This is not the first, and certainly it won’t be the last, about a reality that puts paid to the mountain of lies with which the United States intends to justify the inhuman destiny it reserves for the peoples of our America. What does the news say? “MONTERREY, Mexico (AP).- Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated corpses were found abandoned (...)
More... If you want to answer... Arrested, beaten and threatened with rape. A personal testimony
by : Leehee Rothschild “One of the girls is sitting on the bench beside me; an officer places his fist on her head and tells her ‘If you dare speak even a single word, you shall be punished.’ We are screaming and struggling as they take her away, but they shove us back to our seats, yelling ‘Sit down you stinking Arabs,’ and ‘Don’t you move, bitch.’ We can hear the tasers at work in the other room.” Israeli protesters arrested after a demonstration in (...)
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