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Honduran people resist military coup
June 30, 2009Armed troops broke into the home of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Sunday June 28th. They beat him and threatened his family, then put them onto an airplane bound for Costa Rica.
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Alleged extortionist arrested after giving cops personal bank account number
June 30, 2009A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Chongqing municipality in China on Friday, two years after he tried to blackmail police by threatening to plant bombs in public areas. Surnamed Tan, the man...
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Union to picket petrol station over porn
June 29, 2009A branch of the Syndicalist trade union has threatened strike action at a petrol station in northern Sweden if managers refuses to remove pornographic material from the shelves. The union's Umeå branch plans to picket the...
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Turkey’s sex workers seek to establish a union
June 29, 2009Reposted from http://www.hurriyet.com.tr Turkey's sex workers seek to establish a union ISTANBUL – Activists and sex workers in Turkey are working on a project to establish Turkey’s first sex workers union. They are hopeful about finding...
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British embassy staff held in Tehran
June 29, 2009Original source: Authorities have detained eight employees of the British embassy in Tehran on Saturday, alleging that they had played a 'significant role' in post-election unrest. Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is in Corfu for a...
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