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RNC Protest Brings Seniors, Occupy Movement Members To St. Petersburg

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Jason Cherkis, 8/26/12

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People gathered outside Tropicana Field on Sunday, August 26, in St. Petersburg, Fla., to protest the opening of the Republican National Convention.
 

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A diverse coalition of senior citizens, religious leaders, community organizers, and activists in faded Occupy T-shirts joined up here Sunday for the first major march of the Republican National Convention. Under overcast skies and persistent drizzle, the demonstration clanged through this sleepy Florida city, passing by closed storefronts, as well as RNC event staff snapping pictures from behind tall gates.

The protest aimed to mock the RNC's welcome event at nearby Tropicana Field, which had been billed as a large cocktail party. The activists hoped their snare drums and chants would at least spoil the mood for RNC attendees.

Vietnam markets lose $5b after bankers' arrests

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Asia One
AFP/August 24, 2012

 

HANOI - Vietnam's stock markets have lost nearly US$4.0 billion (S$5.0 billion) in value after two top bankers were arrested this week in a widening police probe into the banking sector, state media said Friday.

 

Both the founder and former director general of Asia Commercial Bank were arrested this week for economic crimes, triggering a run on deposits and forcing the central bank to provide emergency liquidity to the institution.

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Hungary set for row with EU over non-profit energy

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BUDAPEST | Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:28am EDT

(Reuters) - Hungary expects heated debate with the European Union over government plans to transform energy distribution in the household sector into a "non-profit activity", Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.

Orban's conservative government has often been at odds with Brussels over controversial policies such as Europe's highest bank levy or hefty windfall taxes on selected business sectors.


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Spain’s Crisis Reignites an Old Social Conflict

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Raphael Minder, August 23, 2012

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Workers picking peppers on the occupied Somonte farm

HORNACHUELOS, Spain — Outmaneuvering the police, hundreds of jobless farmworkers charged through a hole in a fence and turned the manicured gardens of a vacant estate here in Spain’s agricultural heartland into a lively fairground of protest this week. Men more accustomed to working in the fields lounged in the shade beside a pink palace, picnicked on paella and spent a night relaxing. Some even took a dip in the pool.

Romney Says It’s Tithing That Keeps Him From Releasing Tax Returns

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Emily Friedman, August 24, 2012

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HOPKINS, Minn. – Mitt Romney has offered a new explanation for his resistance to releasing more than two years of tax returns, telling Parade Magazine that he never intended for the amount of money he gives to the Mormon church to be made public.

“Our church doesn’t publish how much people have given,” Romney told Parade Magazine in an interview that will appear in the August 26 issue of the magazine

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The Vatican Can't Be Held Responsible For Things It Couldn't Have Known. The Problem Is... It Knew A Lot.

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Josh Zepps, August 24, 2012

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Where does accountability begin and end? I hosted a heated HuffPost Live discussion about that question with Marci Hamilton, a lawyer trying to hold the Vatican accountable for pedophile priests.

This week, the Church won a victory over Hamilton when an Oregon federal court ruled that the Holy See is not the “employer” of molester priests. The case could shield the Church from possible monetary damages, although Hamilton says she’ll appeal.

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Military Terror Plot: Murder Case Uncovers Terror Plot By 'Militia' Within U.S. Military

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LUDOWICI, Ga. -- Prosecutors say a murder case against four soldiers in Georgia has revealed they formed an anarchist militia within the U.S. military with plans to overthrow the federal government.

One of the accused troops, Pfc. Michael Burnett, pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter and gang charges in the December slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York.

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Even in recession the rich get richer: Savers have been hit for £70bn as printing money 'helps rich' admits Bank of England

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Mail Online
Hugo Duncan, August 23, 2012

The Bank of England has admitted that ow interest rates have robbed savers of £70billion

The Bank of England has admitted that low interest rates have robbed savers of £70billion

Record low interest rates have robbed savers of more than £70billion while printing money to revive the economy has mainly benefited the rich, the Bank of England admitted yesterday.

Interest rates have been pegged at 0.5 per cent since March 2009 – the lowest level in the Bank’s 318-year history – in an attempt to prop up the economy.

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Brinkley: Citizen protests making an impact in China

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St.Augustine.com
August 25, 2012,By JOEL BRINKLEY



The way the Chinese government is behaving right now, you’d almost think it had converted to democracy. Half a dozen times in recent weeks, government officials have backed down in the face of angry citizen protests — canceling unpopular industrial projects, freeing wrongly imprisoned citizens or arresting one of its own for his reprehensible behavior.

That’s not how a communist dictatorship is supposed to behave.

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Greek town protests against migrant holding centre

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The Express Tribune

AFP/August 25, 2012

Plans by Greece's government to house undocumented migrants in disused army camps have sparked outrage in one town.

CORINTH: Plans by Greece’s government to house undocumented migrants in disused army camps have sparked outrage in one town, as immigrants in Athens protested Friday what they say is rising xenophobia.

The mayor of the town of Corinth, west of Athens, pledged Friday to resist the move – which would see thousands of migrants temporarily lodged in camps around the country.

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