Up to a 100 miners armed with explosives have barricaded themselves in tunnels nearly 400m underground at a mine on the island of Sardinia.
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A protester belonging to an Occupy Wall Street group in rural Pennsylvania is being charged with felony attempted bank robbery and a terrorism-related charge for holding signs up during a demonstration at a local Wells Fargo branch.
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The students, joined by some parents and professors, thronged the Plaza Italia square, following up on more than 40 demonstrations last year against the system which is a legacy of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.
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“Their cellphones were taken from them and messages and numbers were gone through by security. The police deleted numbers and messages from the students’ phones,” Detroit Board of Education member Elena Herrada said in an email.
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Demonstrations were held on Thursday in 38 cities and towns across Portugal, including the capital city of Lisbon, Oporto – the second largest city after Lisbon — and Coimbra, AFP reported.
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Online hackers’ group Anonymous blocked temporarily on Saturday the website of Slovenia’s largest bank NLB, while thousands protested in Ljubljana against an anti-piracy pact.
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In case you haven’t heard, this “threat” video is now being used in conjunction with these “Occupy” protests (which have targeted other candidates this week as well) as a pretext to move the vote counting in Iowa to a secret location.
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Where in the World Is Sean Penn? Protesting in Egypt
By REUTERS
10/01/2011 11:54
Actor joins protesters in Tahrir Square to in call for transfer of power from military, end emergency laws; was invited by Egyptian actor.
Sean Penn joined activists in Egypt on Friday to push the country’s military leaders to transfer power to civilians more quickly.
The actor and activist joined protesters in Tahrir Square as part of a demonstration called “Reclaiming the Revolution,” according to Reuters.
Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel
