Thousands of quarry workers clash with Egypt police
CAIRO, July 16 (Reuters) - A policeman died and several people were injured when thousands of quarry workers and owners clashed with police in Egypt on Thursday, security sources and witnesses said.
The protesters marched into al-Minya city, in the central province of al-Minya, and blocked a bridge spanning the Nile, to protest against a decision by the authorities to impose new duties on quarried rock, security sources said.
Police used teargas to disperse the crowd, but the protesters stoned police, injuring at least four officers, security sources said.
One policeman died, and accounts differed as to whether he was killed during the stoning or from exposure to teargas.
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The protesters marched into al-Minya city, in the central province of al-Minya, and blocked a bridge spanning the Nile, to protest against a decision by the authorities to impose new duties on quarried rock, security sources said.
Police used teargas to disperse the crowd, but the protesters stoned police, injuring at least four officers, security sources said.
One policeman died, and accounts differed as to whether he was killed during the stoning or from exposure to teargas.
The Egyptian State's Violations of Trade Union Rights - ITUC Annual Survey
This is a very well conducted annual report on the part of the International Trade Union Confederation, it critiques the Egyptian State's historical and contemporary violations of trade union rights. Praiseworthy as this survey is, it is only a brief summary and thus merely covers the tip of the iceberg of state violations. Mention is not made regarding State Security's intervention in trade union affairs, enforced bargaining techniques, threats, along with physical abuse.
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Does the US back the Honduran coup?
Guardian.co.uk
Mark Weisbrot
The Obama administration's condemnation of the coup in Honduras has been lukewarm compared to the rest of the world
The military coup that overthrew Honduras's elected president, Manuel Zelaya, brought unanimous international condemnation. But some country's responses have been more reluctant than others, and Washington's ambivalence has begun to raise suspicions about what the US government is really trying to accomplish in this situation.
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Mark Weisbrot
The Obama administration's condemnation of the coup in Honduras has been lukewarm compared to the rest of the world
The military coup that overthrew Honduras's elected president, Manuel Zelaya, brought unanimous international condemnation. But some country's responses have been more reluctant than others, and Washington's ambivalence has begun to raise suspicions about what the US government is really trying to accomplish in this situation.
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