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Saturday, 18 May 2013 MURSI ‘IS A TOTAL FAILURE’ – millions sign Tamarod ‘Rebellion’ petition HUNDREDS of thousands rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday in response to a call by several Egyptian political forces for a series of protests in support of an anti-Mursi petition drive — Tamarod, or ‘Rebellion’ campaign.

The ‘million-man rally’ kicked off the campaign with the aim of decrying the imprisonment of political activists and pressing for early presidential polls. Read More

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Friday, 17 May 2013 NAKBA DAY OF RAGE – over 1948 Catastrophe Thousands marched in Gaza to mark the 65th Nakba anniversary demanding faction leaders in Gaza call for unifying the Palestinian political leadership as a top priority.

For Palestinians and Arabs, May 14, 1948 marks a day of rage they call al-Naqba, Arabic for ‘the Catastrophe’. Read More

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Thursday, 16 May 2013 STRIKES & SUICIDES CONTINUE AT THE FOXCONN FACTORY FOXCONN'S promise of facilitating a democratic trade union is only for their marketing image, says a research team based in several universities in the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong.

It is a faked response to their customers’ concerns say Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM). Read More

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 ‘The first time that workers from all over Egypt have come together on strike’ WORKERS from electricity companies from around the country went on strike in Egypt on Sunday.

Workers Media Coordinator at the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) Dalia Moussa said that the workers have been treated unequally and have complained of increasing corruption in the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. Read More

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 UNIONS MUST ACT TO DEFEND HOSPITALS THERE is a huge crisis in A&E departments in English and Welsh hospitals.

Emergency patients brought to A&E departments by ambulance frequently have to wait outside for hours, waiting for A&E to accept them. Read More

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Monday, 13 May 2013 DEATH TOLL PASSES 1,100 – in the Rana Plaza disaster THE death toll from the collapse of the Dhaka building housing garment factories that workers were ordered back into, despite warnings, reached over 1,121 on Friday.

Rescuers pulled out 28 more bodies, which saw the total death toll reach 1,121 with the new finds made 16 days into the rescue work at Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories, and collapsed on April 24. Read More

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