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| Protests grip French cities |
| Huge crowds of students, trade unionists and Left-wingers took to the streets across France today to put pressure on the conservative government to cancel a new law they fear will undermine job security for young workers.
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| Spain binge |
| Mass street drinking sessions fuelled clashes between Spanish youths and riot police early today, leaving 80 people injured and 70 arrested in Barcelona and Salamanca, police
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| Key Iran dissident freed |
| Iran’s most prominent political dissident, Akbar Ganji, has been released after six years in prison for criticising some of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Repu
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| Parties urge Maoists to end strike |
| Nepal’s main political parties piled fresh pressure today on Maoist rebels to end an indefinite road blockade that has raised prices and crippled life across the Himalay
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| US snubs Adams |
| Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was delayed at a Washington-area airport yesterday for a secondary security screening, a Homeland Security department official said.
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US actor Natalie Portman in a publicity picture for her new film V for Vendetta. (Reuters) |
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