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Chile presidential candidate attacked with eggs | News , International | THE DAILY STAR

It seems they objected more to Pablo Longueira’s politics than his dancing ability.

Local radio Bio Bio reports that construction workers threw eggs at Longueira Wednesday after his performance at a campaign event in the capital of Santiago.

Longueira, of the conservative Alianza coalition, is a former economy minister who was close to ex-dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

via Chile presidential candidate attacked with eggs | News , International | THE DAILY STAR.

Thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets for a sixth straight day of protests

Thousands of Bulgarians took to the streets for a sixth straight day of protests on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of new Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski despite his apology over a political blunder.

Carrying Bulgarian flags, the protesters gathered outside the government headquarters in downtown Sofia, shouting “Mafia!” “Red garbage!” and “Resignation!”

Over 600 nationalists also staged a separate rally outside parliament, waving black flags and pressing for new elections.

Oresharski’s appointment of controversial media mogul Delyan Peevski as head of the powerful national security agency DANS had sparked public outrage.

Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2013/Jun-19/220948-thousands-stage-new-protests-in-bulgaria-despite-pms-apology.ashx#ixzz2WgyNjhPn 
(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)

Detention on Saturday Morning

The Villages Group: Cooperation in Israel-Palestine

To our dear friends,

Between our weekly visits to South Mt. Hebron things happen, things that happen during a week, quite ordinary things.

People wake up in the morning to a new day – they wash, pray, eat, discover that settlers cut down 62 trees in their olive grove, as a “price tag” action; or they go to sleep and wake up to the violent presence of 20 soldiers and one policeman in their living room, a visit that was not pre-coordinated with and approved by the house owners; or they go to shepherd their goats, get detained for two days and released with a court summon, after paying bail they will never get back.

These and other are the happenings between one weekly visit to the next, in an ordinary week, one among many in which a daily routine like this takes place. Mere footnotes, maybe similar in their…

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To replace the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a five person Commission. (H.R. 2402) – GovTrack.us

H.R. 2402: To replace the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a five person Commission.

Introduced:

Jun 17, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)

Sponsor:

Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI7]

via To replace the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a five person Commission. (H.R. 2402) – GovTrack.us.

To make sure that consumers never get protected by US government from thieving banks and brokers.

Watch President Obama Discuss the NSA and Syria Tonight on Charlie Rose | The White House

Before leaving for this week’s G-8 summit in the United Kingdom, President Obama sat down with Charlie Rose in the White House Library for a 45-minute interview on topics ranging from Syria to the National Security Agency.

via Watch President Obama Discuss the NSA and Syria Tonight on Charlie Rose | The White House.

In the can now – wish I could see now – will not see till tomorrow – not staying up till 11 PM- gotta get up too early in the AM – grin

Erdogan escalates the crisis | Europe | DW.DE | 17.06.2013

Erdogan delivered a speech to hundreds of thousands of bused-in supporters. He accused the international press of a plot against him and his government: “CNN, Reuters, remain isolated with your lies!” he said, and attacked the protest movement once more. He described them again as “plunderers,” and threatened them: “You are no real Turks. Watch out: those who work against Turkey will have cause to tremble with fear.” Hotel owners who hid these “terrorists” would also have to pay the reckoning.

The journalist and writer Cengiz Aktar considers Erdogan’s rhetoric to be dangerous: “People who only listen to their prime minister and read newspapers which support the government don’t understand what it’s all about,” he told DW. Erdogan always appeared angry and was only increasing the tension in the country: “If he carries on like that, the country will have an even bigger crisis. He’s always pouring oil into the fire.”

via Erdogan escalates the crisis | Europe | DW.DE | 17.06.2013.

Turkey: Stop police violence – allow the protests!

The brutal crackdown on protests at the end of May in Istanbul’s Taksim Square has shocked the entire world — and triggered a massive wave of protests across Turkey. A coalition of organizations including trade unions has issued demands which trade unionists everywhere will support. These include: free all those arrested; drop all charges against them; hold accountable those responsible for the police violence; and lift all bans on meetings and demonstrations. Please send your message of protest and spread the word today.

via Turkey: Stop police violence – allow the protests!.