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India citizenship law: 100,0000 attend Hyderabad protest

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Demonstration was organised by umbrella group of Muslim and civil society organisations

More than 100,000 protesters have taken part in a peaceful march in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, chanting slogans against Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law.

The protest, labelled the Million March, was organised by an umbrella group of Muslim and civil society organisations. More than 40% of Hyderabad’s estimated population of nearly 7 million people are Muslims.

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‘The salt they pump back in kills everything’: is the cost of Chile’s fresh water too high?

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Antofagasta, situated on the edge of the Atacama Desert, relies on a vast desalination plant which provides the city with drinking water – but the waste brine is killing wildlife, say fishermen

As Eduardo Muñoz drifts his ageing skiff into Antofagasta’s harbour, flecks of paint peeling from its prow, he looks disconsolate.

“I used to get twice as many clams from every dive,” he mutters bitterly, hauling two large sacks of shellfish on to the dock and ruffling the salt from his hair.

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US sends asylum seekers to Mexico to await hearings held 350 miles away

our shame grows and our democracy gets smaller.

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Authorities are expanding the Remain in Mexico program, which critics say puts migrants into dangerous border towns

The US government has started sending asylum seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles (563 kilometers) away in Ciudad Juárez.

Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration court hearings in Mexico. Until this week, the government was driving some asylum seekers from Nogales, Arizona, to El Paso, Texas, so they could be returned to Juárez.

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2nd Senate Republican Questions Impartiality of Impeachment Trial

The Collins “fake-moderation” seen often before she votes uber-right – actually spends loads of time writing an excuse for voting how she was going to vote all along. Senator Susan Collins of Maine joined Lisa Murkowski in raising concerns over her leaders’ approach, and said she would be “open” to calling witnesses.

Chile: was a young woman murdered for photographing anti-government protests?

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Albertina Martínez found dead two days after covering a protest in Santiago amid speculation she was targeted because of her job

Photojournalists and press freedom activists have called on authorities in Chile to investigate the murder of a young photographer amid speculation that her death may have been linked to pictures she took during violent clashes between riot police and anti-government demonstrators.

Related: Latin America’s tumultuous year turns expectations on their head

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Uber, Postmates sue to block California gig worker law, claiming it’s unconstitutional

And it is ok that they are anti-union and mistreat hundreds of employees across the globe? Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc and courier services provider Postmates Inc asked a U.S. court to block a California labor law set to go into effect on Wednesday, arguing the bill violates the U.S. Constitution.

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