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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking protests fail to halt interest in shale gas
2014-01-12 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of protesters were making their presence felt again at a fracking site in Barton Moss, Greater Manchester, on Sunday. Since November a hardy group of campaigners have been protesting at the site where planning permission has been granted to energy company IGas to carry out test drilling reflecting the fears of environmentalists that exploring for shale gas is unsafe. But their efforts seem unlikely to halt the tide of interest among corporations and the government. The French oil...
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CAMBODIA: Garment worker protests turn increasingly violent
2014-01-03 14:34:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Pay protests by garment workers in Phnom Penh appear to be turning increasingly violent, with latest reports from Cambodia suggesting that at least four civilians have been shot dead and 21 injured.
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Obama faces smattering of protests on Hawaiian vac...
2013-12-29 02:41:06| Airlines - Topix.net
The serenity of President Barack Obama's Hawaiian vacation was rattled a little on Saturday when demonstrators aired grievances against unmanned aircraft and other issues in a small protest zone near the first family's upscale rented house.
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United Kingdom: Fracking protests head north as activists mass on proposed Manchester shale gas exploration sites
2013-12-21 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Gathered under the banner of Frack Free Greater Manchester, militant activists last week pledged to do everything they could to disrupt the search for new sources of energy. Portraying themselves as representing local opinion, they have been involved in a series of demonstrations around Manchester against test drilling by a number of companies which hope to begin commercial exploitation of shale oil and gas. But The Telegraph can reveal that the leading campaigners against "fracking' in the North...
HAITI: Factories forced to close amid wage protests
2013-12-17 13:34:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A number of garment factories in Haiti were forced to close last week following protests by workers demanding a higher minimum wage.
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