All posts tagged "protests"

• Greek Protests Paralyze Ports, Street markets

    ATHENS, Greece – A growing wave of strikes and protests against a planned overhaul of the pension system in Greece has halted services at the country’s ports for two days, while popular neighborhood farmers’ markets were...

  • Posted January 27, 2016
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• French Taxis, Air Traffic Controllers, Schools on Strike

  PARIS – Paris police fired tear gas and taxi drivers lit bonfires on a major highway Tuesday amid nationwide strikes and protests over working conditions and competition from non-traditional services such as Uber. Prime Minister Manuel Valls...

  • Posted January 26, 2016
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• Cruise Line Restarts Haiti Port Calls after Recent Protest

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. on Tuesday re-established port calls to its fenced-in site and beach attraction in northern Haiti after suspending visits just over a week ago. The Miami-based company suspended cruise ship stops...

  • Posted January 26, 2016
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• Tunisian Youths Demand Jobs, Say Gov’t is Failing Them

  KASSERINE, Tunisia – Unemployed young people from the Tunisian city that touched off nationwide protests say the government is failing them and protested anew Saturday in a precarious calm enforced by a nationwide curfew. Tunisia, the birthplace...

  • Posted January 23, 2016
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