Posts Tagged ‘six-days’

Spain Defies Protest Ban

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Mass protests have reached Spain, where 25,000 people took to the streets in demonstrations against the government’s economic policies and high unemployment Saturday. The protest began six days ago as a sit-in by people frustrated with the country’s 45…

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Freed NYT Journos Speak Out

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

The Libyan government freed four New York Times journalists on Monday, six days after they were captured-and they have provided harrowing tales from their imprisonment. Anthony Shadid, Tyler Hicks, Lynsey Addario and Stephen Farrell said they were…

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Freed NYT Journos Speak Out

Cairo Protesters Call for a Strike

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Egypt’s anti-government protesters aren’t budging: After six days of demonstrations, a crowd of thousands is camping out overnight in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square and refusing to go anywhere until Hosni Mubarak, the country’s president of 30 years, is…

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UK aid worker released in Somalia

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

A British security consultant working for the charity Save the Children is freed in Somalia, six days after being taken hostage.

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