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Thai government defuses confrontation, protest leader says not over

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Reuters - 12/03/13, By Panarat Thepgumpanat
 

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Anti-government protesters listen to a speech from a protest leader after they entered the compound of Government House, the site of fierce clashes with police over the last few days, in Bangkok December 3, 2013. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa

 

Thailand's government ordered police on Tuesday to stop confronting protesters demanding the resignation of the prime minister, raising hope that days of political violence may end, but the leader of the campaign said the fight would go on.

After days of firing teargas and rubber bullets to hold them off, police handed out roses to flag-waving protesters after the barricades were brought down. The protesters mingled with police, shouted slogans and left peacefully.

Defying Ban on Protests, Hundreds of Thousands Spill Into Ukraine's Streets, Call for 'Revolution'

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Source: Common Dreams - 12/01/13, by Common Dreams Staff
 

Clashes erupted in Ukraine's capital of Kiev on Sunday when over 100,000 people defied a government ban on protests and filled Independence Square, furious over the president's refusal to sign an agreement that would lead to EU integration.   
 

Ukrainian protesters clash with riot police outside the president's office in Kiev. (Photo: Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images)
 

Protests were held in other cities throughout Ukraine as well, bringing roughly 300,000 to the streets.

For over a week, daily protests have been held calling for the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych.

Thousands of Ukrainians march over EU deal rejection

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Press TV - 12/01/13, SSM/PR
 

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A protester pictured demonstrating in support of Ukraine's integration in the EU in the center of Kiev on November 23, 2013. (File photo)
 
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have poured out into the streets of the capital Kiev to protest against the government's refusal to sign a political and free trade deal, known as the Association Agreement, with the European Union (EU).
 
As many as 100,000 demonstrators, waving Ukrainian and EU flags, gathered in central Kiev on Sunday in defiance of a government ban on rallies in the city centre.
 

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Thailand protest leader calls for general strike

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Press TV - 12/01/13, JR/PR

Anti-government protesters demonstrate outside the national police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, November 28, 2013.

Anti-government protesters demonstrate outside the national police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, November 28, 2013.
 
Leader of anti-government protests in Thailand has called for a general strike, as violent clashes continue between the supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawat in the capital Bangkok.

Anti-government protesters have also seized control of a state-affiliated TV station.

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Iceland thumbs nose at international opposition to advance $1.2bn debt relief plan

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A general view of houses in the town of Vik in southern Iceland.(Reuters/ Ingolfur Juliusson)

A general view of houses in the town of Vik in southern Iceland.
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Iceland’s government has announced that it will be writing off up to 24,000 euros ($32,600) of every household’s mortgage, fulfilling its election promise, despite overwhelming criticism from international financial institutions.

International organizations have confronted the idea with criticism. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have advised against it, citing economic concerns.
 

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The Money Changers Serenade: A New Plot Hatches

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Blacklisted News - 12/01/13, Paul Craig Roberts

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Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, a protege of Treasury Secretaries Rubin and Summers, has received his reward for continuing the Rubin-Summers-Paulson policy of supporting the “banks too big to fail” at the expense of the economy and American people. For his service to the handful of gigantic banks, whose existence attests to the fact that the Anti-Trust Act is a dead-letter law, Geithner has been appointed president and managing director of the private equity firm, Warburg Pincus and is on his way to his fortune.

A Warburg in-law financed Woodrow Wilson’s presidential campaign. Part of the reward was Wilson’s appointment of Paul Warburg to the first Federal Reserve Board. The symbiotic relationship between presidents and bankers has continued ever since. The same small clique continues to wield financial power.

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‘Day of rage’: Police, protesters clash in Israel at plans to evict 40,000 Bedouins

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Bedouin men gesture during a demonstration showing solidarity with Bedouin Arabs who are against a government displacement plan for Bedouins in the Southern Negev desert in the village of Hura in southern Israel November 30, 2013.(Reuters / Baz Ratner)

Bedouin men gesture during a demonstration showing solidarity with Bedouin Arabs who are against a government displacement plan for Bedouins in the Southern Negev desert in the village of Hura in southern Israel November 30, 2013.(Reuters / Baz Ratner)

 

The demonstrations were organized as part of an international “Day of Rage” against the proposed law which would arrange for Bedouin settlements to be created in southern Israel’s Negev Desert, also known as the Prawer-Begin plan.

On Saturday, the international “Day of Rage” which was proclaimed by rights groups prompted protests across Israel, in both Gaza City and in East Jerusalem, in addition to the UK.

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