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Bulgarian truck drivers block traffic at the Turkey-Bulgaria border, Depeche Mode fans devastated in Istanbul…

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Headlines you don’t see every day: Disgruntled Bulgarian truckers keep British band from performing in Turkey Reuters brings us today’s reminder that the world is a confusing, intricately interconnected place: Disgruntled Bulgarian truck drivers blocked traffic at two major border checkpoints with neighboring Turkey on Friday to protest against what they said were Turkish restrictions … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Turkey?s interior minister calls Uludere victims “extras”. Another lower point for the AKP rule…

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Minister points at Air Force for Uludere raid from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s interior minister weighs into the row over Uludere, labeling the dead villagers ?extras?… Uludere and politics as a conspiracy from Hurriyet Daily News Uludere was a terrible event and has been a controversial issue from the beginning. Now, there is a new … Read more

A video: We Are Wisconsin

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“We stand together to support workers and families of Wisconsin. We are teachers, firefighters, fathers, daughters, brothers, sisters, young, and old. We are Wisconsin. via: Voices and pictures from Madison, Wisconsin, protests

2 million workers are expected to strike today. Strike diary will be updated all day

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Honestly, it will surprise me if the strike succeeds. I will keep an eye on what happens today. update: 6 Feb 2010. It seemed that the general strike did not really work. Worker actions remained low profile… Petrolİş started a unionisation campaign here. What we accomplished with ?Tekel resistance? by ORAL ÇALIŞLAR – RADİKAL The … Read more