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Worker of KazStroyService in West Kazakhstan Oblast have gone on strike demanding higher wages.

• 11 ноября 2014, 22:18

Hong Kong bailiffs and police are planning to take action at pro-democracy protest sites in the city, as pressure grows on demonstrators to leave.

• 11 ноября 2014, 16:36

A month on the streets has given young Hong Kong democracy protesters a taste of life outside the city's cramped shoebox apartments.

• 31 октября 2014, 15:08

Hong Kong democracy activists marked one month of mass protests, calling on supporters to gather for an evening rally wearing the masks.

• 28 октября 2014, 15:45

A protester who died during a clash at the site of a contested French dam project was wounded by "an explosion''.

• 28 октября 2014, 10:09

Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests abruptly postponed a vote on their next steps due to differing opinions about how to move the month-long campaign forward.

• 27 октября 2014, 14:40

Thousands of chanting students, teachers and parents took to the streets across Spain to protest against government spending cuts.

• 24 октября 2014, 12:36

Hong Kong student leaders said they may not take part in further talks with the government after accusing city authorities of failing to make any meaningful offer.

• 22 октября 2014, 15:18

Hong Kong's leader told media that if the government met pro-democracy protesters' demands it would result in the city's poorer people dominating elections.

• 21 октября 2014, 12:48

Hong Kong's embattled leader said "foreign forces" were at work in the pro-democracy movement that has paralysed parts of the city.

• 20 октября 2014, 12:46

Protesters occupied three town halls in southern Mexico to demand the safe return of 43 students who disappeared after gang-linked police attacked them.

• 17 октября 2014, 12:49

Hong Kong's justice chief insisted that any prosecution of plainclothes officers who were filmed beating a handcuffed protester would be handled impartially.

• 16 октября 2014, 12:42

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters have an "almost zero chance" of changing Beijing's stance and securing free elections despite more than two weeks of rallies.

• 13 октября 2014, 09:55

Turkish President Recep vowed that the peace process with Kurdish rebels would not be derailed by "sabotage".

• 10 октября 2014, 13:28

Two members of the Femen feminist movement staged a bare-breasted protest on the roof of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris.

• 07 октября 2014, 13:29

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters remained stubbornly encamped outside the city's government headquarters in the early hours of Monday.

• 06 октября 2014, 13:30

Thousands took to the streets in Paris and Bordeaux to demonstrate for what protesters called "traditional family values" and against assisted pregnancies.

• 06 октября 2014, 11:56

Thousands marched in Africa to pressure governments to do more to stop the poaching industry that many fear is driving rhinos and elephants to the brink of extinction.

• 05 октября 2014, 14:12

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters held a peace rally in central Hong Kong in defiance of recent attacks against their ranks.

• 05 октября 2014, 12:04

Hong Kong police have arrested several people with suspected links to the city's notorious "triad" criminal gangs.

• 04 октября 2014, 12:44