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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) — Mexicans once again protested over gasoline price hikes Sunday (January 22) in the so-called “gasolinazo.” The march in Mexico City was joined by other rallies in at least 12 states. Thousands participated, according to Mexican media reports. Since January 1, when the government hiked gasoline prices by 14 to 20 percent, protests have broken out throughout the country. Thousands held posters against the increase in prices and chanted for Pena […]
by Laura MANNERING HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Angry protesters gathered in Hong Kong Friday after a city bookseller broke silence to reveal how he was blindfolded, interrogated and detained in China for eight months for trading titles critical of Beijing. In a surprise interview sure to infuriate Beijing, Lam Wing-kee late Thursday vowed to break bail, refusing to return to the mainland, and further defied Chinese authorities by blowing the lid on how he […]
