Tens of thousands rally in Germany against welfare cuts
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More than 90,000 people, according to organisers, hit the streets of several German cities Monday to protest looming cuts in unemployment benefits, continuing a series of weekly protests against government reforms.
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A fresh round of mass demonstrations over proposed cuts in welfare spending is set to take place.
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Volkswagen workers in Braunschweig were among 15,000 who yesterday staged token stoppages across Germany over the group&#39;s demands for cuts in labour costs, including a two-year pay freeze.
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German far-right parties surged in eastern state elections Sunday, riding public anger against government welfare cuts and fanning fears among mainstream parties that the country's image could suffer.
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International agitators join mass protest
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Hundreds of workers at an Opel car plant in Germany kept up a protest outside the factory gates Sunday against plans by parent company General Motors for thousands of job cuts, demanding assurances that there will be no compulsory layoffs.
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Germany's long-term unemployed are looking for ways to cut their outgoings as they brace for the introduction of reforms on Saturday that will slash the welfare payments of many.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democratic Party lost elections in the western state of Saarland, the first of four votes this month amid nationwide protests against government welfare cuts.
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Tens of thousands of Germans hit the streets again, particularly in the poorer east, in protest against the government's job market reforms, ahead of two key state elections this weekend.
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Some 200,000 people rallied in Amsterdam against the govenrment's controversial austerity and reform measures in the city's biggest demonstration in two decades.
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About 40,000 east Germans marched Monday in a protest like those that toppled communism in the region and directed against proposed labor reforms.
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LONDON, Oct 17  (IPS) - Several thousands joined an anti-war rally Sunday  to mark the end of the three-day European Social Forum.
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At least 15,000 demonstrators marched  through Brussels on Saturday in protest at planned job cuts at  the Belgian factory of German car maker Volkswagen
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Thousands of former fighters, including top government figures, rallied Friday to support a proposed amnesty for Afghans suspected of war crimes.
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Thousands of German workers took part in protests Tuesday against a government plan to raise the retirement age to 67, the country's biggest industrial union said.
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BERLIN: Several hundred protesters clashed with police at a Berlin unemployment office yesterday as a sharp cut in jobless benefits took effect in a government effort to force people to find work.
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DRESDEN, Germany  - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warned Germans not to forget their Nazi past Sunday as far-right supporters rallied in Dresden on Sunday to protest a devastating Allied bombing in Second World War that killed an estimated 35,000 residents 60 years ago.