Prison officers in strike action
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Prison officers in England and Wales strike in a protest over pay, the association representing them says.
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Correctional officers at Pr. George's jail say facility is so violent they fear for inmate, officer safety.
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Rival Ulster Defence Association prisoners are separated after a disturbance in a County Antrim jail.
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A furious gun battle erupted inside a federal prison Wednesday when a guard opened fire on FBI agents who had come to arrest him and several others on charges of having sex with female inmates in exchange for money, alcohol and pot. Two people were killed and another was wounded.
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Opposition activists in Bangladesh  attacked railway stations and battled police in several parts  of the country on Tuesday as a two-day strike called to protest  a deadly grenade attack at the weekend got underway.
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At least 60 people were injured in  clashes between police and opposition activists during a  nationwide strike on Saturday, the fifth in two weeks.
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Nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus in Worcester voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, raising the stakes for hospital and union negotiators trying to reach a new contract.
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Palestinian prisoners launched a hunger strike Sunday, in what was shaping up to be the biggest showdown between thousands of inmates and the Israeli authorities since the outbreak of Mideast fighting in 2000.
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Two inmates working in a prison garden wrested guns from two guards Monday, exchanged gunfire with other officers and stole a pickup truck, running over and killing one of the guards as she tried to stop them, prison officials said.
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South African unions and government officials meet to try and thrash out a pay deal, as more strikes loom next week.
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Prison officers in England and Wales returned to work on Thursday after staging an illegal 24-hour strike over pay which prompted the government to secure a court injunction to end the protest.
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At least six people - four prison guards and two prisoners - when Al Qaeda prisoners attempted a break out of Kabul&#39;s main Pul-i-Charki prison today, Afghan police officials and eyewitnesses said.
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Three prison guards were injured Monday while trying to break up a dining room brawl at an Arizona prison on the eve of the first anniversary of a hostage standoff at another state lockup.
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Police used tear gas to force 46 inmates out of a prison area where they had barricaded themselves and set fire to mattresses and books, authorities said.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Some 12,500 Argentine prisoners are staging a hunger strike to demand quicker action in their court cases, government officials said on Tuesday.
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Opposition activists in Bangladesh attacked railway stations and battled police across the country on Tuesday on the first day of a two-day strike called to protest against a deadly grenade attack at the weekend.
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Ministers are to reintroduce a ban on strikes by prison officers, after they pulled out of a voluntary agreement.