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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Voters in two struggling east German states had a chance to voice their discontent Sunday over high unemployment and social welfare cuts in elections expected to give a boost to extreme-right and left-wing parties.
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Hundreds of thousands of rival demonstrators massed in 70 Russian towns on Saturday to condemn or applaud social benefit reforms by President Vladimir Putin's government, Russian media reported.
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Thousands of people marched through this west German city Tuesday to protest Nokia Corp.'s decision to close a factory, and a German official warned the move could weigh on Nokia's image and business.
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Around 1,500 opponents of hardliners in Iran rallied in Germany in a demonstration timed around the 26th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, police said.
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Tens of thousands of people from across Italy march in Rome to demand work and pension reforms.
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Germany's sweeping welfare reforms went  into effect without a hitch Monday as labor offices cut  payments for a million jobless and qualifying tests got  tougher.
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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&#39;s image could suffer.
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Protesters plan to take to the streets in more than 50 German towns and cities on Monday as cuts in unemployment benefit come into effect.
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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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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.
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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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Politicians join the public at a rally to demand an end to hospital closures and the centralisation of services.
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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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Tens of thousands of people answered a government call and rallied outside the Kremlin on Tuesday in a show of solidarity against terrorism, nearly a week after militants seized a school in southern Russia in a standoff that claimed more than 350 lives, many of them children.
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Germany's sweeping welfare reforms went into effect without a hitch Monday as labor offices cut payments for a million jobless and qualifying tests got tougher.
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Tens of thousands of South Korean workers held rallies and labor strikes Wednesday to oppose a free trade agreement with the United States and demand better working conditions.