Kashmiri militants kill 35 Hindus
A wave of violence by Islamic militants aimed at
Kashmir's Hindu minority has left 35 dead, police said, days ahead
of a planned meeting between the divided region's political
separatists and India's prime minister.
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Immigrants in US walk off jobs, to show economic clout
More than 1 million mostly Hispanic immigrants
and their supporters skipped work and took to the streets , flexing
their economic muscle in a U.S.-wide boycott that succeeded in
slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants.
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Hundreds of thousands rally around world for May Day workers'
holiday
In Germany, unions took aim at corporate greed.
In Bangladesh, garment factory employees called for better working
conditions. And in Turkey, police fired pepper spray and tear gas to
disperse demonstrators denouncing the International Monetary Fund
and the United States.
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