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Puerto Ricans protest mass gov't layoffs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Thousands of demonstrators swarmed Puerto Rico's financial hub last Thursday, blocking highways and setting fires in the streets of the capital to protest massive layoffs of government workers. More »

Protests evoke apartheid era in South Africa

STANDERTON, South Africa - Protesters have barricaded a major highway with rocks and burning tires, clashing with police who fired on them with rubber bullets. Youths retaliated with slingshots and threw rocks. More »