Thousands of Thai red-shirted activists began a protest on Saturday that froze downtown Bangkok and will continue to demonstrate this week, although in a different location. The pro-democracy protesters urge Prime Minister Vejjajiva to call new elections.
More than one hundred Bulgarian workers began a hunger strike on Saturday in the town of Kostenets. They protest their paper plant’s decision to fire employees without providing compensation.
In Munich on Sunday, hundreds of German activists marched in protest of the war in Afghanistan. They call for immediate return of troops and an end to fighting, spurred by the recent deaths of German soldiers.
Three hundred Egyptians demonstrated in front of the parliament in Cairo on Saturday, urging an increase in minimum wage. The current level, at approximately $7 per month, has not increased in 25 years.
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