Experiments with truth: 9/24/10

Experiments with truth: 9/24/10

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 9/24/10</h1> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iWaNDZLA7W7hiYNzI_jBe0gyCjpA"></a></p> <ul> <li>Lines of riot police encircled and attacked <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/21/protests-egypt-gamal-mubarak-succession" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hundreds of Egyptians who took to the streets on Tuesday</a> to protest against what they claimed were plans for the president&#8217;s son to assume power.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>27 people in French Polynesia on hunger strike over the slow reconstruction after Cyclone Oli <a href="http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&amp;id=56034" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">have called off their action</a> after a government delegation arrived on the island of Tubuai and said that their grievances would be considered.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>According to union estimates, some <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100923-710155.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">3 million French workers staged a nationwide one-day strike</a> and rallies Thursday to protest government plans to increase the pension age and challenge a key plank of President Nicolas Sarkozy&#8217;s economic policy.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Wednesday, the staff of Mogadishu’s Global Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) <a href="http://www.africareview.com/News/edia%20house%20staff%20walk%20out%20as%20Somali%20radicals%20take%20control/-/979180/1016538/-/j7enlb/-/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">walked out in protest</a> against a takeover by a radical Islamist group.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Members of the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual and Transgender Center at the University of Rhode Island began <a href="http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2010/sep/23/uri-students-stage-protest-ar-239363/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a sit-in at the campus library</a> on Wednesday at midnight. The group is unhappy with ongoing negotiations with URI officials over budget, campus climate, and other issues.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Along with other cities, <a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010�923story_23-9-2010_pg1_7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">university teachers in Islamabad went on a strike on Wednesday</a> and suspended classes to protest against a cut in the budget for the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and non-payment of funds for raising of salaries by 50 percent.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>About <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/immigration-protest-arizona-law-demonstration-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">100 people demonstrated Wednesday morning</a> outside a downtown Los Angeles courthouse where 33 immigrant rights activists face charges of civil disobedience for their protests against Arizona’s immigration law.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than 150 charter school students in San Bernardino, California<a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_16137428?nclick_check=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> walked off their campus on Tuesday</a> afternoon to protest conditions they say range from unsafe play areas to unsanitary food and a change in leadership.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+9%2F24%2F10&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />