An estimated 175,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to participate in the One Nation Working Together rally to promote job creation, diversity and tolerance.
Twenty-three Mapuche activists ended their 82-day long hunger strike late Friday evening after Chile’s government agreed to withdraw terrorism charges against the jailed activists and promised a series of reforms to the nation’s much questioned terrorism law.
As many as 200 workers, including Saudis, Sunday refused to work on a vital project under way in central Jeddah due to non-payment of their dues for the last four months. Another 200 workers remained absent from the work site in protest.
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