Experiments with truth: 8/15/11

Experiments with truth: 8/15/11

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 8/15/11</h1> <p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576509510316774094.html"></a></p> <ul> <li>Thousands of residents of the Northeastern Chinese port city Dalian took to the streets on Sunday to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/china.chemical.plant.shutdown/index.html?section=cnn_latest">demand the relocation of a petrochemical plant </a>that threatened to spill toxins into the city last week when a typhoon breached a nearby dike. Chinese authorities have complied and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/14/china-petrochemical-plant-shutdown-protest">ordered the closure of the plant</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis poured into the streets of major cities and towns across the country on Friday, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904006104576504224241579008.html">keeping the pressure on the nation&#8217;s embattled president to step down</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>About 100 people participated in a two-mile march in Santa Cruz, California on Sunday to<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/protest-calif-indian-remains-unearthed-133254719.html"> demand a halt to construction</a> of 32 homes on what is believed to be a 6,000-year-old Native American burial site.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>More than 1,000 people led by the poet turned activist Javier Sicilia have joined a march in Mexico City to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14523605">protest the government&#8217;s strategy in the fight against drug gangs</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tunisian security forces used tear gas and truncheons Monday to disperse several hundred protesters in the capital <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tunisia-police-tear-gas-disperse-protest-120325959.html">demanding that the government step down</a> for failing to prosecute supporters of the ousted president.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of people turned out at rallies across Australia on Sunday to <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-14/thousands-march-to-protest-live-export/2838772/?site=sydney">call on federal MPs to support a ban on live animal exports</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin yesterday to<a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0815/1224302449347.html"> demand civil marriage equality</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tens of thousands of people gathered across Israel on Saturday to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/15/uk-israel-economy-idUSLNE77E01820110815">call for lower living costs</a> in an effort to show the government their protest movement has countrywide support.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Experiments+with+truth%3A+8%2F15%2F11&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" />