Thursday, 19 May 2011 20:08 While many individuals and groups have waged a constant and frustrating battle against the coming total seizure and control of food production as practiced by family farmers and ranchers historically, several questions have gone unanswered. The biggest of all of course is, why? Thursday, 19 May 2011 20:12 Nearly two months after the start of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, only 10 percent of workers there had been tested for internal radiation exposure caused by inhalation or ingestion of radioactive substances, due to a shortage of testing equipment available for them. Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the crippled nuclear compound, is finding it impossible to use testing apparatus set up inside the facility because of high radiation levels recorded near the equipment. Read More: Radiation tests lacking / Nuclear plant workers unsure of internal exposure levels Thursday, 19 May 2011 19:51 KIEV, Ukraine — Hundreds of Ukrainian opposition activists are protesting rising prices and demanding higher wages and pensions. About 1,500 demonstrators gathered outside Ukraine's legislature in central Kyiv on Thursday, also urging President Viktor Yanukovych's government to lower household utility bills and taxes. Read More: Ukraine: Hundreds protest rising prices, demand higher wages Thursday, 19 May 2011 20:03 Many students, whether or not they graduate, have debt burdens approaching or exceeding $100,000. If repaid over 30 years, it's a $500,000 obligation, and if default, much more because debts aren't forgiven. As a result, once entrapped, escape is impossible. Bondage is permanent, and future lives and careers are impaired or ruined. Read More: America's Student Loan Racket: Soaring Default Rates Thursday, 19 May 2011 19:59 MADRID — Several thousand protesters angry over Spain's economic crisis and soaring jobless rate defied a ban by Madrid authorities and pressed on Wednesday with demonstrations ahead of weekend local elections. Demonstrators have camped in Madrid's central Puerta del Sol square and in cities around the country since the weekend, responding to calls on online social networks and by the Real Democracy protest organisation. Some have vowed to stay until the regional and municipal elections on Sunday.
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