Thursday, 27 June 2013 07:59
'The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has begun transferring weapons to Jordan in order to arm groups of foreign-backed militants fighting against the Syrian government, a report says.
According to the report by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, the CIA is moving the weapons “from a network of secret warehouses.” The report added that Washington plans to provide the militants with “training, small arms, ammunition, and possibly certain types of antitank missiles.” Saudi Arabia also plans to provide them with “antiaircraft weapons.”'
Thursday, 27 June 2013 07:47
'More than 100,000 students have taken part in a nationwide protest rally in Chilean capital of Santiago against government educational reforms as the event turned violent by clashes between some protesters and police.
The violence during the Wednesday protest march began when groups of hooded protesters reportedly hurled Molotov cocktails at a police station and blocked rush-hour traffic along some major roadways, according to an AP report. Riot police then responded to the violence using water cannons and tear gas.'
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Portugal unions to hold major strike
'Thursday’s strike in the capital, Lisbon, which is called by the country’s two main labor unions, UGT and CGTP, will stop trains and the Lisbon metro and cut the bus services in half.
Meanwhile, state-owned airline TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) has warned of possible disruption to flights as air traffic controllers and ground staff are expected to take part in the work stoppage.“If we think about it, our future is a dark, living-under-the-bridge kind of future… But we don’t stop believing, fighting and demanding,” said a Portuguese woman planning to participate in the event on Thursday.'
Meanwhile, state-owned airline TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) has warned of possible disruption to flights as air traffic controllers and ground staff are expected to take part in the work stoppage.“If we think about it, our future is a dark, living-under-the-bridge kind of future… But we don’t stop believing, fighting and demanding,” said a Portuguese woman planning to participate in the event on Thursday.'
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Brazilian police teargas protesters in Belo Horizonte
'The incident broke out in the city of Belo Horizonte on Wednesday when thousands of demonstrators were confronted by police firing teargas on them.
Protesters responded by picking up teargas canisters and threw them back at the police as well as pelting them with rocks. The violence erupted just hundreds of meters away from the Mineiro stadium, where Brazil’s football team was playing against Uruguay in a semifinal match of a warm-up tournament for the 2014 World Cup.'
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Thousands of UK teachers set to hold rallies and strike
'The strike organized by the two biggest teachers’ unions the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) will affect 3,000 schools.
NUT said part of the striking teachers will also march in protest to the government’s education cuts in the cities of Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Chester. The two unions said they want the Education Secretary Michael Gove to halt changes to teachers’ pay and conditions as long as the negotiations between the unions and the government over the thorny matters continue.'
NUT said part of the striking teachers will also march in protest to the government’s education cuts in the cities of Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Chester. The two unions said they want the Education Secretary Michael Gove to halt changes to teachers’ pay and conditions as long as the negotiations between the unions and the government over the thorny matters continue.'
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