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http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/cvplive/cvpstream2.html Hope the people there keep calm....... and don't be like our little india......

Fighting broke out between riot police and firefighters who were trying to break down security screens during anti-government protests in Paris today. Videos of the astonishing violence were posted online during demonstrations close to the centre of the capital. Firefighter unions called for an increase in risk pay from 19 per cent to 28 per cent of the basic salary, as well as guarantees that their current pension plans remain in place. “We are the last link in emergency services in France, and we are overwhelmed by calls and interventions,” Frédéric Perrin, president of the SPASDIS-CFTC union, told the news agency Agence France-Presse. “We need more manpower and the means to respond to it, but also the guarantee that we focus mainly on our missions, the emergency, and not serve as supplements to absent health services.”

Read from taiwan tv news; Hundreds protest, about hundred injured and 15 died but official denied for death This one post from another source http://www.news24.com/World/News/Anger-in-China-at-police-brutality-in-protests-20140401 Beijing - Protests against a proposed chemical plant in southern China spread to the provincial capital of Guangzhou on Tuesday, even as authorities signalled they may back down on their construction plans in attempt to head off more unrest. Public anger has grown after graphic photos surfaced on Chinese social networks early this week, showing demonstrators in the nearby city of Maoming - the location of the proposed plant - lying bloodied on the streets as rows of paramilitary police marched in formation. On Sunday, hundreds of Maoming residents poured into the streets protesting against the plant producing paraxylene, a petrochemical used in making fabric and plastic bottles, and environmental degradation. Protesters in the Guangdong provincial capital of Guangzhou on Tuesday renewed calls for an end to the chemical plant project, as well as justice for those who they believe were hurt or killed at the hands of paramilitary police on Sunday. Tear gas The government said no one was killed in demonstrations on Sunday and Monday, and did not mention whether anyone was hurt. Two protesters disputed the claim, telling Reuters that several people were killed and dozens hurt, though they did not know the exact number of casualties. "The provincial government has a responsibility to address this," said one protester by telephone, declining to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. "It's not right that the paramilitary police can injure or beat people to death. It violates our most basic interests as citizens." Photos obtained by Reuters showed tear gas being fired at demonstrators on Monday. Hundreds demonstrated at Guangzhou's Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall early in the day, witnesses said, but no more than a few dozen were left by the afternoon. There was no violence during Tuesday's protest, they said, though many police surrounded the demonstration. "We will renew our demands until this matter is resolved - our first goal is for the paraxylene project to be cancelled," another demonstrator, surnamed Liang, said by telephone. "Second, we must find out who commanded the murderers to beat people to death - we must know the truth." China's Ministry of Public Security did not respond to requests for comment. Government vows to listen In a statement posted late on Monday on its official Weibo account, the government of Maoming, in the wealthy southern coastal province of Guangdong, said the project was still far from being approved. "If the majority of people are against it, the city government won't make a decision contrary to public opinion," it said. The city has previously called the protests a "grave violation" by criminals causing chaos. The images of violence - which could not be independently verified by Reuters - have caused an outcry on Chinese social media, though many were later removed by censors. The plant would be owned by the local government and state-controlled Sinopec Corp, China's biggest refiner. The influential tabloid the Global Times, run by the Communist Party's official People's Daily, said in an editorial on Tuesday that the government had to break the "vicious spiral" of public opposition to PX plants, which were needed to lessen Chinese reliance on imports. The eastern city of Ningbo suspended a petrochemical project after days of demonstrations in November 2012, and protests forced the suspension of a paraxylene plant in the north-eastern city of Dalian the year before. A similar demonstration took place in the southern city of Kunming last year. Choking smog blankets many Chinese cities, and environmental degradation, the cost of the country's breakneck economic growth, has earned the ire of an increasingly educated and affluent urban class. Imagine taiwan also do same thing like china, cant imagine liao

Anyone here bought NCD protection for their cars and what does it NOT cover ? If kanna Flash flood, can you ownself claim and show proof and still be protected?

My friend just complained, why always riot when he wants to go to the country for a holiday! First Thailand red and yellow. Now Hong Kong student riot. Anyone as sway as my friend?

It all started as a handphone thief being caught and took revenge against the handphone shop. The issue had spread and some fraction had tried to turned it into a race issue. Do be careful if you are traveling there recently, especially Bukit Bintang area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1X_F58eM5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWksUX-gsV8

Six women charged with rioting at Cineleisure Orchard By Michelle Kwara | Yahoo Newsroom – 1 hour 49 minutes ago Six women, aged between 18 and 30, were charged in court on Friday with rioting at K Box Cineleisure Orchard early last month. Two of the women also each face an additional charge of “voluntarily causing hurt” to another person. The accused are Wang Xi, 23; Liu Jiabao, 30; Wu Huamin, 18; Wu Huachun, 19; and Qiu Zhulin, 28; and Ding Jiao, 28. The first five are all People's Republic of China (PRC) nationals with the first two also Singapore permanent residents. The last is a Singapore citizen. All six were accused of rioting on 3 May, at about 2:15am at KBox Cineleisure Orchard at 8 Grange Road by taking part in “an unlawful assembly” with a common object to cause hurt to Zheng Lu, a 19-year-old female PRC national, and by using violence. If found guilty, they each face a jail term of up to 7 years and are liable to caning. Wang and Wu Huachun face an additional charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Zheng Lu “by kicking and punching her” at about 11:15pm on 2 May at the karaoke venue. They may be jailed for up to two years or fined up to S$5,000 or both. The case will be heard again in court on 21 July.

so what now? ban alcohol in chua chu kang?

The 2011 Japan Tsunami has caused severe economic repercussions to the Japanese car makers. Now that they have seeming recovered from the disaster, a Tsunami-sized dispute between China and Japan has caused sales of Japanese cars in China to nose dive. Japan and China are at loggerheads over claims to sovereignty of some islands in the East China Sea, known as Diaoyu in China or Senkaku in Japan. This has set off violent protests in China, and a widespread call to boycott Japanese goods. Mitsubishi reported that its China sales plunged 63% to 2,340 vehicles in September while Mazda

As reported at ESPN Soccernet:- "Arsenal recorded their biggest victory in the competition with a 7-0 demolition of Slavia Prague at the Emirates Two goals each from Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott, his first in Europe's premier club competition, one apiece by Aleksandr Hleb and Nicklas Bendtner as well as a David Hubacek own-goal left Arsenal top of Group H with a maximum nine points. Theo Walcott repaid the faith of manager Arsene Wenger with a brace to help fire Arsenal to a record 7-0 Champions League win over Slavia Prague at Emirates Stadium. The 18-year-old - thrust into the spotlight following his controversial inclusion in Sven-Goran Eriksson's ill-fated World Cup squad last summer - had been threatening to explode for several weeks, and delivered the performance of his young career tonight as the Czechs were simply swept aside by the Barclays Premier League leaders." Way to go ARSENAL.. Boo...Hoo...Hoo... Watch your a*s Rafa if you keep on believing in your Rafalution . This is a wakeup call to you for the weekend (Sunday 28-10-07) clash with Arsenal. Stick to your strongest or be the 3rd on the list of being "Sack" after JM & Sammy Lee.

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