Militant chief Ocalan wants end to Turkey hunger strike
ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called for an end to a hunger strike by hundreds of his supporters in prisons across Turkey on Saturday, raising hopes of a push to end a decades-old conflict. The hunger strike by at least 1,700 people to demand an end to Ocalan’s isolation is in its 67th day and doctors have said prisoners could soon die. The protest has posed a growing challenge to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and risked fuelling tension in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast. …
Thousands protest in Ireland to liberalize abortion laws
Thousands gathered on the streets of Irish capital Dublin today to demand liberalization of Ireland’s stringent anti-abortion laws.
Landslide shuts down Trans-Canada Highway in eastern Newfoundland
CLARENVILLE, N.L. – The RCMP say the Trans-Canada Highway in eastern Newfoundland has been shut down because of a landslide.
B.C. government regrets hangings of two First Nations men in 1869
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The British Columbia government has expressed regret to the ancestors of a First Nations man who was wrongfully hanged nearly 150 years ago.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
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