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EU leaders hold two-day summit in Brussels to discuss greater fiscal unitySharp divisions between France and Germany on speed of banking union implementationMerkel calls for creation of “super commissioner” to veto countries’ national budgetsGreeks hit streets in two-day nationwide protests over latest austerity measures European Union leaders are gathering at yet another summit in Brussels to discuss greater banking and fiscal cooperation in an effort to preserve the euro currency in the face of the debt crisis.Meeting for the fourth time this year, leaders are expected to discuss proposals for eurozone-wide oversight of countries’ banks and budgets.At the same time, [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO Tens of thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in central Madrid for a rally against sharp cuts in public spending, a day after Spain’s finance minister suggested that new belt-tightening steps are imminent, The Wall Street Journal reported. The rally was the latest display of popular resistance to the crisis measures that European leaders are demanding of Spain and other heavily indebted euro-zone countries in an effort to shore up the common currency, the Journal said. Spain is trying to reduce a gaping budget deficit, which stood at nearly 9% of gross domestic product last year, to 2.8% in [...]

Demonstrators protesting industrial pollution destroy a car in the compound of local government offices in Qidong, China.Residents of Qidong city gather to voice opposition, witness saysResidents said pipeline would contaminate fishing harbor and water supplyPhotos posted on Chinese social media sites show angry crowd storming government compoundBeijing — Bowing to intense pressure from local residents, authorities in an eastern Chinese city abandoned plans to build a controversial sewage pipeline for a paper mill, the local government announced Saturday.After days of fuming at potential water pollution caused by the project and defying official orders, thousands of residents in Qidong city north [...]

London Black Cab drivers have spoken out against the Olympic lanes.London cab drivers cause gridlock in Olympic lanes protestBhopal Medical Association demonstrate outside Olympic parkBMA campaigners claim Dow has responsibility for 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedyDow denies claims, buying Union Carbide 16 years after disaster London experienced protests in the both the east and center of the capital just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony.Taxi drivers gathered at Hyde Park corner as part of a demonstration against Olympic traffic lanes, while protestors held a “die-in” against major sponsor Dow Chemicals outside the Olympic Park in Stratford.Despite the protest, thousands turned [...]