Latest series of antigovernment rallies began in october. Medics struggled to treat the Dozens Injured this is what is left behind after what survivors are describing as a massacre. They were wearing civilian clothes this is the bullets they stole to people i dont know what kind of islam this is these people believe in i dont even know where they took the dead bodies the. 60 to 70 men came asking us to leave this area they showed us their knives and guns and walked us out i heard screams and saw them killing people throwing them over the building they told me they are gangs. But sources tell al jazeera the call from these demonstrators for protection was answered by volunteers from Soraya Al Salam which is part of the southern us party the shia muslim group is led by cleric my father also other hours before the shooting the United States imposed sanctions on 3 of the groups leaders early on saturday in a district of not just province south of baghdad and an identified armed drone attac
Little too late and by then the protesters demands had moved into calls for full democracy as well as an independent commission of inquiry into Police Actions during the past 6 months and of course below me here we have a crowd of perhaps more than a 1000000 could be marching in the streets of Central Hong Kong today and that is also a reflection i think of what this protest movement has achieved i think those who felt that the protest movement had somehow run out of steam which is what i think the Hong Kong Government was hoping have been greatly mistaken many of the people marching on sunday with the same people i think who voted in the Historic District Council Elections 2 weeks ago when the president took a seat count school a resoundingly fix tree taking control of some 17 of hong kongs 18 District Councils and this i think is a continuation of that moment and its also another reminder that the voice of protest in hong kong is far from diminished. A fire in the indian captain new
Called by democrats rang in unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than by a whole. 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid it would be impeachable but the scholar wednesdays sole republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime mor
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Care so far in the quarter. They are experiencing a modest pullback. If you are looking at the leadership so far, there it is, and the energy, and the financials, and the materials and health care, and the s p is largely flat, and they are pulling back on the stocks that have made the most money, and this is a garden variety pullback, and this is 2100, and that is what you have to keep in mind here, and at the end of april 2100, and 51 point, and this is a 2 pullback, and this is nothing terribly noticeable, and i would note that the weak dollar is not helping the commodities, and the weak china manufacturing numbers are putting the pressure on commodities, and that is the bigger story, and looking at brazil, and south africa down big, and exploration of the production down on the weak oil numbers that we have been seeing in the last couple of numbers and oil is on the downside. So it is the commodity play and the weaker china more of the big story here. And also, iron ore gyrating all