Protests Rally Across D C as World Bank Meets
About 600 protesters were arrested in Washington during a march near the White House as IMF and World Bank ministers met. Police halted the action with buses and arrests, including 65 on rioting charges after vandalism at Citibank. A dozen protesters stripped to protest the Gap store and its alleged sweatshop ties.
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Senegal ferry sinks with hundreds believed dead
The state owned Joola ferry capsized off Gambia while en route to Dakar. More than 760 people are feared dead, 32 survivors rescued by fishing boats and vessels. Survivor Moussa Ndong described the scene of screams as the ship went down in minutes.
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Ferry sinks off Gambian coast killing many aboard
A Senegalese ocean ferry traveling from Casamance to Dakar sank off the Gambia coast with more than 700 listed missing. Bodies recovered rose to 88 as divers searched the submerged vessel while military teams prepared to cut into the wreckage. Senegal declared three days of national mourning as officials joined families at the port.
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Palestinians mark second anniversary of uprising in West Bank
Hundreds of Palestinians defied curfews in Ramallah Nablus Balata and Bethlehem to mark two years since the uprising against Israeli rule. Marwan Barghouti delivered a message from an Israeli prison asserting the fight will continue and the occupation will collapse.
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