Mexican farmers threaten to harm in land battle at airport protest
About 1,000 farmers in San Salvador Atenco near Mexico City demanded police free detainees after a clash left injuries and arrests. They threatened to fatally harm roughly 12 held people including a deputy state prosecutor and police officers, tying them to hijacked gasoline trucks and setting them aflame. The protesters, armed with machetes and wearing ski masks, pledged support from radical groups in six other states as authorities refused to negotiate.
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Arafat Won’t Step Aside Yet Eyes Candidacy
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said he would not resign under U.S. pressure but has not decided about running in January elections. He said leadership must decide and vowed he is not a coward. Powell said the U.S. won’t deal with Arafat and awaits new Palestinian leadership.
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Police clash as Catholic protesters confront Orange Marches
In Belfast on the Twelfth holiday, masked Catholic militants attacked police while protecting Catholic parishes as Orange Order processions returned home. Bottles rocks and bricks flew over a police cordon on Crumlin Road, prompting exchanges of blows between Protestant marchers and Catholic protesters before police containment.
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