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An injured miner is carried to an ambulance after being rescued from a coal mine he was trapped in, in Soma, a district in Turkey’s western province of Manisa, early May 14, 2014. (Reuters/Emre Tazegul)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 14, 2014 | World
Soma, Reuters—Rescuers pulled more dead and injured from a coal mine in western Turkey on Wednesday more than 19 hours after an explosion, bringing the death toll to 205 in what could become the nation’s worst ever mining disaster. Hundreds more were still...
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Activists and garment workers shout slogans during a protest demanding a minimum wage of 8,000 Bangladeshi Taka (USD 100) in Dhaka on November 8, 2013. (REUTERS/Andrew Biraj)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 11, 2013 | World
Dhaka, Reuters—Bangladeshi police fired water cannon and rubber bullets on Monday to break up a protest by garment workers demanding a higher minimum wage, forcing the closure of more than 100 factories. Bangladesh’s official wage board proposed a 77 percent...
