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Calls for peace after caste riots

3 news reports, only 1 title:

Calls for peace after caste riots

"On Friday, eight people were killed and up to 20 injured in clashes between the Gujjars and rival Meena community. Earlier in the week, 20 people died in clashes between the Gujjars and the police.

The powerful Meenas, who make up about 15 per cent of the population and already enjoy the privileges, oppose the Gujjars' demand as it would mean more competition for them."

Calls for peace after caste riots

"MORE than 150 police have been injured in violent clashes with protesters at a demonstration in northern Germany against next week's G8 summit, a police spokesman says.

Masked demonstrators hurled Molotov cocktails, stones and bottles at police as tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Rostock.

...The Rostock demonstration kicks off a week of protests against the summit of the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the US."

Calls for peace after caste riots

"A crackdown on violators of the one-child policy triggered massive unrest and the outbreak of violence in the southwest region of the country, as villagers fought back against government officials and the one-child policy enforcers.

Thousands of Chinese peasants rioted over exorbitant fines, forced abortions and sterilizations, and the destruction and confiscation of property inflicted on the communities by family planning officers. "

UN report calls for US dollar support to avoid global recession

Surprisingly tough to find links to this story. Here's one. Here's another. And here's the Report.

"In order for current world economic growth rates to continue, it is crucial to keep the United States dollar from falling rapidly while also avoiding a recession, says a United Nations report released Wednesday.

We call for a coordinated strategy that would think about how to adjust these global imbalances while avoiding recessionary tendencies in the global economy”

In other words: everyone wants out of the US Dollar, the Central Banks of the world aren't confident they can "coordinate" it amongst themselves, so now the UN is stepping into the fray.

Oh, and that last line there...you could substitute the words "Don't panic everybody, we can still all get out of this with our shirts intact". Well, all but the "non-privileged" Americans anyway....