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Monday, March 4, 2013

News Headlines Mar. 4, 2013

  • UK among worst for wage drops across EU Britain has suffered one of its the biggest drops in median pay over the last two years, recent figures have revealed. Out of the EU's 27 member-states, only the Netherlands, Cyprus and Greece performed worse than the UK..
  •  Chinese village on lockdown following clashes, reform demands (PHOTOS)  Residents in southern China are locked in a standoff with authorities following violent clashes with unidentified attackers allegedly hired by corrupt officials to enforce a questionable land deal.Police have blockaded the settlement of Shangpu in Guangdong province following the unrest, which was started just over a week ago, the South China Morning Post reported. Residents of the village refused to allow officials in, just days before the annual meeting of the Chinese legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC). Around 30 battered cars, many of them overturned, littered the main streets of the village. Close to the entrance of the settlement, where around 40 police and officials stood watch, a cloth banner read: “Strongly request legal, democratic elections.” Residents have claimed that the clashes were sparked when assailants, many reportedly wearing orange hard hats and red armbands, drove into the village the previous Friday and assaulted the residents with shovels and other weapons.
In this photo taken on March 2, 2013 residents stand next to smashed and overturned cars after civil unrest in the village of Shangpu in China's southern Guangdong province. (AFP Photo/Peter Parks)
In this photo taken on March 2, 2013 residents stand next to smashed and overturned cars after civil unrest in the village of Shangpu in China's southern Guangdong province. (AFP Photo/Peter Parks)

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