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Drivers angry over toll charges demonstrate as part of protests over socio-economic woes

Over A Million Protesters Demand Chile President's Resignation

More than one million people took to the streets in Chile Friday for the largest protests in a week of deadly demonstrations demanding economic reforms and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera.The leader told the thronging masses that he had "heard the message" in a post on Twitter, characterizing the protests in a positive light and as a means towards change.Demonstrators carrying indigenous and national flags sang popular resistance songs from the 1973-90 Augusto Pinochet dictatorship era as the country, usually seen as one of the most stable in Latin America, grapples with its worst violence in decades.
Crowds of protesters have thronged Lebanese cities for days, cutting main roads and paralysing the country with school and bank closures

Tensions Rattle Lebanon Anti-graft Protests

Tensions rattled Lebanon's nine-day protest movement Friday, with a powerful Shiite leader seeking to diffuse them by calling his supporters away from the streets.The demonstrators -- who have thronged towns and cities across Lebanon -- have been demanding the removal of the entire political class, accusing many across different parties of systematic corruption.The chief of powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, Friday warned that any cabinet resignation would lead to "chaos and collapse" of the economy.
A disputed vote count has triggered clashes and furious allegations of fraud from the opposition

Fresh Bolivia Clashes As Morales Declared Winner In Disputed Vote

Bolivia saw fresh clashes between rival groups, road blocks and demonstrations on Friday following the controversial reelection of President Evo Morales in a disputed vote that triggered riots and allegations of fraud from the opposition.From early morning, demonstrators draped in Bolivia's red, yellow and green flag blocked roads in La Paz with barricades of tires, rope and trash cans as they demanded their "vote be respected."
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida, built by the Seminole tribe

Wealthy US Tribe's Latest Project: A Vast, Guitar-shaped Casino

Shaped like an electric guitar, the soaring, blue-glass, 36-story Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is a gamble that its owners, the Seminole tribe, hope will play a profitable tune.The extraordinary $1.5-billion project brings a Las Vegas sense of scale and style to the US state of Florida.Boosting a 7,000-seat casino floor, 1,200 hotel rooms and more than 3,000 slot machines and gaming tables, the venue is a major investment for the pioneering -- and very wealthy -- Seminole tribe.

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