#BOLIVIA: Deputy Interior Min. Beaten To Death By Striking Miners

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Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes has been beaten to death by striking mineworkers after being kidnapped, local media reported on Thursday. Earlier a government spokesman told a news conference Illanes had been kidnapped by striking mineworkers and might be at risk of being tortured

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#KENYA: Teachers Strike Enters 4th Wk; Ruling Pty Rejects Pay Hike; Oppo. Pty Threatens To Impeach President

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Ruling Jubilee Party members of parliament on Friday insisted that teachers will not get a pay increase despite a Supreme Court order. The Opposition CORD Coalition threatened to impeach President Uhuru Kenyatta. Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki said public sector wages were already 10% of the budget and "unsustainable."

Pictured: (seated) Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki (left), Senator Kipchumba Murkomen and MP Maina Kamanda, of the Jubilee Party

#BRAZIL: Anti-Gov't Protests Threaten to Cripple World Cup

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