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A nationwide strike call by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party over the deadly violence on Saturday disrupts normal life in parts of the capital Dhaka. Many markets remain shuttered in the capital city and public transport is running thin in the bustling city following fresh incidents of arson, with riot police on high alert for signs of further violence. At least two people were killed on Saturday during the street demonstration by opposition parties to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow an interim government to oversee elections due by the end of January. IMAGES
Images show a picket line in front of UCL hospital in London as junior doctors begin a 3-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out in the lastest of a wave of UK industrial action. The strike by junior doctors -- who are not senior specialists but can still have decades of experience -- is the longest they have ever staged. The British Medical Association, the body representing them, says junior doctors have suffered a 26% real-terms paycut since 2008/09 and are demanding a 35% wage hike to combat this. IMAGES
New York (US), Dec 4 (EFE).- American producer Alan Weiss, the man who broke the news on John Lennon's death, tells what he saw on that day when the doctors tried to save Lennon's life.SOUNDBITES OF ALAN WEISS DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE.
Hospital doctors in Reims University Hospital begin Monday morning to switch off the life support machines for Vincent Lambert, a quadriplegic who has been in a vegetative state for more than 10 years, AFP learned from the patient's lawyer and family. The hugely controversial case has divided France. IMAGES of the Reims University Hospital
Junior doctors in England start their first ever all-out strike in a bitter, deadlocked row with Prime Minister David Cameron's government over pay and conditions. IMAGES