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4/28/2022 11:36:02 AM
Businesses were closed, teachers absent and public transportation interrupted as Sri Lankans heeded a call for a general strike Thursday to pressure the president to step down over a growing economic and political crisis.
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4/6/2022 12:27:00 PM
Public transport largely ground to a halt in the Greek capital Wednesday and state-run services remained shuttered as workers walked off the job in a 24-hour general strike to protest rising prices.
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1/13/2022 3:13:00 PM
Schools, universities and many shops were closed in Lebanon on Thursday as a general strike by public transportation and labour unions paralyzed the crisis-hit Mideast nation.
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11/10/2021 4:05:15 PM
A Tunisian city held a general strike on Wednesday after a protester died of tear gas inhalation during angry demonstrations over the reopening of a rubbish dump.
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6/17/2021 5:07:02 PM
Banks and government offices were shut and several shops in central Beirut were also closed
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5/18/2021 5:00:00 PM
It is the first such strike since the six-month long Palestinian general strike against the British mandate in 1936, is also being held in response to settler mob violence against Palestinians
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5/18/2021 4:00:00 PM
Tuesday's nationwide Palestinian general strike, the first such strike since the six-month long Palestinian general strike against the British mandate in 1936
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3/8/2021 12:20:21 PM
Banks, stores, shopping malls and some clothing factories were closed following an appeal by trade unions for a general strike to bring the economy to a standstill
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2/22/2021 2:07:07 PM
Protesters gathered in Myanmar's biggest city on Monday despite the ruling junta's threat to use lethal force against people who join a general strike against the military's takeover three weeks ago
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5/30/2019 5:29:45 PM
Civil wars and the failing call for a general strike add to the rifts within the ranks of Sudan’s Alliance of Freedom and Change, threatening the unity of the opposition bloc
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5/26/2019 2:56:49 PM
The National Umma Party, led by former premier Sadiq Al-Mahdi, said any such decision should be taken by a council of leaders of the protest movement
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3/31/2018 3:33:17 PM
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank honored a call for a general strike in solidarity with Gaza after Israel killed 16 Palestinians Friday on the anniversary of Land Day
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3/31/2018 1:27:51 PM
General strike honoured in occupied West Bank; limited protests in Gaza a day after Israel killed 15 unarmed Palestinians; Egypt condemns Israel use of 'excessive force'; EU, UN call for independent probe
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5/22/2017 5:22:11 PM
Businesses, schools and banks closed their doors in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in a show of support for prisoners as US President Donald Trump arrived on two-day visit
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