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Clashes have taken place in Yemen between security personnel and anti-government protesters in the city of Hudaydah. Dozens were wounded when police fired tear gas and used batons to
disperse
protesters, many of whom responded by throwing stones. More than 100 people have died in two months of protests calling for the president Ali Abdullah Saleh to
step down
.
Police in India have clashed with fishermen and villagers furious over plans to build the world’s biggest nuclear power plant on the coast of the western state of Maharashtra. One person was killed when several hundred people attacked a police station near the site. Marianne Landzettel reports.
The construction of the first of six reactors is to start later this year despite massive protests across India. The protesters have mostly been fishermen and villagers living nearby who are bitterly opposed to the project. Fishermen fear that water temperatures will rise and they will lose access to fertile fishing grounds.
Environmental experts point out that Konkan is one of the most bio-diverse regions on earth, and they insist it will be destroyed.
The latest protests started after the environment minister issued a statement
ruling out
cancelling the project.
The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that drug abuse has become such a big problem that is costing the Russian economy up to $37 billion each year. Mr Medvedev said Russia may have to