StannisDMannis

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Burkina Faso nationalizes UK goldmines in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't know shit about Burkina Faso, and it's probably some brutal right wing dictatorship knowing the state of Africa, but if they truly did this to help enrich their citizens and not themselves good on them.

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South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant (www.rawstory.com)
 

"They effectively just shut down the coal plant and left the people to deal with the outcomes," said deputy energy and electricity minister Samantha Graham.

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20 Pakistan coal miners shot dead in attack (www.rawstory.com)
 

"They had rocket launchers and hand grenades with them," he told AFP.

MSNBC delays documentary over fears it could 'offend Donald Trump': report in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

The article says its to do with them wanting to get Trump back on for a debate and if they anger him he certainly won't.

US dockworkers suspend ports strike until January in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The strike’s over and dockworkers landed a sweet 62% wage increase? great news.