HONG KONG BATTLE AGAINST CHINA EXTRADITION LAW UPDATED

China says it will support Hong Kong to pass extradition law

China said on Monday it will continue to support the Hong Kong government to pass an extradition law, after more than one million people protested in the city to thwart a proposal that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial.

Chinese paper says 'foreign forces' trying to create havoc in Hong...
“Foreign forces” are trying to hurt China by creating chaos in Hong Kong over an extradition bill that has prompted mass protests in the former British colony, an official Chinese newspaper said on Monday. https://reut.rs/2I73rSX

"Foreign forces" are trying to hurt China by creating chaos in Hong Ko...

Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill despite huge protest
Riot police surrounded Hong Kong's parliament on Monday after authorities said they would go ahead with a proposed extradition law, which would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China, despite protests from an estimated crowd of more than a million

Hong Kong plunged into political crisis after huge protest against extradition law

Riot police surrounded Hong Kong's parliament early on Monday after what had been a peaceful million-strong protest against an extradition bill descended into running clashes between police and protesters. For more daily stories, subscribe to our new Messenger morning briefing: m.me/reuters

Hong Kong police force back protesters trying to storm parliament

A peaceful mass protest in Hong Kong over an extradition bill descended into violence in the early hours of Monday as several hundred protesters clashed with a similar number of police outside the city's parliament

Hong Kong: Clashes after massive protest against extradition law ...

19 hours ago - Chinese state media says 'foreign forces' trying to hurt Beijing by ... block a proposed law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial. ... Police estimated the crowd at 240,000, but organisers said more than one million took ... The Hong Kong government has the majority in the city's parliament ...

Factbox: What Hong Kong people are saying about controversial China extradition bill

Organisers say more than a million protested over a plan to allow extradition to mainland China.

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Hong Kong leader defiant after massive protest

BBC News Hong Kong-China extradition plans explained https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-47810723

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Hong Kong-China extradition plans explained

SEE  More than a million people took part in the Sunday march, the largest protest since Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China.

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Qatar says U.S. needs Palestinians on board for Middle East peace plan

Qatar said on Sunday that there was a disconnect between the Palestinians and the United States over a U.S. blueprint aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, warning that a solution could not be imposed on Palestinians.

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THE SOUND OF REASON
Qatar urges de-escalation in U.S.-Iran row
Qatar and other countries have been talking to both Iran and the United States about de-escalation, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Sunday, urging both sides to meet and find a compromise.

SEE https://plawiuk.blogspot.com/search?q=IRAN

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EXCLUSIVE: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Renault are looking for ways to resuscitate their collapsed merger plan and secure the approval of the French carmaker’s alliance partner Nissan Motor - sources https://reut.rs/2I4dfgg

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F-35 IS A BILLION DOLLAR BOONDOGGLE
Japan's military says pilot disorientation likely cause of F-35 crash in April

Japan's air force on Monday said spatial disorientation likely caused one of its pilots to fly his F-35 stealth fighters into the Pacific Ocean in April, hitting the water at more than 1,100 kph (683 mph).

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ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION CRANE ACCIDENT IN THE USA
Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building, killing one, injuring six

A construction crane, apparently toppled by high winds, collapsed onto an apartment house in Dallas on Sunday and sliced through five floors of the building, killing at least one person and injuring six others, a city fire and rescue spokesman said.

THE SECURING STANDARDS FOR THESE CRANES NEED SERIOUS REVIEW
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United Technologies to combine its aerospace business with U.S. contractor Raytheon to create $120 billion aerospace and defense giant https://reut.rs/2R22PAP

M&A MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ARE 

The tendency of early capitalism to develop into its monopolistic form is inherent in the system; a market economy based on private ownership and competition for profit.Dec 14, 2009

Monopoly Capitalism - In Defence of Marxism

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Monopoly capitalism, or imperialism, is the highest and last stage of ... a Marxist analysis of imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism, and at the same time as ... The bringing about of monopoly by concentration of production is a regular ..... This tendency clashes, however, with the operation of the basic economic law of ...

What Is Monopoly Capital? - Monthly Review

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Jan 1, 2018 - Monopoly capital” is a term for the new form of capital, embodied in the ... the size of individual capitals (concentration, or accumulation proper) and the fusion .... In this view, Marx's law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall, ...

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United Technologies, Raytheon to create $120 billion aerospace and...
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IT'S ABOUT TIME
Outrage at acquittals in rape cases sparks calls to fix Japanese law
Miyako Shirakawa was a 19-year-old college student when she was raped by an olde...

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