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Dozens blinded by Chile police in protest crackdown

Bloomberg Dozens of Chileans have been partially blinded by rubber projectiles and gas canisters that police and soldiers fired into crowds of protesters — maimings that threaten to destroy what little common ground is left in a nation racked by the worst civil unrest in a generation. More than 140 people have suffered eye injuries since protests started on October ...

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Protests around the globe have one thing in common

Bloomberg Hong Kong martial arts guru Bruce Lee urged followers to “empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water.” That philosophy has driven months of anti-government unrest in Hong Kong. And it applies to protest movements elsewhere that are operating with quick-changing tactics and without clear leadership. Mass demonstrations are not new. Anti-war and anti-nuclear protests swept the globe decades ...

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India’s Vodafone Idea seeks debt revamp as losses soar

Bloomberg Vodafone Group Plc’s Indian venture, reeling under $14 billion of net debt, mounting losses and dwindling subscribers, has approached creditors for better payment terms to revive the sinking carrier, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Vodafone Idea Ltd, formed by last year’s merger of the British telecommunications firm’s local unit with billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s Idea Cellular ...

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