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• Millions march against GM crops May 26, 2013
  Organisers celebrate huge global turnout and say they will continue until Monsanto and other GM manufacturers listenOrganisers say that two million people marched in protest against seed giant Monsanto in hundreds of rallies across the US and in more than 50 other countries on Saturday."March Against Monsanto" protesters say they wanted to call att […]
• How wealth of Silicon Valley's tech elite created a world apart May 25, 2013
  Private shuttles taking workers to and from Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter in San Francisco are becoming symbols for alienation and division as residents struggle with crowded municipal bus services and poor facilitiesEvery morning and every evening the fleet glides through the city, hundreds of white buses with tinted windows navigating San Francisco […]
  Rory Carroll
• Payday lenders 'break pledges on reform' May 25, 2013
  Citizens Advice survey says firms are still failing to treat customers fairlyPayday lenders have broken a series of promises to reform their industry, including pledges to check that their loans are affordable and to freeze charges when people struggle to repay, according to new research that raises fresh concerns about how they operate.A survey conducted by […]
  Jamie Doward