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Demonstrations have been taking place in major cities with young protesters denouncing Wednesday's election as unfair as key opposition figures were excluded from contesting against President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

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Tanzania's internet was blocked for a third day Friday as reports of further election protests surfaced and the opposition rejected the results on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar.

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What is uniting them is their opposition not only to moves to enforce conscription for more of their community, but also anger at hundreds of arrests in recent months of ultra-Orthodox men avoiding the draft.

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The New York City developer also had to overcome community opposition in Saline, population 2,200, underscoring the growing pushback data-center developers are encountering in small communities across the country.

The merger drew the ire of several large Core Scientific shareholders, including Two Seas Capital, which filed a proxy in opposition to the merger in September, and has remained vocal on the subject since then.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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