Fans try to escape from a tear gas cloud and a police water cannon, used to restrain a group of youths who hurled rocks and vandalised stores in Buenos Aires
Police clash with fans in Argentina after World Cup loss
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Brazil bridge collapse kills at least 2, injures 19
Crushed car under collapsed overpass in Brazil. (CNN photo)
Giant sinkhole swallows homes just miles from World Cup 2014 stadium
The edge of the crater in Natal, four miles (6.5km) from the Arena das Dunas stadium
Sao Paulo police tear gas protesters
Monday’s protests were centred around Ana Rosa station in central Sao Paulo
World Cup 2014: report highlights dangers awaiting fans in Brazil
New report on Brazil’s host cities details risks from theft and violence that nation is spending $840 million to prevent
Qatar World Cup construction ‘will leave 4,000 migrant workers dead’
Exclusive: International Trade Union Confederation claims about 12 labourers will die each week unless action is taken
theguardian.com, Thursday 26 September 2013
Qatar‘s construction frenzy ahead of the 2022 World Cup is on course to cost the lives of at least 4,000 migrant workers before a ball is kicked, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has claimed.
The group has been scrutinising builders’ deaths in the Gulf emirate for the past two years and said that at least half a million extra workers from countries including Nepal, India and Sri Lanka are expected to flood in to complete stadiums, hotels and infrastructure in time for the World Cup kickoff.
The annual death toll among those working on building sites could rise to 600 a year – almost a dozen a week – unless the Doha government makes urgent reforms, it says.
The ITUC has based the estimate on current mortality figures for Nepalese and Indian workers who form the bulk of Qatar’s 1.2 million-strong migrant workforce, the large majority of whom are builders.
While it admits that the cause of death is not clear for many of the deceased – with autopsies often not being conducted and routine attribution to heart failure – it believes harsh and dangerous conditions at work and cramped and squalid living quarters are to blame.
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