RSS Feeds  Kenyan protesters release pigs over parliament pay
Tuesday - 5/14/2013, 10:45am  ET  Kenyan demonstrators run after
police release tear gas, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, May 14,
2013. Police fired tear-gas, water cannons and swung their
batons at protesters gathered outside Kenya&#x2019;s parliament
building to pile pressure on the country&#x2019;s legislators to
drop demands for a salary increment. About 250 people carrying
placards and banners marched through the Nairobi&#x2019;s city
center and staged a sit in at the entrance legislators use to
enter parliament. There the protesters released about two dozen
piglets and a pig to symbolize &#x201C;the greed of the
country&#x2019;s legislators.&#x201D; (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyan demonstrators released nearly
three dozen piglets outside parliament to protest the country's
legislator's demands for a salary raise.  Police and parliament
officials chased the piggies after using tear gas, truncheons
and water cannons to disper