Brasilia, Jun 15 (EFE).- At least 27 people were injured and another eight were arrested during protests Saturday in Brasilia at the inauguration of soccer's Confederations Cup, police sources said. Taking part in the demonstration, called by social movements criticizing what they considered the disproportionate outlay of taxpayers' money to organize the FIFA tourney, were some 1,200 protesters who at first expressed their disapproval peacefully.

Cambodian riot police on Monday broke up a protest by several thousand workers at a factory making clothes for US sportswear giant Nike and arrested eight people, labour activists said. Unionists accused the security forces of using excessive force and intimidation to quell the demo -- the latest in a series of outbreaks of worker unrest at factories producing goods for western brands.

Security agents in Togo on Thursday used teargas to disperse opposition members who had gathered for a demonstration in the capital despite a ban on protests, an AFP reporter saw. The demonstrations had been called by "Let's Save Togo", a coalition of opposition and civil society groups, to protest against the death in detention of an opposition member and to demand the release of others held in connection with fires at two markets in January. The market blazes caused millions of dollars in damage and led to the arrest of several opponents of President Faure Gnassingbe.

Bangladeshi protesters enraged by a deadly factory collapse led rallies across Asia against low wages and poor working conditions on May Day, as more demonstrations were rolled out across austerity-hit Europe. With calls to end punishing belt-tightening measures in the eurozone mounting, Greece's two main unions called a general strike that caused disruption to transport services including ferries to the islands.