Police threw tear gas at the hundreds that protested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday. Some of the protesters threw fire bombs at a convention centre where leaders of the IMF and the World Bank were meeting. Bank windows were...
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In Iran, citizens used Twitter to protest its regime and received support from the U.S. Now, in the U.S., a man has been arrested for using the popular social media tool during a political protest."When the...
The death toll in Guinea reached 87. The protesters wanted to hold rally in stadium but security forces used weapon to disperse them.Latest reports say that, by Monday evening death toll reached 87 in these protest related firing. " Guinean security forces killed at least 58...
During the 9/12 protests earlier this month, there were numerous claims by right wing teabagger protesters that the U.S. government was restricting their freedom, even though there were no actual documented events...
Beyonce Knowles has a scheduled performance in the Muslim-majority country, Malaysia, on Oct. 25 and has decided to not be the "naughty girl." "The R&B superstar has attracted criticism in recent days from...
Protests in Iran will accomplish little or nothing but Rafsanjani is a power in Iran. When he speaks people in Iran, including the government and clerics. His words can not be dismissed like...
" Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani has called for the release of people jailed after protesting at the result of the recent election. In his first Friday sermon since the vote, he also said large...
Key events in Iran which has been rocked by deadly protests since the June 12 presidential election: - Friday, June 12: Over 46 million eligible voters choose between four candidates, with incumbent...
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" The Muslim community turned on extremists in their midst yesterday, telling them they were 'sick and tired' of their behavior. The angry confrontation came in Luton, where anti-Islamic protesters brandished England flags last Sunday, before clashing with police. The...
" SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Graduation festivities have gotten under way at the University of Notre Dame — as well as another day of arrests. A Notre Dame police officer, left, instructs anti-abortion protestors to leave the campus during an anti-abortion protest Saturday,...
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War Resistor Successfully Challenges 'Misconduct' Charge War Resistor Sgt Chiroux successfully challenged his misconduct hearing, facing down the U.S. Army and offering a potential "green light" for other soldiers...
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Shots were fired as Thai troops were trying to disperse anti-government protesters that prompted the government to declare a state of emergency. Major protests in Bangkok halted the Asian summit happening in the...
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Washington,D.C. - It's not much of a surprise that Arlington Police and over 1300 Anti-war organizations would differ on the turnout numbers for the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition...
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Each year on March 21, the United Nations marks the day in 1960 when peaceful protesters were shot by police in South Africa when they were demonstrating against apartheid there. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says that the massacre in 1960 represents...
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37 burned bodies have been found in a department store in Madagascar's capital, after some of the worst violence in decades that the island has seen. Tens of thousands of rioters protested in Antananarivo against...
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