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Police clashed with thousands of protesters in IRAN

Thousands of Iranian gathered in streets of IRAN's big cities such as Shiraz, Tehran, Mashad, Ahwaz, Tabriz, Isfahan, Zahedan, ... to participate in Anti Regime demonstration They were chanting "Death to...

Iranian Cleric Urges Harsh Punishment - Where is Obama?

"EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of...

Timeline: unrest in Tehran

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...

A Dead-Man's Revolution

This is the opinion of Marcus Cleaver and is copied with his express permission from his blog for the purposes of nowpublic.com "A Dead-Man's Revolution For all intents and purposes, Guatemala is a failed state and this is of no surprise given its chequered past. Until...

Sharif verdict sparks unrest in Pakistan

" Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif (R) and his brother Shahbaz Sharif surrounded by supporters Pakistan puts its troops on high alert in its Punjab province after a court ruling triggered political unrest in the violence-wracked country. Paramilitary forces were...

Sarkozy offers package to end Guadeloupe unrest

French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed new measures to end the violence on the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe yesterday, including aid to poor families, measures to bring down fuel costs and a break from paying...

Iceland protests turn violent

Protests and confrontation in Iceland's capital Reykjavik escalated today when riots police and demonstrators clashed in the early hours of the morning. As a result two police officers were seriously injured and...

Niger Army Admits Civilian Death! However not Genocide! BBC News!

source: BBC News World!(BBC article follows UP Article)Niger army admits civilian deathsBy, Uwe Paschen.Niger has admitted that the army killed seven Tuareg civilians at the weekend.The Government finally does...

Connecting the dots

A report filed by AFP on December 22 had incumbent and future US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, pledging to forge a stronger partnership with Pakistan for its economic development, as well as its fight against extremism and insurgency. "Connecting the dots"

Policeman shot in Athens

A police officer on patrol outside the Ministry of Culture, Athens was shot twice early this morning by unknown gunmen. Diamantis Mantzounis, aged 21 was hit in the chest and the thigh during the incident which...

Update: Violence in Pakistan's commercial capital leaves 14 dead; Has India s...

As the death toll in Karachi riots has climbed to 17, the Pakistan prime minister has directed the concerned officials to submit a report to him. In what apparently seems India's covert war against Pakistan, 14 persons were killed and over 80 injured in various parts of...

Pakistani journalists protest killing of colleague

Condemning the killing of their colleague by the security forces in Swat, journalists staged protest demonstrations in Peshawar and other parts of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Monday,...

Toledo Police brace for possible civil unrest

Received another warning of possible civil unrest. "By Aaron Brilbeck Monday, November 03, 2008 at 4:44 p.m. TOLEDO, OHIO -- Toledo police are gearing up for possible "Civil unrest" during and after tomorrow's elections.In an internal memo obtained exclusively by NBC 24 News,...

ACLU demands info on domestic military deployments

The ACLU is demanding info on the deployment of US troops on US soil, in violation of Posse Comitatus. If you missed the news, see Glenn Greenwald's commentary: Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the "Homeland"?"Following reports that US troops will be permanently...

Pakistan’s city of flowers becomes city of barricades

Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province that was once known as the city of flowers, has virtually turned into a city of barricades because of the unabating unrest in the adjoining tribal areas. "A notice displayed at one of the gates of Qayyum...

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