The video captured death of "Angel of Iran," "Angel of Freedom," Neda Soltan has become the new "shot heard 'round the world," pulling global support for the people of Iran.The phrase, pulled from the opening...
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Peru's President Alan Garcia is facing more civil unrest. The immediate crisis in the Amazon seems to have cooled off while unrest in the highlands is gathering steam. President Alan Garcia has had his...
The footage of Neda Agha-Soltani's death is deeply unsettling. Her eyes blazing eerie calm despite the melée around her. And with each passing second, you can see life slip further away and then she's dead,...
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Iranian riot police attacked demonstrators in central Tehran Monday, carrying out an earlier threat by Iran's Revolutionary Guards against any unapproved rallies. About 1000 people had gathered on Haft-e Tir Square...
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Two days after Gary Luquette met with members of the House Natural Resources Committee, the president of Chevron North America Exploration and Petroleum Company warned that gas lines, price hikes, fuel shortages and...
" Agora Financial’s Rude Awakening notes that the U.S. Government is now considered less credit-worthy than Pepsi or IBM by the credit default swap market: "As the nearby chart indicates, the price of insuring Treasury debt against default now costs more than the price of...
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Violence erupted in the capital city of Madagascar on Saturday when police shot into an anti-government demonstration, killing as many as 30 demonstrators. Political upheaval has left 125 people dead in recent weeks as President Marc Ravalomanana and displaced Antananarivo...
As news comes in that 100,000 Greek workers face unemployment over and after the Christmas and New Year period the greek authorities are preparing for a new wave of riots in Athens. Bad news for the Greek...
Senator James "more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment [of tortured detainees]" Inhofe-R OK, has said that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made warnings of martial law, a new great depression and civil unrest on a conference call about 2 weeks before the...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) demanded information from the United States government this morning regarding reports that an active military unit has been deployed inside the US border. They are there under orders to help with 'civil unrest' and 'crowd control'....
Is the United States preparing for civil unrest? As Bush attempts to scare the American people into a bailout plan, as Commander and Chief he is ready to deploy American troops into American cities. Yes,...
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A flash mob in Bogota, Colombia, gathered in Estacion Heroes
for a mass-photography session. Please have a look at some of the amazing photos which have already come in. This particular flash mob idea has
already...
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