Fifty-three people have been arrested as clashes continue on the first day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota." Shouting “our streets, their war,” more 10,000 demonstrators flooded into...
Following yesterday's massive street demonstations in Thailand, judges has ordered the arrest of the protest's organizers. Police have still been unable to negotiate an end to the protests, and they are ongoing."Thai...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSomething is seriously wrong in our Society, when a life is worth more than a Loaf of Bread, as thousands demonstrate against the Egyptian Government rationing of flour,...
"Parents who allow their children to consume alcohol could be prosecuted under new measures to target underage drinking in England. The proposals also include handing the police tougher powers to disperse gangs of...
May 1 is a traditional workers' day holiday across most of Europe, with most of the countries on the continent having the day off (the UK and Ireland save the day off for the following Monday). It coincides with a...
On Thursday, rioters set fire to the US Embassy in Belgrade. News sources are mixed, however, as to the significance of this event. The BBC's coverage highlights what they view as the reluctance of Serb authorities and gendarmes to crack down on the violence.
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"Police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse dozens of supporters of President Mwai Kibaki, hours before former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was due in Kenya to mediate the deadly dispute over Kibaki's re-election.
"Kibaki is our president!" the supporters shouted in...
"CARACAS, Venezuela --
Soldiers used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter tens of thousands who massed Thursday to protest constitutional reforms that would permit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely.
Led by university...
"For the third time in less than a year, residents of the Nørrebro neighbourhood spent a night watching a riot erupt outside their homes Saturday.
The dramatic events unfolded after police responded to reports of...
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Police have clashed with citizens left homeless after several days of severe weather brought on by Cyclone Yemyin. "Pakistani police fired tear gas to disperse a protest by some of the 1.1 million victims of a...
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"America is headed for a military dictatorship – and recent legislation makes this all but inevitable. Last September, Congress passed the Defense Authorization Act, which empowered the president to declare martial law with very little provocation, namely in the aftermath...
After nine days of protest, anti-government demonstrations erupted in violence. The various factions are point ting the finger at one another as the current president maintians power."Kyrgyzstan’s capital of...
"The situation grew especially volatile after some 150 protesters barricaded themselves inside the Al Aqsa mosque at the complex.
But police did not enter the mosque. The protesters began to leave about 90 minutes after they holed up inside the building, following...
"Philippine police have detained three protesters out of several hundred who refused to disperse near the tightly guarded venues of the Asean summit.
The activists, protesting trade liberalisation advocated by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), burned an...
"SANTIAGO, Chile - Gen.Augusto Pinochet, who terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup, died Sunday, putting an end to a decade of intensifying efforts to bring him to trial for human...
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