The defeat in Maine on same-sex marriage continues to bother many and opinions differ on why Maine residents voted for or against same-sex marriage. Some believe Rural-Urban divide was at work in Maine's repeal...
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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Associated Press says Pittsburgh police are bracing for Friday clashes. After yesterday's clashes with police in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, a group of anarchists have vowed to come back this morning...
Thursday, Sep 24, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania This morning , 20 global leaders representing 85% of the world's economic output meet in Pittsburgh for the G 20 economic summit....
The political crisis that began almost three months ago is now at its worst as the de facto government extended the curfew, closed all airports, set roadblocks and threatened to cut off electricity in the whole...
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Chinese students stage a protest over the arrest and disappearance of Ding Xiaoping, a lecturer at a university in Beijing's suburbs. Ding Xiaoping was part of the student protest movement that saw a huge...
In wake of the national debate that has been transpiring over what to do with health care and the current administration's proposals for it, many sad and sickening trends have developed. In an effort to change public opinion, Town Hall...
Iran's state media reported that the first opposition and political activists and protesters are in court on Saturday. They are charged with rioting and conspiring against the ruling system. ...
140 Iran protesters were released by Iran officials after being detained during the Iran elections in June. The prisoners were detained in Evin prison. The circumstances behind the release were not substantiated, but an earlier release of detainees to "preserve the rights of...
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Three days ago I reported on an Alberta Member of the Legislative Assembly who was planning on assisting in organizing a protest against his own party and government for postponing or canceling a long term care...
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Maziar Bahari, a Canadian journalist born in Iran, was picked up at his house on June 21st and has been held in custody since then. This was when the anti-election results protests were at their...
Iran protests continue weeks after the Iran elections took place and the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected. The protests have now moved to using tactics like writing protests on money and spray...
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The upcoming G8 Summit, in L'Aquila Italy, has rounded up anti-G8 sentiment. On Tuesday, July 7, 36 protesters were arrested after clashing with Italian police in Rome. In L'Aquila 5 french protesters were found with...
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"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...
Large amounts of money from leading Iranian banks are reported to being transferred out of the country. Rafsanjani is reported to have enough votes from the Council of Experts in Qom to displace Khameini, delayed...