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2,000 protest in C. African Republic capital
About 2,000 people have taken to the streets of Central African Republic's capital after rebel fighters fatally shot a motorcyclist.
Students in Togo march to support their teachers
Over 20,000 school children from primary, secondary and high schools marched on Thursday in the capital of Togo in support of teachers who are on ...
Louvre workers walk off job over pickpockets
The Louvre was closed Wednesday after its workers walked off their jobs to protest what is said to be a rising problem of pickpockets haunting the ...
Mideast feminists reject Europe topless protests
Bewilderment, scorn, resentment. Women's rights activists across the Middle East are reacting with everything but joy to topless demonstrations in ...
Protesters accuse Putin of murdering Polish leader
About 200 Poles chanted accusations against Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, accusing the Russian leader of murdering their own President Lech Kaczynski in ...
Hundreds of Romanian workers protest
Hundreds of workers have protested outside government offices in Bucharest to demand public funds to help rescue their ailing petrochemical plant in ...
Al-Qaida denies its No. 2 in Yemen was killed
Al-Qaida in Yemen posted a statement on militant websites Monday saying that its second-most senior commander has not been killed. It was the second ...
Putin faces protest furor in Germany, Netherlands
Vladimir Putin faced hundreds of protesters ranging from gay rights activists to a topless feminist group during his visit to Germany and the ...
Thousands protest Turkish coup plot trial
Turkish police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray on Monday to disperse thousands of people protesting outside a court house in support of ...
Mark Knopfler scraps Russian gigs over 'crackdown'
Guitarist Mark Knopfler canceled two shows in Russia in protest over what he says is a crackdown on human rights groups in the country, as President ...
Op-ed stirs row over Palestinian rock-throwing
A newspaper op-ed piece by an Israeli writer has revived an emotional debate surrounding Israel's 45-year rule over the West Bank and east Jerusalem: ...
Thousands of Palestinians protest in West Bank
Thousands of outraged Palestinians took to the streets of the West Bank on Thursday, joining funeral processions and demonstrations after two ...
Ukraine parliament session seized by ruling party
Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday held two competing parliament sessions after pro-government legislators stormed out of the official parliament hall ...
Cyprus bank workers to protest looming job cuts
Bank employees in Cyprus will walk off the job for two hours and march toward parliament to protest against looming job and benefit cuts being taken ...
Palestinian protester killed by Israeli army fire
Israeli forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian protester during a clash in the West Bank late Wednesday, raising tensions already heightened by ...
Syrian rebels set their sights on strategic south
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the south on Wednesday and set their sights on seizing control of a strategically important region along the ...
Since fierce clash, Egypt's crisis takes new turn
It has come to be known as the "Battle of the Mountain": a ferocious fight between members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents near the ...
Egypt steps up campaign against TV satirist
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday stepped up a campaign against a popular TV comedian accused of insulting the president, threatening to revoke the ...
German pastor faces trial over anti-Nazi protest
A German pastor due to stand trial for allegedly inciting violence at an anti-Nazi demonstration said Tuesday that authorities risk deterring people ...
Demonstrators call for mayoral election in Kiev
Several thousand demonstrators are rallying in the center of Kiev to demand a mayoral election and to complain that the city was slow to clean up ...
Egypt issues arrest warrant for TV satirist
Egypt's state prosecutors ordered the arrest Saturday of a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader, in a ...