http://www.mail.com/subjects/1454-protests-demonstrations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1454-protests-demonstrations.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763182-report-jackie-chan-suggests-hong-kong-curb-rights.html HONG KONG (AP) — Jackie Chan suggests in a recent interview that protests should be restricted in the freewheeling Chinese city of Hong Kong. The action star lamented that Hong Kong has become a city of protest, where people "scold China, scold the leaders, scold anything, protest against anything." "There should be regulations on what can and cannot be p... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763182-report-jackie-chan-suggests-hong-kong-curb-rights.html 2012-12-13T13:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763920-protesters-slam-turkish-coup-plot-trial.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police on Thursday used pepper spray and water cannons to push back hundreds of protesters trying to enter a courthouse where prosecutors were to deliver final arguments in a trial against nearly 300 people accused of plotting to overthrow the government, Turkish media reported. Inside the courthouse, a panel of judges was forced t... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763920-protesters-slam-turkish-coup-plot-trial.html 2012-12-13T13:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763368-israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters.html HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of Hebron on Thursday, chanting anti-Israel slogans and waving green Hamas flags during a funeral procession for a teenager killed by Israeli troops in this volatile West Bank city. Dozens of youths clashed with Israeli soldiers throughout the day, throwing stones and bottles w... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763368-israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters.html 2012-12-13T12:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763564-moroccos-biggest-opposition-leader-dies.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine, the charismatic religious leader of Morocco's largest opposition movement and longtime opponent of two Moroccan kings, died Thursday. He was 84. Yassine, who founded Adl wal Ihsan (Justice and Spirituality), accused the monarchy of being corrupt and dictatorial and questioned its claim to religious legitima... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763564-moroccos-biggest-opposition-leader-dies.html 2012-12-13T11:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763562-pakistanis-naming-college-shot-girl.html MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani government official says several hundred students have rallied against naming their college after an activist schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, saying the move would be a security risk. The Taliban shot and wounded 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai in October in Mingora, the main town in the northwest Swat Valley, because of ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763562-pakistanis-naming-college-shot-girl.html 2012-12-13T10:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762776-egypts-opposition-urges-no-vote-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's opposition called on its followers Wednesday to vote "no" in a crucial referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi. The decision came as Morsi's government forged ahead with its own plan, starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates. The moves reinforced the atmos... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762776-egypts-opposition-urges-no-vote-referendum.html 2012-12-12T23:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761902-argentines-shocked-verdicts-sex-slave-trial.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The acquittal of 13 people accused in the disappearance of a young woman who was allegedly kidnapped and forced into prostitution for "VIP clients" spread shock and outrage across Argentina on Wednesday, prompting street protests and calls by political leaders to impeach the three judges who delivered the verdict. Many calle... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761902-argentines-shocked-verdicts-sex-slave-trial.html 2012-12-12T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760382-mich-right-to-work-despite-protests.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work state, leaving outgunned Democrats and union activists with little recourse but to shake their fists and seek retribution at the ballot box. The state House swiftly approved two bills redu... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760382-mich-right-to-work-despite-protests.html 2012-12-12T16:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760446-egypt-opposition-urges-no-vote-constitution.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's main opposition alliance called for a "No" vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's government forged ahead by starting overseas voting in diplomatic missions for expatriates. The opposition's decision did not dispel the atmosphere of a nation in crisis, d... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760446-egypt-opposition-urges-no-vote-constitution.html 2012-12-12T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760420-putin-rejects-foreign-advice-democracy.html MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday angrily rejected what he described as attempts to enforce foreign patterns of democracy on Russia and vowed to preserve the nation's identity against interference from abroad. Putin's speech was his first state-of-the nation address since winning a third term in March's election despite a wave of massive... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760420-putin-rejects-foreign-advice-democracy.html 2012-12-12T12:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760534-bank-aid-money-arrives-spain.html MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government said Wednesday that the €39.5 billion ($51.3 billion) in bailout funds approved by European authorities for the country's troubled banks has arrived. A spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry said the money is now in the hands of a state-run fund set up to help those banks worst hit by the property market collapse in 200... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760534-bank-aid-money-arrives-spain.html 2012-12-12T10:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758844-michigan-lawmakers-approve-right-to-work-bills.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Over the chants of thousands of angry protesters, Republican lawmakers made Michigan a right-to-work state Tuesday, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat to organized labor in a place that has been a bastion of the movement for generations. The GOP-dominated House ignored Democrats' pleas to delay the final passage and in... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758844-michigan-lawmakers-approve-right-to-work-bills.html 2012-12-12T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html CAIRO (AP) — Most Egyptian judges rejected any role Tuesday in overseeing the country's constitutional referendum, a move likely to cast further doubt on the legitimacy of the disputed charter. The nation's worst crisis since Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly two years ago also forced the government to put off a crucial deal with the International Monetary Fu... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757742-egypt-judges-will-boycott-referendum.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757872-egypt-opposition-fears-violence-brotherhood.html CAIRO (AP) — They showed a military-style precision: Crowds of bearded Islamists proclaiming allegiance to Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi and chanting "God is great" as they descended on tents set up by anti-Morsi protesters outside the presidential palace, swinging clubs, firing rifles and calling for burning down the opposition. They set up a detention facility, interrog... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757872-egypt-opposition-fears-violence-brotherhood.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758790-belfast-leaders-decry-petrol-bomb-attack-police.html DUBLIN (AP) — Leaders from across Northern Ireland appealed Tuesday for a week of angry, illegal Protestant street protests to end after a gang surrounded a policewoman's car and hurled a Molotov cocktail inside. Police said the officer wasn't wounded because the car didn't catch on fire, but about 40 other police have been hurt during the past week of st... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758790-belfast-leaders-decry-petrol-bomb-attack-police.html 2012-12-11T17:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757598-mich-house-approves-right-to-work-limiting-unions.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds of protesters rallied at the Capitol. The Republican-dominated chamber passed a measure dealing with public-sector workers 58-51 as protesters shouted "shame on you" from the gallery an... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757598-mich-house-approves-right-to-work-limiting-unions.html 2012-12-11T16:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757914-experts-russia-to-stay-course-assad.html MOSCOW (AP) — Recent hopes that the Kremlin would end its support of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad melted quickly, and analysts say Moscow ultimately may change its stance only if Assad ends up cornered. Russia's refusal to join the West in calling for Assad's ouster is rooted both in a sober geopolitical calculus and deep suspicions about Western intenti... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757914-experts-russia-to-stay-course-assad.html 2012-12-11T15:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757630-jordans-king-orders-release-jailed-protesters.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's king has ordered the release of 116 protesters jailed for their involvement in last month's violent rallies against hikes in fuel prices. The wave of protests across the country in November had featured rare calls for deposing Abdullah II. Three people were killed and 75 others, including 58 policemen, were injured in the vio... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757630-jordans-king-orders-release-jailed-protesters.html 2012-12-11T07:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756860-egypts-president-behaves-predecessors.html CAIRO (AP) — The freshly scrawled graffiti depicting Mohammed Morsi as a pharaonic Saddam Hussein tells the tale of high hopes dashed with record speed: Barely six months after becoming Egypt's first democratically elected president, the Islamist is widely accused of abandoning pledges of inclusive government for doctrinaire and authoritarian ways. Some s... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756860-egypts-president-behaves-predecessors.html 2012-12-10T20:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756152-spaniards-hope-eviction-reprieve-amid-crisis.html MADRID (AP) — Irene Gonzalez is desperately waiting to hear if she'll benefit from an emergency government decree that protects Spaniards such as her from being evicted for failing to make their mortgage payments. Gonzalez, 45, has had her full-time job reduced to part time at the small air-conditioning company she works for. She's a single mother caring ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1756152-spaniards-hope-eviction-reprieve-amid-crisis.html 2012-12-10T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1755328-spanish-universities-protest-cutbacks.html MADRID (AP) — Rectors from about 50 state-run universities across Spain protested Monday that government spending cuts were choking third-level education and would set back the country's recovery. The academic leaders each read out a statement simultaneously saying the university system was under threat and cutbacks in research would lead to an "irreparab... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1755328-spanish-universities-protest-cutbacks.html 2012-12-10T15:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755828-un-climate-talks-qatar-boost-gulf-awareness.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Holding a high-profile U.N. climate change conference in Qatar, smack in the middle of the region that produces so much of the fossil fuel blamed for global warming, was a gamble. In the end, it displayed the hosts' drive for a leading place on the world stage and evoked a surprising new regional awareness of the environmental crisis. T... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755828-un-climate-talks-qatar-boost-gulf-awareness.html 2012-12-10T13:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754998-chinese-police-accuse-monk-inciting-immolations.html BEIJING (AP) — Police detained a monk and his nephew in China's Sichuan province and accused them of instigating the self-immolations of eight ethnic Tibetans on the instructions of the Dalai Lama and his followers, state media said. The report in the official Xinhua News Agency did not detail what evidence police had of the exiled Buddhist spiritual lead... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754998-chinese-police-accuse-monk-inciting-immolations.html 2012-12-09T23:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753974-egypt-opposition-urges-protests.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's opposition said Sunday it will keep up protests against a referendum on a disputed draft constitution but stopped short of advocating either a boycott or a "no" vote less than a week before the ballot. The opposition was still pushing for Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to cancel the Dec. 15 referendum, saying they reject the proces... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753974-egypt-opposition-urges-protests.html 2012-12-09T20:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752616-egypt-panel-recommends-referendum-held-time.html CAIRO (AP) — A national dialogue committee said a referendum on a disputed draft constitution will be held on schedule, but President Mohammed Morsi has agreed to rescind the near-absolute power he had granted himself. The statement came after a meeting that was boycotted by the main opposition leaders who are calling for the Dec. 15 vote to be canceled. ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752616-egypt-panel-recommends-referendum-held-time.html 2012-12-09T00:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753614-unions-prepare-protest-michigan-capitol.html DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — More than 200 activists attended training Saturday in preparation for a protest at the Michigan Capitol, where lawmakers are putting the final touches on legislation that would allow workers to stop paying union dues. Between chants, cheers and applause, organizers warned those at the training to be prepared for insults and obstruct... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1753614-unions-prepare-protest-michigan-capitol.html 2012-12-09T00:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753440-egypts-military-returns-to-political-fray.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's powerful military, sidelined last summer by the newly elected Islamist president, edged back Saturday into a political fray boiling over with tensions between secular forces and a government determined to pass a constitution enshrining a central role for religion. A military statement warning of "disastrous" consequences should the st... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753440-egypts-military-returns-to-political-fray.html 2012-12-08T22:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1751908-correction-people-psy-protests-story.html In a story Dec. 7 about the South Korean rapper PSY, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a charity concert where the singer is slated to perform. The concert is Sunday, Dec. 9, not Dec. 21. It will be broadcast on TNT on Dec. 21. A corrected version of the story is below: Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests PSY apologizes fo... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1751908-correction-people-psy-protests-story.html 2012-12-08T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752808-mali-demonstrators-call-military-intervention.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Police say that Malians demonstrated for an international military intervention to regain control of the country's north, which is currently controlled by Islamist extremist rebels. An estimated 2,000 protestors marched through Bamako to urge the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution for a military campaign to push out t... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752808-mali-demonstrators-call-military-intervention.html 2012-12-08T13:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750536-egypt-delays-early-voting-constitution.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of canceling the whole referendum in the first signs Friday that the Islamic leader is finally yielding to days of protests and deadly street clashes. Tens of thousands marched on the presidential palace after pushin... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750536-egypt-delays-early-voting-constitution.html 2012-12-07T22:37:00Z