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Moscow police nab Greenpeace polar bear protesters
Put your paws in the air. Moscow police have arrested 10 environmental activists, including four dressed in polar bear costumes, who were protesting ...
Quebec separatist party may return to power
People in Quebec weighed returning a separatist party to power as they voted Tuesday in the French-speaking province, which could edge toward another ...
DNC protesters continue march after standoff
Dozens of protesters clogged streets and blocked traffic Tuesday outside the Democratic National Convention on its opening day, making for some tense ...
Police, anti-Assad protesters clash in Egypt
Witnesses say Egyptian security forces have clashed with dozens of protesters in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo, chanting against the Syrian ...
Bahrain court upholds life sentences for activists
A Bahrain court Tuesday upheld jail sentences against 20 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow the Western-allied government, ...
Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain
The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Gulf was supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to showcase its ...
Police officer injured in Malawi student protest
Stone-wielding students have injured a police officer in clashes at the University of Malawi at Blantyre in protests supporting lecturers demanding ...
Restaurant owners protest Lebanon smoking ban
Restaurant owners and employees have staged a sit-in to protest a new smoking ban in closed public places. The ban on smoking in places like ...
Obama hits Romney Obamacare slam, says 'I do care'
Campaigning his way toward the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama slapped a "Romney doesn't care" label on his rival's health-care ...
DNC kickoff protest lively but largely uneventful
The kickoff protest ahead of the Democratic National Convention had the benefit of sunny skies, pent-up demand from demonstrators who were rained out ...
Protests decry Spain cuts to immigrant health care
Some 300 people blocked a ring road in the Spanish capital Saturday to protest spending cuts that will leave large numbers of illegal immigrants ...
DNC security rules trigger free speech worries
Starting Saturday, someone walking through Charlotte's central business district could run afoul of the law by carrying water bottles, hair spray, ...
PRI declared winner of Mexico's presidential vote
Mexico's highest electoral authority declared Friday that Enrique Pena Nieto was the legitimate winner of the July 1 presidential election, formally ...
Thousands march in Bahrain protest rally
Thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain have filled a main highway in the country's first state-approved march in weeks. The rally outside ...
Greek police unionists protest planned pay cuts
Dozens of uniformed police officers have protested peacefully outside Greece's Parliament against pay cuts that are planned under the government's new ...
Police throng Tampa with GOP convention in town
They seem to be on every street corner. Police officers riding bicycles, horses and golf carts that look like baby Humvees. Metal barricades surround ...
4 Kenyan police wounded in grenade attack
A grenade attack wounded four policemen in the latest outbreak of violence in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, ending what had seemed to be a lull in ...
Egypt charges former Mubarak ally with corruption
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday charged one of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's most trusted men with corruption, including the illegal acquisition ...
Greek coalition leaders back outline of new cuts
Parties in Greece's coalition government have reached broad agreement on a major new austerity package demanded by the country's creditors but are ...
No surprises at Angola's 2nd election in 20 years
Angola's second election in 20 years will test the popularity of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos after a decade of peace has brought fabulous wealth ...
Newspapers in Ivory Coast resume publication
Newspapers allied with Ivory Coast's former ruler resumed publication this week, after observing a three-day moratorium to protest what editors and ...
Wife of Russian opposition activist gets jail
A Russian opposition activist was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison in a review of her drug-related case —twice as long as prosecutors had ...
CONVENTION WATCH: Romney on his way, polls tight
Around the 2012 Republican National Convention and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details to you: ...
GOP convention protests in Tampa muted, small
There have been no speeches inside the convention hall and it's nearly as quiet outside, too. So far, the protests have been muted and only two people ...
Syrian rebels claim to shoot down helicopter
A Syrian military helicopter crashed in a ball of fire Monday after apparently being hit during clashes between government forces and rebels in the ...