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New opposition head gives renewed hope to Syrians
Syria's political opposition has struggled to prove its relevance amid the civil war under a leadership largely made up of academics and exiled ...
UAE tightens laws on political activism on web
The United Arab Emirates set stricter Internet monitoring and enforcement codes Tuesday that include giving authorities wider leeway to crack down on ...
China slams Dalai Lama; Tibetans self-immolate
China accused the Dalai Lama of allying with Japanese right-wingers in an island dispute as a way of attacking China and blamed him for glorifying a ...
Merkel insists on austerity despite protests
German Chancellor Angela Merkel took her fiscal discipline message to bailed-out Portugal on Monday, tolerating Nazi jibes from a small group of ...
Syrian opposition groups reach unity deal
Syrian anti-government groups struck a deal Sunday under intense international pressure to form a new opposition leadership that will include ...
Greece passes 2013 austerity budget
Greek lawmakers approved the country's 2013 austerity budget early Monday, an essential step in Greece's efforts to persuade its international ...
Bahrain opposition leader: Hopes fading for talks
Envoys from the U.S. and other countries are acting as intermediaries with the Gulf nation's rulers in attempts to ease 21 months of unrest, the head ...
Frustrated residents protest outside NY utility
Even as the lights came on for many who lost power in New York and New Jersey during the superstorm and a later nor'easter, hundreds of residents ...
French mayor on hunger strike to protest budget
The mayor of a French town struggling with poverty is on a hunger strike in front of the National Assembly to protest what he calls "financial penury" ...
Egyptian Islamists rally for Shariah law
Over 10,000 ultraconservative Muslims demonstrated Friday in downtown Cairo to demand that Egypt's new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic ...
Anti-Putin protester gets 4 ½ years in jail
The first of 19 defendants being tried for participating in a massive rally against President Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin that turned ...
Argentine anti-government protesters flood streets
Angry over inflation, crime and corruption, hundreds of thousands of Argentines of all ages flooded the capital's streets for nearly four hours to ...
Argentines protest in huge anti-government march
Thousands of people flooded the streets of Argentina's capital for hours Thursday night and many others marched in cities worldwide in the country's ...
Women shut out of Syria's opposition leadership
The leadership of Syria's main opposition group in exile is an all-male affair after elections failed to promote a single woman to the decision-making ...
Morocco expels 19 foreigners from W Sahara
Morocco has expelled 19 foreigners from the annexed territory of the Western Sahara, saying they were journalists who entered without permission.
Greek wait for cash goes on despite austerity vote
Greece's euro partners won't be able to release the country's next batch of bailout cash next week, even though the Greek Parliament narrowly backed ...
Rights groups: 5 Tibetans self-immolate in 2 days
Tibetan protests against Chinese rule intensified around the opening of a pivotal Communist Party congress as three teenage monks and two other ...
Greece narrowly passes crucial austerity bill
Greece's Parliament passed a crucial austerity bill early Thursday in vote so close that it left the coalition government reeling from dissent.
Protests outside Ford European HQ in Germany
Ford workers angry about the automaker's plans to shutter a plant in Belgium broke windows and burnt tires in a demonstration outside the company's ...
Strike hits Greece in bid to derail austerity plan
Greek trade unions launched a general strike and nationwide protests on Tuesday against a new package of austerity measures, to be voted on this week, ...
Jordan seeks full gas supply resumption from Egypt
Jordan's energy minister arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for two days of talks aimed at resuming natural gas supply to the kingdom, after months of ...
Brother of Syrian parliament speaker assassinated
Gunmen killed the brother of Syria's parliament speaker in a hail of bullets as he drove to work in Damascus on Tuesday, the state news agency said, ...
Greece: More austerity despite strikes, dissent
Greece's conservative-led coalition detailed a new four-year package of austerity measures late Monday, facing down escalating protests by unions and ...
Anonymous movement protests on Guy Fawkes night
Several hundred protesters wearing masks have gathered outside the British Parliament to mark Guy Fawkes night. The protesters Monday were supporters ...
Revote urged in 5 election districts in Ukraine
Ukraine sank deeper into political turmoil Monday following a disputed parliamentary election, with the opposition dismissing a government offer for ...