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Palestinian protesters evicted from West Bank site
Palestinian protesters who pitched tents at a strategic West Bank site to protest plans to build a Jewish housing project there were evicted early ...
29 Belfast cops hurt in Catholic-Protestant clash
Northern Ireland police fought day-and-night street battles with Protestant militants Saturday as a protest march to Belfast City Hall degenerated ...
Gunmen shoot birdshot at Egypt protesters; 15 hurt
A dozen masked attackers fired birdshot late Saturday at protesters who have camped outside Egypt's presidential palace in Cairo for the past month, ...
Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims
About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of ...
Demonstrators rally in support of Iraqi government
Shiite demonstrators took to the streets in Iraq's capital Saturday to show support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, which has faced ...
Chinese painter portrays Tibet self-immolators
Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects ...
Mexicans protest dog detentions, tests negative
Dozens of protesters chanting "Free the dogs, arrest the criminals!" demonstrated outside Mexico City police headquarters Friday, demanding the ...
Pakistani Shiites protest after attack kills 86
Shiite Muslims hit by a twin bombing that killed 86 people refused to bury their dead Friday, demanding the Pakistani government do more to protect ...
Slovenia's prime minister accused of corruption
About 10,000 protesters joined the chief of Slovenia's anti-corruption watchdog on Friday in urging the country's prime minister and opposition leader ...
Iraqi inmates seize weapons, escape from prison
A dozen prisoners including al-Qaida-linked death row inmates escaped from a prison near Baghdad on Friday, the latest sign that Iraq still struggles ...
Pakistani Shiites protest after bombings kill 120
Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a brutal terror attack refused to bury their dead Friday in protest, demanding that the government do ...
Pakistan protests clashes with India in Kashmir
Pakistan has summoned India's top diplomat in the country to protest a pair of clashes along the disputed Kashmir border in the past week that killed ...
Syrian rebels seize parts of strategic air base
Hundreds of Islamic militants fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad seized parts of a strategic northwestern air base Thursday after weeks ...
South Africa: Farm workers' protests turn violent
South African farm workers on Thursday fought police during protests for higher wages, blocking a highway and only dispersing when security forces ...
Israel president warns of new Palestinian uprising
Israel's president has warned that the Palestinians are liable to launch a new uprising if the Jewish state doesn't do more to try to reach a peace ...
China newspaper publishes after deal ends standoff
An influential weekly newspaper whose staff rebelled to protest heavy-handed censorship by Chinese government officials published as normal Thursday ...
Lowered UK flag sparks Protestant fury in Belfast
At Belfast City Hall, the flagpole is bare — and the streets are filled with nighttime fear and fury. These are dangerous times in Northern Ireland, ...
Gulf rulers take sharper aim at Web dissent
Something unusual happened on Kuwait's normally boisterous online universe after back-to-back convictions this week for insulting the emir on Twitter: ...
South African police arrest 50 in farm protest
South African police fired rubber bullets at striking farm workers who set up barricades and threw stones at motorists and security forces on ...
Zimbabwe: Germany may boycott tourism convention
Germany says it is considering whether to take part in the world's largest United Nations tourism convention in Zimbabwe or stay away to protest ...
Spanish banks meet unions to discuss huge layoffs
Representatives of two of Spain's biggest banks are meeting with labor unions to discuss massive layoffs, hours ahead of protests by bank workers in ...
Iraqis government backers show support in rally
Witnesses say demonstrators have taken to the streets in Iraq's second largest city to back the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, which ...
Tokyo protests to China over 4 ships near islands
The Japanese government summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to protest four Chinese maritime surveillance ships that spent about 13 hours in waters ...
Bahrain court upholds life sentences on opposition
Bahrain's highest court Monday upheld jail terms for 20 opposition figures — including eight sentenced to life — for alleged plots to "overthrow" the ...
Large Spanish protest against health privatization
Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their ...