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Putin team defiant after protest rocks Russia 

December 30, 2011
Putin team defiant after protest rocks Russia 

Vladimir Putin still has the support of a majority of Russians, his spokesman says, after a mass protest challenged the premier's authority two months before he stands in presidential polls. Vladimir Putin still has the support of a majority of Russians, his spokesman said on Sunday after a mass protest challenged the premier’s authority two [...]

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Putin team defiant after protest rocks Russia 

December 25, 2011
Putin team defiant after protest rocks Russia 

Vladimir Putin still has the support of a majority of Russians, his spokesman says, after a mass protest challenged the premier's authority two months before he stands in presidential polls. Vladimir Putin still has the support of a majority of Russians, his spokesman said on Sunday after a mass protest challenged the premier’s authority two [...]

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Deadly clashes grip Cairo’s Tahrir Square 

November 21, 2011
Deadly clashes grip Cairo’s Tahrir Square 

An Egyptian protester tries to put out a fire at Cairo’s Tahrir Square during clashes with security forces. At least 13 people were killed as security forces tried to clear protesters from Cairo’s Tahrir Square, casting a dark shadow over Egypt’s first elections since Hosni Mubarak’s downfall. Police and military forces used batons, tear gas [...]

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Clashes erupt after protests shut down US port 

November 3, 2011
Clashes erupt after protests shut down US port 

   Demonstrators with the Occupy movement stand on a utility box at the Port of Oakland. Clashes broke out between masked protesters and police after a day of peaceful anti-Wall Street protests shut down one of the United States’ busiest ports. Clashes broke out between masked protesters and police here early Thursday after a day [...]

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Thousands protest banks, corporate greed in US marches 

October 16, 2011
Thousands protest banks, corporate greed in US marches 

An NYPD officer keeps watch on Occupy Wall Street protesters at Times Square in New York October 15, 2011. Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters rallied in New York’s Times Square on Saturday, buoyed by a global day of demonstrations in support of their month long campaign against corporate greed. Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street [...]

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Toll rises from Yemen crackdown on protests 

February 26, 2011
Toll rises from Yemen crackdown on protests 

A veiled Yemeni woman wears a headband with the national colours and the phrase “game over” during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Sanaa. Police gunfire killed four people as the biggest protests yet swept impoverished Yemen, demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down after three decades in power. At least 19 people have [...]

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Protesters stage mass rally against Bahrain ruler 

February 23, 2011
Protesters stage mass rally against Bahrain ruler 

Thousands of supporters of Bahrain’s Shiite-led opposition demonstrate in Pearl Square in Manama calling for the government’s downfall. Tens of thousands of supporters of Bahrain’s Shiite-led opposition poured into Manama’s Pearl Square calling for the government’s downfall in the largest rally in more than a week of protests. The capital’s streets were clogged as protesters [...]

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Seven officers suspended in scandalous filmed prostitution raid 

November 23, 2010
Seven officers suspended in scandalous filmed prostitution raid 

A snapshot from an online clip filming Quang Ninh's police's prostitution raid which has provoked public's protests and experts' concerns Seven police officers in the northern province of Quang Ninh have been suspended for allegedly being involved in an online clip filming a prostitution raid that has provoked public’s protests recently.   According to Nguyen [...]

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Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany 

November 8, 2010
Nuclear waste dodges French protests on way to Germany 

A train carrying what activists claim is “the most radioactive ever” cargo of nuclear waste travels from the retreatment La Hague factory, in northwestern France, through the Lorraine region, near Metz, eastern France, on November 6. A train carrying what activists claim is “the most radioactive ever” cargo of nuclear waste ran the gauntlet of [...]

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Rival protests rock Thailand on coup anniversary

September 19, 2009
Rival protests rock Thailand on coup anniversary

Supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra hold umbrellas while shouting slogans during a protest at Royal Plaza in Bangkok Thousands of rival protesters rallied in Thailand’s capital and at a border temple on Saturday, sending tensions soaring on the third anniversary of a coup against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. In Bangkok, about 20,000 “Red [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...