November 14, 2011
What’s wrong with Ec 10? The dozens of Harvard University undergrads who walked out of the school’s famous introductory economics course this month think they know. The students’ general criticism is that Ec 10, in which some 700 students are enrolled, “espouses a specific — and limited — view of economics.” Their specific criticisms [...]
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November 3, 2011
 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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October 16, 2011
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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October 14, 2011
A protester chants during an Occupy Wall Street march in New York October 1, 2011 Anti-Wall Street protesters vowed to keep up their fight on Sunday despite the arrests of more than 700 people the previous day for blocking traffic lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge in an unauthorized protest. Police issued more than 700 summonses [...]
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February 26, 2011
A girl holds an Egyptian flag during a pro-democracy rally at Tahrir Square, in Cairo February 25, 2011. Egyptian soldiers fired in the air and used batons in the early hours of Saturday to disperse activists demanding the cabinet appointed by Hosni Mubarak be purged by the country’s new military leaders, protesters said. Thousands had [...]
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February 7, 2011
Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans to show their support for the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt, in front of the Egyptian embassy in Madrid February 6, 2011. President Hosni Mubarak’s new cabinet on Monday held its first full meeting since an uprising started nearly two weeks ago, with no concrete progress in talks with Islamists and an [...]
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April 15, 2009
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Tuesday afternoon the tension caused by anti-government protesters has been eased, and the retreat of the red-shirted people does not mean a victory or loss of any side, but a victory of society, since normalcy has returned. Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leave with their [...]
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April 14, 2009
Thai anti-government protesters began to head home Tuesday afternoon after their leaders surrendered to police and called an end to the rally. But the security in the capital Bangkok is still tight. A burning bus is seen on a street near the Government House in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on April 13, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)At [...]
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April 13, 2009
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday declared a state of emergency over Bangkok and some districts in five nearby provinces, citing danger of escalating violence by anti-government protesters in the capital. Soldiers stand guard as supporters of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra block the main road during a state of emergency in Bangkok [...]
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April 10, 2009
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban pledged Friday afternoon that the government will ensure security for the ASEAN Summit and Related Summits to proceed as planned. Thai anti-government protesters march towards the Royal Cliff Beach Resort, the venue of the 14th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits, in Pattaya, Thailand, April 10, 2009. The ASEAN summits [...]
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