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Haiti Protesters Blame U.N. for Cholera; Presidential Election at Risk? (Time.com)

November 16th, 2010

Time.com - Haitians demonstrate and riot as they blame U.N. troops from Nepal for the cholera outbreak. Is there a scheme to disrupt the Nov. 28 presidential vote?

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Bangladesh police fire tear gas at protesters (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Army personnel stand guard in front of the Dhaka Cantonment during clashes between activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and police in Dhaka November 13, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Police fired tear gas in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday as political violence that broke out on Saturday continued during a day-long general strike, officers and witnesses said.


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Japan protesters rally during China’s Hu visit (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

A protester, wearing a headband that says Reuters - Thousands of Japanese took to the streets on Saturday during a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao, protesting against what they said was Beijing’s imperialism in a territorial…

Afghan polls protesters warn of possible violence (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - Disgruntled lawmakers and candidates in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election, marred by allegations of fraud, renewed protests on Sunday over the poll and warned of possible violence if a fresh…

German protesters mobilise against nuclear waste train (AFP)

November 7th, 2010

Anti-nuclear activists stand on the tracks during a protest in Berg near the Franco-German border against the arrival in Germany of a train carrying highly radioactive waste. German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block the nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.(AFP/Frederick Florin)AFP - German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block a nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.


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French protesters block Marseille airport (AP)

October 21st, 2010

A youth prepares to throw a petrol bomb at a bank branch during clashes with police forces in Lyon, central France, Wednesday Oct. 20, 2010. The petrol bomb didn't cause any damage. French authorities forced strike-shuttered fuel depots to reopen to ensure gasoline supplies, and the interior minister threatened Wednesday to send in paramilitary police to stop rioting on the fringes of protests against raising the retirement age to 62. Months of largely peaceful demonstrations against the pension reform have taken a violent turn in recent days. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)AP - French protesters blockaded Marseille’s airport, truckers tied up highways and Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris ahead of a tense Senate vote Thursday on raising the retirement age.


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Police detain anti-gay protesters in Moscow (AP)

October 1st, 2010

AP - Moscow police on Friday detained several gay rights opponents at the first sanctioned gay rights protest in years, marking a sharp reversal of policy after last week’s dismissal…

France braces for day of strikes Thursday (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second…

India forces battle Kashmiri protesters; 14 killed (AP)

September 13th, 2010

Kashmiri protesters beat the remains of an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama after burning it during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations fueled in part by a report of the Quran being desecrated in the United States. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Indian forces killed 13 protesters and wounded scores of others Monday in confrontations across Kashmir fueled in part by a report that a Quran was desecrated in the…

2 killed in Afghan anti-Quran-burning protest (AP)

September 12th, 2010

An Afghan man walks past an election poster of parliamentarian candidate Mohammad Daud Kalakani in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Sept. 12, 2010. Afghans will go to the polls for parliamentary elections on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Two protesters died and four were injured as Afghans protested for a third day Sunday against a plan by an American pastor to burn copies of the Islamic…