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Thousands of UK students protest tuition fees hike (AP)

November 10th, 2010

Demonstrators burn protest banners outside Millbank Tower, housing the headquarters of the Conservative Party, during a protest in London Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010, against an increase in university tuition fees. Organizers said 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters were demonstrating against plans to raise the cost of studying at a university to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year - three times the current rate.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Tens of thousands of students marched through London on Wednesday against plans to triple university tuition fees, and violence erupted as a minority battled police and trashed a…

Thousands in China, Japan rally over island claims (AP)

October 16th, 2010

A man holds a banner while marching during an anti-Japan protest in downtown Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Chinese characters on the banner reads, 'Down with Japan, Protect Diaoyu Island.' (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Thousands of Chinese protested against Japan and its claim to disputed islands at demonstrations Saturday that were far larger than past protests over the competing territorial claims.


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Thousands of Yemenis flee battle with al-Qaida (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Yemeni policemen guard the state security court in the capital San'a, Yemen Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, as the trial of four al-Qaida suspects takes place. The four, including a Yemeni-German teenager, have been brought to trial in Yemen to face accusations they plotted attacks on tourists, binternational/b institutions and security forces. (AP Photo)AP - Thousands of people have fled a village in southern Yemen where security forces are laying siege to al-Qaida militants, a security official said Monday, signaling an escalation in…

Pope meets with abuse victims as thousands protest (AP)

September 18th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI wipes his face as he conducts a mass in Westminster Cathedral in London, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he was ashamed of the 'unspeakable' sexual abuse of children by priests, telling the British faithful during Mass in Westminster Cathedral that he was deeply sorry and hoped the church's humiliation would help victims heal. Benedict also said he hoped the church would be able to use its contrition to purify itself from the 'sins' of its ministers and be able to renew its commitment to educating the young. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church,…

Hundreds of thousands party as Mexico turns 200 (AP)

September 16th, 2010

An person dressed in the likeness of the Angel of Independence, left, floats by the Angel of Independence monument during a bicentennial parade in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. Mexico celebrates the 200th anniversary of its 1810 independence uprising. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - Mexico looked beyond its drug war to throw a 200th birthday bash celebrating a proud history, whimsical culture and resilience embodied in the traditional independence cry: “Viva Mexico!”


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Thousands of Afghans in anti-Quran-burning protest (AP)

September 11th, 2010

An Afghan man lies in hospital after being injured at a protest in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran, at Badakhshan, northern Afganistan, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Police in the northern province of Badakhshan say several hundred demonstrators ran toward a NATO compound where four attackers and five police were injured in clashes. Protesters also burned an American flag at a mosque after Friday prayers. (AP Photo)AP - Thousands of people protested in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday against a small American church’s earlier plan to burn the Muslim holy book, chanting “Death to America” and setting…

Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)

September 8th, 2010

People use make-shift boats to cross a flooded avenue in Villahermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.


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Thousands protest at French immigrant clampdown (Reuters)

September 4th, 2010

French opposition parties, unions and civil rights groups protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's tough anti-crime proposals in Nantes, September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Stephane MahReuters - Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over policies on which President Nicolas Sarkozy has staked his…

Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies (AP)

September 4th, 2010

AP - A whistle-blowing, drum-beating crowd of thousands demonstrated in Paris on Saturday against expulsions of Gypsies as well as other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government.

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Thousands stay in Pakistan floods to protect homes (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

In this picture taken on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, villager Ghulam Raza works to reinforce the embankment to avoid flood water enter into their Hamdani Legari village near Moro, Pakistan. Across the Pakistan flood zone, thousands of people have decided to stay in their homes. Stranded on islands of land a few inches above the water line and refusing offers of rescue, these people are reflections of Pakistan's widespread poverty, its rampant crime, the collapse of its rural traditions and the knowledge that the authorities here would do little to protect them. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - The old man stepped carefully through his village, dodging craters as deep as graves where they had been mining soil for embankments to hold back the floodwaters. Already,…

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