Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria killings
Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government’s deadly crackdown on protests for the second time.
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Three dead, over 100 hurt, in Bangladesh violence
Three people were killed and more than 100 injured on Sunday in clashes between Bangladeshi police and activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) trying to stage anti-government protests in defiance of a ban, witnesses said. Two people were killed in Chandpur, southeast of the capital and another in a town further south as thousands of BNP workers took to the streets, chanting …
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Libya’s NTC Deputy Head Abdel Hafiz Ghoga resigns
The deputy head of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) said on Sunday he was resigning after a series of protests against the new government which the country’s leader warned could drag Libya into a “bottomless pit.” Late on Saturday, a crowd demanding the government’s resignation smashed windows and forced their way into the NTC’s local headquarters in Benghazi, in the most …
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Wapda protest against sell-out, murders
LAHORE – Hundreds of workers, led by Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union and Lahore Electric Supply Company Engineers Association leaders, took out a rally from Lahore Press Club to Wapda House here on Thursday. Later they also staged a sit-in on The Mall against the proposed privatisation of the utility.
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Tunisia at crossroads
Ammar Garsalla is unlikely to achieve the fame of Mohammad Bu Azizi, the Tunisian street vendor whose self-immolation sparked the protests that led to the Arab Spring.
Garsalla, a 48-year-old father of three from the western town of Gafsa, died on January 9 in a hospital near Tunis after setting himself on fire to draw attention to his joblessness: the first Tunisian to die in this way since the …
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Smoke bomb hurled at White House during Occupy protests
An apparent smoke bomb was thrown over the fence of the White House as hundreds of Occupy protesters massed outside the gates. The crowds were dispersed on Tuesday night (local time), and U.S. Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie says there were no arrests in the incident. However, people inside the White House were being prevented from exiting on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the building …
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Martin Luther King Jr. remembered
NEW YORK – Americans honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a traditional day of service as well as a new wave of economic injustice protests by Occupy Wall Street. On the first King holiday since the now-global Occupy movement launched in NY City in Sept, the reignited debate over inequality drew hundreds of protestors to march in wintry temperatures in Manhattan, stopping at …
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Militants kill kidnapped cardiologist
PESHAWAR – Unknown militants killed abducted cardiologist Dr Syed Jamal and thrown his body in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency here on Thursday.
Dr Syed Jamal was abducted from Peshawar’s Hayatabad area two months back. Despite several protests by Provincial Doctors Association (PDA), the district administration failed to get Syed Jamal freed.
Talking to reporters, PDA President Dr …
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JI rallies against power, gas outages
LAHORE – Jamaat-e-Islami staged countrywide rallies and protest after Friday prayers to condemn worst load shedding of electricity, gas and hike in the tariff and plundering of public wealth.
On the appeal of JI Ameer Syed Munawwar Hasan, JI leaders and workers staged sit-ins outside Wapda offices in major cities and held protests outside mosques after Friday prayers, where workers …
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Hindu fanatics flew Pak flag to create tension
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BANGALORE – Six members of a right-wing Hindu group have been arrested in India’s southern Karnataka state for raising Pakistan’s national flag on a government building, reported BBC on Thursday. Police said those arrested belong to the Sri Rama Sena group.
The flag was raised in Sindgi, near Bijapur, on January 1, leading to angry protests by Hindu organisations and the stoning of a …
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Gas shortage sparks protests across Pakistan
Protesters clashed with police and major cities were paralysed as thousands of people demonstrated across Pakistan on Monday over severe gas shortages and price hikes.
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China extends microblog rules to south
BEIJING: China is extending rules requiring microblog users to register under their real names to Guangdong, state media said Thursday, after a spate of violent protests in the southern province. The report, in the Southern Daily newspaper, comes as the Chinese government tightens its grip on the Internet in the face of rising social unrest [...]
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AL team in Syria to prepare monitoring
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CAIRO (Reuters) – An advance team from the Arab League arrived in Syria on Thursday ahead of deploying monitors who will assess whether Damascus is acting to end a bloody nine-month crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, a League official said.
“We arrived in Damascus safely,” Waguih Hanafy,…
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Medvedev unveils Russia reform but warns ‘extremists’
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MOSCOW (AFP) – President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday warned that “provocateurs and extremists” were seeking to stir unrest in Russia, as he unveiled a drive for political reform in response to an outburst of protests.
Two days ahead of a new mass rally accusing the authorities of rigging parliamentary elections,…
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Low gas pressure sparks protests
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QUETTA – Residents vented their rage over low gas pressure in the provincial capital Wednesday.
Quetta and the northern areas of Balochistan have been in the grip of severe cold for a couple of days, increasing consumption of the gas. However, the low pressure has been adding to public woes.<br…
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Nato says it will continue Afghan night raids
KABUL: Nato says nighttime raids that target suspected insurgents will continue, despite repeated protests by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Nato spokesman Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson said Monday that Afghan special forces, however, take part in nearly all night raids and their participation is increasing. The kill-and-capture raids have become a flashpoint for anger over foreign [...]
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Thousands protest against rigged polls
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MOSCOW (AFP) – Around 8,000 people protested in Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Sunday against what they say were rigged parliamentary polls handing victory to Vladimir Putin’s ruling party.
The new rallies come on the heels of a wave of protests that swept Russia last weekend after the opposition and…
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