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Iran closes leading newspapers » Iran has shut down three daily newspapers critical of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, according to reports by state-run news agencies.While no reason was given, the newspapers had been considered sympathetic towards those protesting over Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June.The papers closed on Tuesday were Tahlil Rooz (Day's Analysis) in the southern city of Shiraz, and two of the most influential reformist newspapers Farhang Ashdi (Culture of Reconciliation) and Arman (Ideals) publis...
More Than 20 Killed in Madagascar Protest » Security forces in Madagascar fired on a crowd of protesters outside one of the country’s presidential palaces in the capital city on Saturday, with several reports saying that more than 20 people were killed.The violence was yet another deadly episode in a struggle for power between President Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina, the elected mayor of Antananarivo, the capital. A week ago, Mr. Rajoelina declared that he was taking over the government of Madagascar, an island nation of 20 millio...
Nonviolent Protest Anniversary - Howard Students Told Atwater No! » Something smelled funny as soon as it was proposed -- the union of a proud black university and a top Republican strategist and troublemaker credited with one of the most racist presidential campaign schemes of recent memory.But there it was in news accounts carried across the nation: Howard University names Republican Chairman Lee Atwater to its board of trustees. Atwater had just engineered the 1988 presidential victory of George H.W. Bush and had crafted the racist Willie Horton ad that hel...
Thousands of South Koreans stage anti-government protest » SEOUL: More than 10,000 South Koreans demanding President Lee Myung-Bak resign held an anti-government rally on Wednesday on the 22nd anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising.  The rally was led by opposition parties, who accuse Lee of ordering a politically motivated probe into former president Roh Moo-Hyun, who leapt to his death on May 23 after being investigated in a corruption scandal. The suicide of the liberal leader, who held office from 2003 to 2008, sparked a mass outpouring of grief ...
Protests against Heathrow Expansion » Thousands of protesters have gathered for a huge demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow Airport.Stilt-walkers, brass bands and hundreds of people in fancy dress were among those who created a carnival-like atmosphere for the event - called the Make A Noise Carnival.Demonstrators walked from Hatton Cross to Sipson, the village that will be lost if plans for a third runway at the London airport go ahead.At Sipson, the protesters gathered in a field to form a huge "...
South Korea beef protests escalate - June 11 2008 » South Korea's embattled president is facing growing calls for his resignation amid a wave of public anger over a decision to resume US beef imports. Tuesday night saw the largest protests yet, with tens of thousands taking to the streets of the South Korean capital.
China Ousts Top Official After Protests » The top Communist official in Urumqi in western China was dismissed on Saturday as a large deployment of the military police appeared to have brought a measure of peace to the city after two days of large street protests.Urumqi was the site of huge ethnic protests in early July. Li Zhi, the party secretary of Urumqi, lost his post, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday evening. He became the most senior person to be removed since ethnic tensions erupted there in rioting in July. ...
Thailand's "red shirts" rally again in Bangkok » BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of "red shirt" supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra rallied in Bangkok on Saturday in their biggest protest since violent street clashes two months ago.The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), better known as the "red shirts," gathered in the capital to demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve parliament and call an election. Six hundred police were on duty and hundreds more on standby at Sanam Luang, a public sq...
Iranian women lead the protests » Ordinary women in long black chadors and head scarves - both young and old - are performing extraordinary acts of bravery in Iran today. Women are at the forefront of these nonviolent demonstrations violently suppressed by the government-backed militias (known as Basij). It took the brutal death of Neda Agha Soltan in Tehran on June 20 during a street protest to bring the role of women in this post-election crisis to light. Today, 62 percent of all Iranian university students are women, rates...
Honduras protests continue, as Zelaya visits Chile » Thousands of Hondurans supporting ousted President Manuel Zelaya protested in the nation's capital on Thursday, as a U.S. diplomat prepared to meet representatives of the government that has been in power since a military coup.Zelaya, who was rousted from his home at gunpoint in June and flown into exile by Honduran soldiers, spent the day in Chile, his latest stop on a Latin American tour he hopes will solidify backing from the region's governments.