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CPJ seeks probe in killing of reporter in Madagascar protest
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Authorities in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar must bring to justice members of the presidential guard responsible for the killing on Saturday of a journalist covering an antigovernment demonstration in the capital, Antananarivo, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Ando Ratovonirina, 26, a reporter and cameraman for the private broadcaster Radio Télévision Analamanga (RTA), was struck in the head after soldiers opened fire on unarmed opposition demonstrators marching toward th...
Iranian leader blames West for student demonstrations
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Thousands of riot police and Revolutionary Guards in Iran have surrounded Tehran University to prevent student demonstrations. Pro-government militia members armed with tear gas and firearms have been turned out to control the anticipated protest which is likely to attract a large amount of demonstrators on university campuses across the country. Police have been conducting ID checks on anyone entering the campus to prevent opposition activists from joining the students. Over the past week, the ...
Obama Aide Briefs Dalai Lama About U.S. View on Tibet
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An adviser to President Barack Obama and another U.S. official met with the Dalai Lama at his headquarters in Dharamshala, India, to brief the spiritual leader about the administration’s approach to Tibet. Presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett and Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero held talks with the Dalai Lama today and yesterday, according to a statement posted on his office’s Web site. The Dalai Lama detailed to Jarrett the issues he wants Obama to take up ...
Iranian students protest bad food and University administration
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NCRI - On Saturday, 1,500 Tehran University students protesting over the bad food at the cafeteria clashed with the State Security Forces (SSF). Ambulances were rushed to the scene, according to eyewitnesses.More than 20 people were injured in clashes between the students shouting anti-regime slogans and the SSF who were forcing students to return to university campus, one eyewitness said.The protests over the bad food started on Friday but soon the event turned into an ...
Honduras de facto leader lifts ban on media, protests
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The de facto Honduran government relaxed curbs on protests and opposition media on Monday as crisis talks dragged into a third week with no deal on toppled President Manuel Zelaya's return to power.Zelaya, forced out of the country by soldiers in a June 28 coup, slipped back into Honduras last month and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy. De facto leader Roberto Micheletti responded by deploying soldiers around the embassy, imposing restrictions on press freedoms and ba...
Ahead of G-20, Protesters Call for New Jobs
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PITTSBURGH -- A relatively small and peaceful group of about 500 protesters, most demanding new jobs programs, marched through city streets in the first full day of demonstrations targeting the Group of 20 economic summit later this week.The turnout was less than the 1,500 expected, and some protest groups blamed the city delays in issuing permits and the promised threefold expansion in the city's police force for the small turnout. Protestors were also critical of comments made by President Bar...
Iran opposition says 72 killed in vote protests
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An aide to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said in a website report posted Thursday that 72 people died in post-election violence, upping an earlier toll of 69."The number of people killed in street protests has reached 72," Ali Reza Behesti was quoted on reformist website Kaleme.com as saying.He also suggested that the actual death toll could be higher as "several families who lost their loved ones have not revealed their deaths due to the current political situation in the countr...
Honduras: Vote to Go Ahead Despite Int'l Refusal to Recognize
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Although the international community has warned that it will not recognise the results of the November elections in Honduras, the de facto government in power since the Jun. 28 coup d'etat says the vote is going ahead.Costa Rican President Óscar Arias, who mediated the unsuccessful talks between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the coup government, says the elections scheduled for Nov. 29 could be "a solution to the crisis." Others like prominent Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes have expressed si...
Amazon mega dam delayed following protests 3 December
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The go-ahead to build the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, planned for the Xingu river in the Brazilian Amazon, has been delayed following protests by Indians and objections by local and international organisations.If constructed, the dam will be the third largest in the world, costing over US$10 billion, bringing more than 200,000 workers into the area and forcing an estimated 20,000 people from their homes.A large proportion of those displaced will be indigenous peoples who have been living in th...
Israeli Army attacks Non-violent protest in Palestine
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Beit Ummar: At a protest against Israel's destruction of Palestinian land. A crowd of young Palestinians clap and sing songs toward the Israeli Occupation Forces while the older Palestinian protestors are attacked by the Israeli soldiers. Video shot while working with the ISM (international solidarity movement) this summer, 2006