10/10/2012 | Argentina

Two UOCRA factions clash in Florencio Varela, 7 injured

At least seven people were injured in violent clashes this morning between two factions of the UOCRA construction workers’ union in Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires province.

13/12/2012 | Argentina

Federal Police Chief tenders resignation

After last night incidents and clashes around Buenos Aires downtown area, Federal Police Chief Enrique Capdevilla tender his resignation to Security Minister Nilda Garré, early this morning. Later today, Román Di Santo was designated to head this force.

21/12/2012 | Argentina

Border Guards arrive in Bariloche

The four hundred Border Guard officers, deployed by the government yesterday, arrived to Bariloche today to enforce police control after yesterday's violent supermarket looting incidents, which saw more than 33 people injured.

22/06/2012 | Argentina

Street vendors clash with Met Police in BA City centre

Street vendors were clashing with the Metropolitan Police this morning after the City Government ordered officers to evict the vendors from the streets of downtown Buenos Aires.

23/08/2012 | Argentina

Unions clash with police in Córdoba city, several injured

High voltage scenes were seen this morning in Córdoba city as provincial clerks' unions clashed with police infantry teams amidst protest against the pension system reform triggered by Governor José Manuel De la Sota. Police infantry arrived to supress protestors by firing rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.

24/08/2012 | Argentina

Córdoba tension continues as unionists march to Courts

Following the clashes between unionists and police in the Córdoba City yesterday, three trade unions announced a 24-hour strike as well as organizing a march toward the main courts in order to demand the release of those arrested.

29/12/2011 | Argentina

Plans for fiscal reduction ignite political crisis in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz’s governor Daniel Peralta’s plans for a budget deficit reduction generated serious incidents and an institutional crisis in the province, which caused the resignation of the secretary of Government and the removal of the Kirchnerite youth organization La Campora from the provincial administration.

10/02/2012 | Argentina

Catamarca mining district in distress: police clash with protesters

Heavy clashes between police and protesters saw a violent start to the day in Catamarca province this morning, where Infantry officers were attempting to clear the demonstration being carried out along route 40, close to Tinogasta, in the province’s mining district.

20/06/2012 | Argentina

Fuel distribution begins after clashes

As Gendarmerie officers clashed with truck drivers in a fuel refinery in Greater Buenos Aires area of La Matanza, several trucks were able to leave the premises to begin distribution in order to guarantee gas supply, in localities affected by the teamster's strike, Security Secretary Sergio Berni confirmed

28/07/2011 | Argentina

Four dead, more than 60 injured after shootout at a land eviction in Jujuy

A shootout between police and civilians in Jujuy left one officer and at least three protesters dead, after clashes occurred during the eviction of more than four hundred families from a land site. The incident also left more than 60 injured, and took place close to National Route 34, in the area of Libertador San Martín, informed police officials. Jujuy Governor Walter Barrionuevo announced he has fired the responsible for the police raid that led to the violent eviction.

29/07/2011 | Argentina

Clashes' death toll reaches four

According to the last official statement from Víctor Urbani, Jujuy’s Health Minister, Juan Velazquez died this morning at 'Pablo Soria' provincial hospital, increasing the death toll of yesterday’s clashes to four.

29/07/2011 | Argentina

Government urges the judiciary to 'immediately investigate' Jujuy incidents

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo condemned yesterday’s violent clashes between police forces and squatters in the Northern province of Jujuy which left four people dead and at least 60 wounded.

08/02/2013 | World

Egyptian protesters clash with police after days of calm

Thousands of Egyptians marched and chanted against Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in cities across the country today, scores of them assaulting the presidential palace with petrol bombs and rocks

14/11/2012 | World

Anti-austerity strikes sweep Europe

26/01/2013 | World

At least 30 killed in Egypt clashes over death sentences

At least 30 people were killed when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

30/01/2013 | World

Two men killed in clashes in Egypt's capital

Two men were shot dead in Egypt's capital today, a security source said, raising the death toll to at least 54 in seven days of clashes, the deadliest violence since President Mohamed Mursi took office last June.

04/10/2012 | World

Greek police clash with protesting shipyard workers

Greek police clashed with protesting shipyard workers who stormed the Defence Ministry complex in Athens demanding back pay that they said they were owed.

18/10/2012 | World

Greece: Man dies during police, protesters clashes

Greek police have confirmed that a man has died during today's anti-austerity protests in which police fired teargas to disperse anti-austerity protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs on the day of a general strike that brought much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill.

22/10/2012 | World

Clashes as Kosovo opposition protests over Serbia talks

Police fired teargas in Kosovo to disperse opposition activists demonstrating against a new push by the European Union to improve ties between Serbia and its former southern province.

17/08/2012 | World

Mine 'bloodbath' shocks post-apartheid South Africa

The killing by police of more than 30 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick of South Africa's psyche, with people and the media questioning its post-apartheid soul.

14/09/2012 | World

Anti-US fury sweeps Middle East over film

Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East after weekly prayers with protesters attacking US embassies and burning US flags as the Pentagon rushed to bolster security at its missions.

25/09/2012 | World

Protesters clash with police in Madrid

Protesters clashed with police in Spain's capital as the government prepares a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget that will be announced on Thursday.

02/06/2012 | World

Nine killed in Syrian-linked clashes in Lebanon

Clashes erupted between heavily-armed supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon's port of Tripoli today, killing nine people and prompting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to rush there to try to stop the violence.

04/06/2012 | World

Fighting at Tripoli airport, gunmen surround planes

Clashes broke out between rival Libyan militias at Tripoli's international airport after angry gunmen drove armed pickup trucks on to the tarmac and surrounded planes, forcing the airport to cancel flights.

14/08/2012 | World

French youths fire on police in overnight clashes

About 100 French youths clashed with police overnight, shooting at police, torching cars, a leisure centre and a nursery school in the northern city of Amiens, a government official said.

15/04/2012 | World

Clashes in Syria as UN ceasefire monitors due

Syrian government forces shelled the city of Homs, resident opposition activists and a rights activist said, as a six-person advance party of UN observers is due to arrive in Syria to monitor a ceasefire meant to start four days ago.

04/05/2012 | World

Army imposes curfew in Cairo district after clashes

Egypt's army imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters clashed with troops there during demonstrations against the country's military rulers, leaving one soldier dead and 373 people wounded.

12/05/2012 | World

Clashes rage in Syria, opposition meets abroad

Rebels fought the army in northern Syria today, activists said, and Syrian dissidents abroad gathered to try to unify and project themselves as a credible alternative to President Bashar al-Assad.

02/02/2012 | World

Egypt protesters besiege Cairo ministry

Protesters laid siege to Egypt's Interior Ministry, extending a rally against the military-led government into a second day in a show of anger triggered by the deaths of 74 people in the country's worst ever soccer disaster.

03/02/2012 | World

Egypt clashes ease but protesters determined to fight on

Clashes between rock-throwing protesters and riot police eased in Egypt as activists argued over how to build momentum in their push to oust the country's ruling generals.

24/03/2012 | World

Deadly clashes in Egypt after soccer club banned

One person was shot dead and 18 injured when angry soccer fans clashed with security forces in Egypt's Port Said after their club was banned over the country's worst stadium disaster, a medical source said.

19/12/2011 | World

Egypt violent clashes move into 4th day

Egyptian security forces fought opponents of army rule in Cairo for a fourth day today Medical sources said the death toll had risen to 13 since Friday, when clashes erupted. Hundreds have been wounded.

19/12/2011 | World

Clinton worried over human rights in Egypt

The United States expressed worries over Egypt protests’ violence and urged the generals to respect human rights today.

20/12/2011 | World

Fierce clashes in Cairo, Clinton voices outrage

Egyptian police and soldiers fired guns and teargas to try to clear protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square on the fifth day of clashes that have killed 13 people and drawn a stinging rebuke from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

25/11/2011 | World

Protesters dig in to keep pressure on Egypt army

Protesters demanding an end to army rule in Egypt sought to build on momentum from a mass protest, bedding down in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a ninth day just two days before the first free parliamentary polls in living memory.

17/12/2011 | World

Troops assault Egypt protesters, clashes kill 9

Soldiers beat demonstrators with batons in Cairo's Tahrir Square in a second day of clashes that have killed nine people and wounded more than 300, marring the first free election most Egyptians can remember.

18/12/2011 | World

Security forces, protesters clash again in Cairo

Protesters and security forces fought in Cairo today, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and exposed rifts over the army's role as it manages Egypt's promised transition from military to civilian rule.

21/11/2011 | World

Egyptian police battle protesters, 33 dead

Cairo police fought protesters demanding an end to army rule for a third day and the death toll rose to at least 33, with many victims shot, in the worst violence since the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.

22/11/2011 | World

Egyptian protesters struggle to throw off army rule

Egyptians frustrated with military rule battled police in the streets again as the generals scrambled to cope with the cabinet's proffered resignation after bloodshed that has jolted plans for Egypt's first free election in decades.

23/11/2011 | World

Cairo clashes flare after dark

Rocks, teargas, firebombs and gunfire made darkened streets in central Cairo a battle zone as hard-core protesters demanding an immediate end to army rule fought riot police around government buildings close to Tahrir Square.

17/10/2011 | World

Greek deficit revised up to 10.6% of GDP

Greece's budget deficit reached 10.6 percent of GDP in 2010, the country's statistics office said today, revising the data slightly up from a previous estimate of 10.5 percent of GDP. Greece faces a crucial test this week, when much of the country is expected to be shut down by a 48-hour strike reaching a peak next Thursday.

19/10/2011 | World

Violent anti-austerity protests grip Greek capital

Greek police cleared the square in front of parliament today after clashing with black-clad demonstrators during a mass anti-austerity rally called to coincide with a vote on a bitterly resented new round of belt-tightening.

17/11/2011 | World

Italy: Clashes at protest against 'bankers' gov't'

Thousands of Italians took to the streets in several cities today to protest against what they called a "bankers' government" led by economist Mario Monti, and there were clashes with police.

20/08/2011 | World

Explosions, gunfire rock Tripoli as rebels advance

Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli overnight, after days of battlefield defeats left Muammar Gaddafi's government and troops penned ever more tightly in the besieged capital by a rebel advance.

01/09/2011 | World

Clashes in Nigeria's Jos kill 22

At least 22 people died in clashes between Christian and Muslim youths and security forces in the restive Nigerian city of Jos, a local mortuary official said, in the second day of violence there this week.

05/10/2011 | World

Clashes in Athens as workers strike

Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in central Athens today, where thousands of striking state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy.

12/02/2011 | World

Egypt-inspired protestors fire up in Yemen, Algeria

Thousands of Yemeni demonstrators, called for a similar revolution and clashed with government supporters with fists and batons in the streets of Sanaa. In Algeria's capital about 50 people began an anti-government protest but police were determined to stamp out any attempt to stage anything similar to Egypt's revolt.

12/05/2011 | World

Qatar quits Gulf plan for Yemen, cites delays

Qatar pulled out of a Gulf-brokered plan to ease Yemen's president from power, leaving a deal to end months of violent protests against Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule close to collapse.

30/05/2011 | World

Clashes erupt in Sri Lanka over pension plan, 23 hurt

Sri Lanka's trade unions threatened to shut down the Indian Ocean nation's free trade zones after clashes between police and workers striking over a proposed private pension plan left at least 23 injured.

20/09/2012 | Latin America

Peru: One dead, four injured in clash near Barrick mine

One person died and four were injured when police clashed with protesters blocking a road leading to top gold miner Barrick's Peruvian mine Pierina, company and police officials said today.

05/04/2011 | Latin America

Resource conflict erupts in Peru days before vote

Farmers opposed to Southern Copper's USD$1 billion Tia Maria mine said today they would boycott Peru's presidential election unless the mining company abandons its project and police stop attacking protesters.

14/03/2012 | Latin America

Three dead, 32 hurt as illegal miners clash with Peru police

At least three protesters were killed and 32 people wounded as police in southeastern Peru clashed with wildcat, or illegal, miners opposed to a government crackdown on unauthorized gold mining, the interior minister and the ombudsman's office said.

12/09/2012 | Latin America

Supporters throw stones in Venezuela pre-election clash

Rival supporters in Venezuela's presidential election fought and threw stones on Wednesday before a campaign stop by opposition leader Henrique Capriles less than a month before an Oct. 7 vote.

12/05/2012 | Sports

Bahrain protesters clash with police outside capital

Pro-democracy protesters burned tyres and clashed with police in Bahrain today to demand the release of opposition leaders and rights activists, one of whom has been on a three-month hunger strike, residents said.

13/12/2012 | Sports

Boca Juniors repudiate Obelico incidents, take distance

After last night incidents in which Boca fans unleashed acts of vandalism and lootings as they were celebrating the “Boca’s fan day”, the club released a communiqué remarking it “has nothing to do with the organization of the popular celebration.”