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February 9, 2013
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  • 21/11/2012 | Argentina

    Quebracho stages protests at Israeli embassy

    Militants from the Quebracho organization, along with other leftist groups, gathered outside of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in order to protest the Middle Eastern country’s attacks in Gaza.

  • 12/12/2012 | Argentina

    Several injured after angry mob stages protest outside Tucumán provincial house

    Several people were reportedly injured and others were arrested during a protest that took place in front of the Tucumán provincial house in downtown Buenos Aires. An angry mob had gathered in front of it to protest the ruling in the Marita Verón case.

  • 13/12/2012 | Argentina

    AGTSyP union members stage protest before City Legislature

    Members of the AGTSyP breakaway subway workers union gathered in front of the City Legislature building downtown today, in protest against the city government’s subway transfer bill.

  • 09/11/2012 | Argentina

    'People don't want to wait 3 years to resolve issues'

    Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri referred to the pot-banging protest that were held at Plaza de Mayo square and the Obelisk by stating that "people doesn't want to wait three years to get their issues solved."

  • 09/11/2012 | Argentina

    Pro-gov't officials say 'the message of the protest remains unclear'

    Kirchnerite Senator Aníbal Fernández assured today that the mass anti-government protest carried out last night did not make him “lose sleep” and furthermore that he was unable to “understand its message."

  • 11/11/2012 | Argentina

    Macri refers to CFK's speech after 8N protest

    Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri referred to the speech President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after the 8N pot-banging protest, and released a photograph of the demonstration.

  • 07/11/2012 | Argentina

    Crossfire on the verge of 8-N anti-gov't protest

    Pro and anti-government officials, politicians and lawmakers took to the nation’s radio stations to speak out on tomorrow’s planned 8-N anti-government pot-banging protest.

  • 08/11/2012 | Argentina

    Other provinces join pot-banging protest

    Citizens and opposition parties' activists marched in the main cities of the country to show their discontent to the government in the midst of the protest denominated "8N."

  • 08/11/2012 | Argentina

    Opposition leaders avoid march, Twitter

    Although many members of opposition blocs took advantage of this demonstration and had already confirmed they were going to take part of it, the main leaders were not present in the "8N" gathering points.

  • 01/11/2012 | Argentina

    Unionists protest against changes in health care scheme

    The White and Blue CGT, led by Luis Barrionuevo staged a protest in downtown Buenos Aires, supported by fellow unionists Pablo Moyano, leader of the truck drivers union, to reject resolution 1200, which affects services provided by union run health care companies.

  • 03/11/2012 | Argentina

    Economy Minister protest against 'vulture funds' in Mexico

    Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino and Central Bank Governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont lead the Argentine delegation in the technical G20 meeting in Mexico, where they insisted on the government’s criticisms against vulture funds and credit rating agencies.

  • 04/11/2012 | Argentina

    De Vido: 'If Macri backs 8N, then he better lead it and tell us his gov't program'

    Planning Minister Julio De Vido said that if BA City Mayor Mauricio Macri feels himself represented by the November 8 movement that’s planning a massive march against the government, “he better take the lead, set a platform at the Obelisk monument and explain what his government program is, if he does have one."

  • 18/10/2012 | Argentina

    Students resume protests, block 9 de Julio Ave

    Students from several high schools in Buenos Aires City blocked the intersection of the 9 de Julio Avenue with Corrientes Ave to protest over curriculum reforms backed by Education Minister Esteban Bullrich, after lifting a month-long sit-in protest.

  • 26/10/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers to protest on Monday

    Subway delegates announced they will leave turnstiles open on Monday and allow passengers to ride for free to as a measure to resume wage talks with Metrovías.

  • 28/10/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers cancel today’s strike

    Subway workers have cancelled their plan to let passengers ride for free between 08 and 10 am today rush hour as the Buenos Aires City government summoned on Sunday the subway union (AGTSyP) for a Wednesday meeting intended to resolve the workers’ wage hike claims.

  • 11/10/2012 | Argentina

    Bus drivers lift strike, resume service

    Bus drivers from the 60 line decided to lift the strike, despite the fact that they did not reach an agreement during Thursday's meeting with Labour Ministry officials. A new meeting is expected to take part tomorrow at the ministry.

  • 15/10/2012 | Argentina

    Border Guard officers continue protest, say Gov't 'didn't give an answer to solve conflict'

    Border Guard officers' spokesman Raúl Maza warned that they did not receive "any answer from the Government" over their wage claims, and stated that they abandoned the protest at the Centinela building because of "reprisals."

  • 18/10/2012 | Argentina

    Villa 31 residents lift Illia highway protest

    Residents of the Villa 31 shanty town continued their protest this morning before the City Legislature in the downtown area of Buenos Aires City but lifted the roadblock which was in place on the Illia highway in the Retiro area.

  • 05/10/2012 | Argentina

    Border, Coast guard protest continues for fourth day

    Border and Coast Guard officers's protest continued for the fourth consecutive day as they demand a wage increase. Gendarmerie's spokesman Raúl Maza told the press that "(Security Ministry's) answer will be given on Tuesday," but warned that "we will remain here until we have a signed and approved decree."

  • 07/10/2012 | Argentina

    Border Guards say gov’t trying to ‘weaken' wage claim

    Coast Guard and Border Guard officers said the government is trying to weaken their wage protest demanding a minimum salary of 7,000 pesos, after the government yesterday suspended at least five non-commissioned Border Guard officers who took part in the protest.

  • 09/10/2012 | Argentina

    Border, Coast Guard officers ratify protest, march to Plaza de Mayo

    A group of 150 Border Guard officers marched to Plaza de Mayo square to demand the Security Ministry to answer to their petition presented by the forces' authorities last week. Gendarmerie's spokesmen stated that they will remain in front of the Centinela building "until we receive an official reply."

  • 20/09/2012 | Argentina

    Protesters lift roadblock on 9 de Julio Avenue

    Members of the CCC social faction lifted a roadblock they were staging on 6 lanes of the 9 de Julio Avenue intersection Belgrano Ave., leaving only two open lanes as they protested in demand of more welfare plans as well as raising the minimum pension floor to 82% of contributors' real average earning.

  • 24/09/2012 | Argentina

    Buzzi's FAA to join CGT-CTA October anti-gov’t protest

    The head of the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA in Spanish), Eduardo Buzzi, confirmed that the entity he rules will join CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, and dissident CTA union umbrella’s leader Pablo Michelli in the October 11 protest against the national government.

  • 03/10/2012 | Argentina

    Gendarmerie, Coast Guard meet new chiefs

    Gendarmerie and retired, off duty Coast Guard officers met with their new chiefs in order to find a solution to the conflict, after Security Minister Nilda Garré relieved the heads of the forces.

  • 30/08/2012 | Argentina

    Riot police clear protesters from Panamerican highway

    Riot Police was sent to the Panamerican Highway to clear a road-block set by protesters from different social movements. Demonstrators from social movements blocked the Buenos Aires major highway for several hours.

  • 13/09/2012 | Argentina

    Pot-banging protests take place across the country

    Thousands of people were marching in different cities to protest against some of the Government latest measures, including re-reelections plans and the increasing restrictions to the purchase of dollars.

  • 14/09/2012 | Argentina

    'The government takes note of every protest' says Aníbal Fernández

    Kirchnerite lawmaker Aníbal Fernández said today that yesterday’s mass protests were “important” and that the government “takes note of every protest” that takes place in the country.

  • 23/07/2012 | Argentina

    Picketers lift protest on BA - La Plata highway

    After five hours of interrupting traffic on the Buenos Aires – La Plata highway, several social organizations that were protesting the late payment of social plan in the Buenos Aires government decided to lift the roadblock.

  • 24/07/2012 | Argentina

    San Antonio de Areco residents lift roadblock after 11-hour protest

    After eleven hours of protests, hundreds of San Antonio de Areco residents who had set up a roadblock on route 41decided to clear the way and let traffic through. They were protesting the poor road conditions in the area.

  • 08/08/2012 | Argentina

    City doctors announce 24-hour strike after Santojanni Hospital incidents

    Workers from city hospitals announced that from tomorrow they are to go on a 24-hour strike, in support of the demands for better safety, put forward first by the staff of public hospital Santojanni in Liniers today.

  • 23/05/2012 | Argentina

    Demonstrators block Corrientes Av. in protest against Uribe

    Leftist organizations and Colombian residents in Argentina were demonstrating a few metres away from the Gran Rex theatre in protest of the presence of former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe, whom they accuse of committing “heinous crimes against the people of his country.”

  • 11/07/2012 | Argentina

    Strike, roadblocks begin in Buenos Aires province

    Teachers, court workers, health and administrative workers in the province of Buenos Aires began their promised 48-hour strike this morning with several roadblocks to protest the government’s payment of midyear bonuses in four installments.

  • 11/07/2012 | Argentina

    Students protest outside City Education Ministry

    Students of City technical schools protest outside the City Education Ministry to reject curriculum reforms backed by Minister Esteban Bullrich.

  • 24/04/2012 | Argentina

    Subway D line service resumed after unexpected protest

    The D line subway line service resumed yesterday at 1.50 pm after being brought to a halt for nearly three hours while workers carried out an unexpected union protest. Earlier, workers pertaining to the AGTSyP union opened turnstiles between 9 am and 11 am allowing passengers to travel for free on their morning commute.

  • 25/04/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers open ticket barriers, to go on strike on Thursday

    Subway workers opened ticket barriers in all six Buenos Aires City subway lines at the head subway stations allowing commuters to travel for free from 9 am to 11 pm on Wednesday.

  • 17/05/2012 | Argentina

    No rubbish recollection in the Capital due to CEAMSE protest

    The City government announced that the rubbish recollection services in the metropolitan area could not operate due to a lock out at the CEAMSE landfill that would not let trucks dispose their loads correctly.

  • 15/02/2012 | Argentina

    Dairy farmers call for national protest in March

    Dairy farmers from the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA) have called for a national protest on March 14th in which they will be picketing in front of dairy factories and giving milk away for free in front of supermarkets. They are asking for a 20 percent hike in the price of dairy raw material.

  • 22/02/2012 | Argentina

    Misiones: Over 700 policemen take over Police station

    At least 700 policemen took over the Police Station in Posadas, Misiones Capital city, as they claimed for better working conditions and a salary hike. Likewise, the policemen requested to be allowed to unionize their men.

  • 10/04/2012 | Argentina

    60 bus line drivers lift roadblock

    60 bus line drivers lifted the roadblock they had staged in Callao and Rivadavia avenues, outside the Congress, to claim for security measures and to protest against the firing of four drivers. Earlier they staged a roadblock at the kilometre 47 mark of Panamericana highway. 

  • 31/01/2012 | Argentina

    Tension rises as teamsters' union warns of 'surprise protest'

    As demands for the reincorporation of two hundred outsourced employees continue, the assistant secretary to the teamsters’ union, Pablo Moyano, warned that his organization is preparing “a surprise protest” amidst a power struggle between the National Government and unions.

  • 14/02/2012 | Argentina

    Former soldiers caught in violent clashes with Police along 9 de Julio Avenue

    A group of former soldiers were caught in violent clashes with police at the intersection of 9 de Julio and Avenida de Mayo as they demanded to be recognized as war veterans. Police sources reported 24 people were detained and 3 officers were injured.

  • 15/02/2012 | Argentina

    CTA leads protest against antiterrorism law in Congress

    Argentine Workers Union (CTA), unions human rights organizations and members of political parties including  UCR, Civic Coalition and Proyecto Sur marched to Congress against anti-terrorism law, because they consider it "aims to criminalize social protest."

  • 29/12/2011 | Argentina

    LAN workers stage protest at Aeroparque airport

    Close to a hundred workers of the LAN airline staged a protest at the check-in area of the Aeroparque Metropolitan airport due to a recent decision by the National Administration of Civil Aviation to suspend all of the airline’s regional flights leaving from that airport.

  • 11/01/2012 | Argentina

    Judge calls off court recess to handle appeals against subway hike

    Judge Fernando Juan Lima called of the court recess in order to handle the appeals filed against the subway fare hike, as passengers rode for free as subway employees left turnstiles open between 7 and 10 am in order to protest the measure.

  • 16/01/2012 | Argentina

    Judge backs City's subway fare hike

    City Judge Fernando Juan Lima rejected the several requests for legal protection filed by union, social, political and student organizations against a 127 percent increase in the subway fare. The single-ride ticket will continue to cost $2.50 pesos.

  • 26/10/2011 | Argentina

    UK's St Paul's to reopen despite 'Wall St' protest

    London's St Paul's Cathedral is expected to reopen to the public, a week after church leaders closed its doors for the first time since World War Two, blaming safety risks posed by anti-capitalism protesters camped outside.

  • 22/11/2011 | Argentina

    Funeral service held for boy killed in Miramar

    A funeral service was being held today, for the 12-year-old boy who was murdered yesterday in Miramar, after thieves attempted to rob his home. Family, friends and neighbours were present to say goodbye to the boy.

  • 14/12/2011 | Argentina

    BA Province Police lift protest after 10-hour stand-off

    The Buenos Aires police officers that were staging a confined protest in their barracks  decided to call off their protest at least until the Internal Affairs department analyzes whether six of them were responsible of violently hitting activists during Daniel Scioli’s inauguration ceremony.

  • 23/08/2011 | Argentina

    San Juan: protesters burn down town hall, police station

    A previously peaceful protest turned ugly last night, as a group of residents protesting against the disappearance of a young man in San José de Jáchal, San Juan province, set fire to the town hall and a local police station, officials reported.

  • 29/09/2011 | Argentina

    Access to Ezeiza Airport partially blocked by protest

    Close to a hundred dockyard workers from the Ezeiza Airport partially blocked the entrance to the Ezeiza International Airport on Thursday afternoon because they claimed they were “not allowed into the premises this morning” in order to conduct the cleaning of the aircrafts.

  • 18/10/2011 | Argentina

    City Gov't assures teachers 'will have strike days deducted'

    The City Government announced this morning that all teachers who go on strike tomorrow and Thursday under the City teacher unions’ announced 48-hour strike “will have to make up all missed classes, and that both strike days will be deducted” from their pay.

  • 22/06/2011 | Argentina

    Long queues and traffic jams in downtown BA due to protests

    Unionists are currently blocking traffic in front of the Obelisk, creating long queues and traffic jams in downtown Buenos Aires. At the same time, a group of picketers stage a protest at the intersection of Avenida de Mayo and Carlos Pellegrini, entirely blocking both streets. A third demonstration is taking place in the Illia Highway, where protesters are partially blocking traffic.

  • 19/07/2011 | Argentina

    Tartagal protestors lift block on 9 de Julio Avenue

    Unemployed activists from the Salta province town Tartagal lifted roadblocks after protesting for the second time in two days. The protestors were blocking off the 9 de Julio Avenue at the junction with Avenida de Mayo.

  • 28/07/2011 | Argentina

    Traffic chaos along Camino del Buen Ayre route due to protest

    A protest along the Camino del Buen Ayre motorway caused significant traffic delays and tailbacks at the José León Suárez intersection.

  • 14/06/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz gov't declares teachers' strike illegal, protesters vow to appeal decision

    By decree, the Santa Cruz province government ordered a 25 percent hike in teachers’ salaries, a raise that had previously been rejected by teachers’ unions, and have ever since refused to comply with a mandatory conciliation and teach classes since April 11. The government also asked the province’s state attorney to declare their strike illegal.

  • 21/06/2011 | Argentina

    Road blocks lifted along 9 de Julio

    A group of union workers were staging a protest this morning, blocking off the 9 de Julio Avenue southbound at the junction with Moreno Street, in Buenos Aires city centre. The manifestation was being held by the Workers of the Tucumán Health Union.

  • 22/06/2011 | Argentina

    Subway service normalizes

    The subway service normalized this morning, after suffering delays due to UTA union disputes on the B line. Subway lines A, D, and H were also running with delays.

  • 10/05/2011 | Argentina

    Sileoni takes balanced approach to Pellegrini school conflict

    Education Minister Alberto Sileoni spoke out about the conflict issues in the Pellegrini school and took a balanced approach by saying that he supported “institutionalism” because “there’s no institution without authority,” but at the same time he did underline that youngsters “should be heard out.”

  • 11/05/2011 | Argentina

    UBA begin new talks with Pellegrini students, parents

    Members of the vice-chancellors office at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) agreed to meet with teachers, parents and students of the Carlos Pellegrini school today, to open a new discussion over the conflict that has plagued the school with authority troubles in recent weeks

  • 08/06/2011 | Argentina

    CTA workers stage nationwide protests, cause city traffic chaos

    Members of Pablo Micheli’s Argentine Workers Union (CTA) were staging nationwide protests today, as well as staging a march towards Plaza de Mayo demanding pension increases and earning tax elimination for workers. The Buenos Aires-La Plata route was being blocked off in both directions as well as 9 de Julio Avenue, and Pueyrredón and Saavedra bridges.

  • 31/03/2011 | Argentina

    Union members clash after subway strike

    Thousands of subway passengers were affected by a strike for several hours after a union’s conflict that led to the clash between delegates of the union at the Constitución station.

  • 12/04/2011 | Argentina

    Meat workers lift protest on Panamericana highway, Pacheco

    Workers from a meat processing plant were blocking the Panamericana highway in protest this morning, in the area of Pachecho. Authorities arrived to the scene and re-opened the central lanes however traffic coming into the city should expect delays.

  • 04/05/2011 | Argentina

    Students enforce another takeover at Carlos Pellegrini School

    Students of the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini took over the school once again, protesting for the changes which they had previously asked to be made. They are expected to continue to block the entrance to the school disabling access for authorities trying to enter, and have caused for all school activites to be cancelled.

  • 11/02/2011 | Argentina

    Union workers block routes to protest Venegas' arrest

    Workers from the UATRE farm hands union lifted traffic blocks along the Pueyrredón Bridge and in several routes throughout the country. They were requesting the liberation of union leader Gerónimo Venegas, who was arrested yesterday in the tampered medicine case.

  • 23/02/2011 | Argentina

    Outsourced railway workers, gov't reach agreement

    Outsourced railway workers have reached an agreement with the Labour Ministry over their demand for permanent jobs and announced that they have lifted the blockade of the train tracks along the Roca Line, at Avellaneda station.


  • 22/03/2011 | Argentina

    CEAMSE workers lift strike, City government urges citizens not to take out garbage

    Despite CEAMSE outsourced workers lifted their strike, City government urged citizens no to take out the garbage.

  • 23/12/2010 | Argentina

    Tension in Constitución train station after 8-hour strike

    Passengers from the ex Roca railway line caused serious incidents at the Constitución train station as a result of the protest that was being carried out by a group of outsourced employees.

  • 08/02/2011 | Argentina

    José León Suárez residents protest killings in train derailment case

    José León Suárez residents, along with several social organizations, led a demonstration in front of the 4th police precinct in order to protest the deaths of two young men last week during a robbery attempt to a derailed train in the area.

  • 09/02/2011 | Argentina

    'We will not negotiate under pressure,' Schiavi tells outsourced railroad workers

    Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi criticized the protester’s decision to interrupt the San Martín line railroad tracks during the morning and repeated that “their right to make demands does not enable them to block the functioning of a public service.”

  • 19/01/2013 | World

    Anti-racism protesters rally in Athens after stabbing

    Hundreds of demonstrators paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face in protest at racist attacks in the country.

  • 20/01/2013 | World

    Man sets himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square

    A Czech man set himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square today, just days after the anniversary of student Jan Palach's immolation in 1969 to protest at the occupation of Czechoslovakia, police said.

  • 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

  • 11/12/2012 | World

    Michigan passes public sector 'right-to-work' law amid protests

    US Republican-majority Michigan legislature gave final approval to "right-to-work" restrictions on public sector unions in a state considered a stronghold of organized labour, as protesters chanted in the gallery and thousands rallied outside.

  • 17/12/2012 | World

    Egypt opposition to protest against 'invalid' constitution

    Egypt's opposition plans new protests on Tuesday against a planned Islamist-backed constitution that looks set to be approved in the second round of a referendum next weekend.

  • 13/01/2013 | World

    Russians protest against ban on adoptions by Americans

    Thousands of demonstrators gathered for a march in Moscow to protest against a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, saying President Vladimir Putin's government had made orphans pawns in a political dispute.

  • 23/11/2012 | World

    Protests after Mursi assumes powers in Egypt

    Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decision to assume sweeping powers caused fury amongst his opponents and prompted violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities today.

  • 06/12/2012 | World

    Greek police clash with youths over 2008 shooting

    Greek police fired tear gas at youths hurling petrol bombs and stones in Athens today after a peaceful march to mark the 2008 police killing of a teenager that sparked the country's worst riots in decades.

  • 10/12/2012 | World

    Hungarian students block Danube bridges in anti-cuts protest

    More than 1,000 students rallied in Budapest today against the Hungarian government's planned cuts in subsidies to finance college tuition, blocking bridges over the Danube in freezing weather.

  • 08/10/2012 | World

    Thousands of Greek protesters tell Merkel she is not welcome

    About 8,000 demonstrators chanted anti-austerity slogans and hoisted banners warning Angela Merkel she was not welcome in Greece at a protest, the eve of a visit by the German chancellor.

  • 05/11/2012 | World

    Hundreds rally in protest over 'stolen' Ukraine election

    Hundreds of people rallied in central Kiev to protest against what the Ukrainian opposition says was vote-rigging by President Viktor Yanukovich's ruling party in the October 28 parliamentary election.

  • 08/11/2012 | World

    8N pots banging in Australia

    A group of Argentine expats have anticipated tonight’s march against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration and set a pot-bashing protest in front of the Argentine Consulate in Sydney, Australia.

  • 02/08/2012 | World

    'Don't judge Pussy Riot too harshly,' Putin says

    President Vladimir Putin said the three women in the band Pussy Riot who performed a "protest prayer" at Russia's main cathedral should not be judged too harshly, raising defence lawyers' hopes that they could escape lengthy jail terms.

  • 11/09/2012 | World

    Vast crowds demand Catalan autonomy from crisis-hit Spain

    Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona in an unprecedented show of mass support for autonomy from Madrid, blaming Spain's economic crisis for dragging their wealthy region down.

  • 25/09/2012 | World

    Protesters demonstrate in front of CFK's hotel in NY

    Over a hundred protesters demonstrated in front of the hotel where President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is staying at in New York, holding similar signs to the ones seen at the September 13 pot-banging protest.

  • 11/07/2012 | World

    Spanish police clash with protesting miners

    Police fired rubber bullets at protesting miners, injuring several people, during a demonstration against slashes in coal subsidies aimed at trimming the budget deficit of the euro zone's fourth largest economy.

  • 13/07/2012 | World

    Spanish workers block roads, rail in cuts protest

    Spanish workers blocked streets and railways in Madrid in protests against new austerity measures they said hurt ordinary people more than the bankers and politicians they blame for the economic crisis.

  • 21/07/2012 | World

    Spanish protests swell as jobless march on Madrid

    Hundreds of unemployed Spaniards who had travelled hundreds of kilometres (miles) on foot to Madrid joined protests against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government and its handling of an economic crisis in the EU country.

  • 12/05/2012 | World

    Thousands march against economic gloom in Spain, UK

    Thousands of Spaniards fed up with economic misery and waving banners against bankers marched on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the grassroots "Indignados" movement that has sparked similar protests around the world.

  • 24/05/2012 | World

    Quebec premier replaces aide, student arrests mount

    The embattled premier of Quebec replaced a key aide, the day after almost 700 people were arrested for taking part in the latest in a series of student demonstrations to rock the Canadian province.

  • 19/06/2012 | World

    Thousands protest in Egypt against ruling military

    Thousands of people marched in Egypt today to protest against the ruling military’s bid to grab new powers, following Sunday’s historic presidential elections. Both Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq claimed victory.

  • 17/01/2012 | World

    Hundreds of Occupy protesters rally at US Capitol

    Several hundred demonstrators with the Occupy movement rallied outside the US Capitol building to denounce what they called the influence of money in Congress.

  • 11/02/2012 | World

    Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty

    Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.

  • 24/02/2012 | World

    Angry Afghan protesters march towards presidential palace

    Hundreds of demonstrators marched towards the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul as a fourth day of protests erupted over the burning of Korans at a NATO base, with riot police and soldiers on high alert.

  • 12/12/2011 | World

    Libyans protest in Benghazi against new leaders

    Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to show their frustration with leaders who came to power after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.

  • 23/12/2011 | World

    Thousands sign up for new Russian protest

    More than 40,000 Russians have signed up online to protest in Moscow on Saturday against a disputed election, dismissing Kremlin promises of political change.

  • 16/01/2012 | World

    Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors

    Twelve people were killed in Syria, where a peace plan monitored by Arab observers has failed to douse a 10-month-old struggle between President Bashar al-Assad and his foes.

  • 29/11/2011 | World

    Iranian protesters enter UK compound in Tehran

    Iranian protesters stormed the British Embassy compound in Tehran, smashing windows and burning the British flag during a rally to protest against sanctions imposed by Britain, live Iranian television showed.

  • 30/11/2011 | World

    Police take down Occupy LA camp, arrest nearly 300

    Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from their camp around Los Angeles City Hall, arresting nearly 300 people and fencing off the area.

  • 30/11/2011 | World

    Egyptians await poll results, Islamists see gains

    Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power of the generals.

  • 05/10/2011 | World

    Labour unions set to join Wall Street protests

    Labour unions including nurses, and transit workers were set to join the growing anti-Wall Street movement march through New York's financial district, and some college students walked out of classes in solidarity.

  • 09/10/2011 | World

    Wall Street protesters look to expand NY presence

    Anti-Wall Street demonstrators said they are growing out of their lower Manhattan encampment and are exploring options to expand to other public spaces in New York City.

  • 10/10/2011 | World

    Chicago street protests target financial industry

    Thousands of protesters, including teachers and religious leaders, converged on downtown Chicago to rally against economic inequality, with two financial industry events in their crosshairs.

  • 18/06/2011 | World

    Greeks protest, almost half oppose austerity

    Thousands of Greeks marched on parliament in a show of unabated public anger after Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed to push on with an austerity campaign that a poll showed half the country opposed.

  • 01/10/2011 | World

    Thousands march in Portugal against austerity

    Tens of thousands marched in Lisbon and Porto to protest against austerity measures imposed under the terms of an EU/IMF bailout, the first major rallies since a centre-right government took power in Portugal in June.

  • 02/10/2011 | World

    More than 700 arrested in Wall Street protest

    Police reopened the Brooklyn Bridge evening after more than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested for blocking traffic lanes and attempting an unauthorized march across the span.

  • 23/04/2011 | World

    Thousands march in Hong Kong to demand release of China's Ai

    Over one thousand protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets to demand the release of detained Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei, scuffling briefly with police.

  • 05/06/2011 | World

    Greek austerity plan draws 80,000 to Athens square

    Greek government plans for yet more austerity to satisfy its international lenders brought at least 80,000 protesters on to a central Athens square to vent their fury at the nation's plight. 

  • 11/06/2011 | World

    Thousands rally for reform in Bahrain

    Thousands of Bahrainis shouting "we are victorious" gathered for a rally for political reform, in the first large demonstration since the Gulf Arab state crushed a democracy protest movement in March.

  • 18/03/2011 | World

    Thirty dead after Yemen forces open fire at protest

    Yemeni security forces and pro-government gunmen killed at least 30 people and wounded around 50 others when they opened fire at a protest in Sanaa after Muslim prayers, medical sources and witnesses confirmed.

  • 11/04/2011 | World

    Egypt PM says regrets protest crackdown, sets probe

    Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf expressed regret for a violent crackdown on demonstrators in Cairo at the weekend and said he had asked the minister of justice to investigate.

  • 17/04/2011 | World

    Assad pledge fails to quell Syria anger; troops fire

    Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters at a funeral, witnesses said, and an announcement that President Bashar al-Assad would lift 48-years of emergency rule failed to quell fury on the streets.

  • 26/02/2011 | World

    Labour protests draw thousands across United States

    Thousands of people rallied in cities across the United States against a Wisconsin plan to curb the power of public sector unions that has sparked similar government efforts in other states.

  • 11/03/2011 | World

    Wisconsin enacts union curbs, rescinds layoffs

    Wisconsin's governor signed into law sweeping limits on collective bargaining rights for public sector workers that have ignited a national debate over unions as other states weigh similar curbs.

  • 12/03/2011 | World

    Up to 100,000 protest Wisconsin law curbing unions

    Up to 100,000 people protested at the Wisconsin state Capitol against a new law curbing the union rights of public workers that is seen as one of the biggest challenges in decades facing US organized labour.

  • 05/02/2011 | World

    Two dead after Tunisian police fire at protesters

    At least two people were killed and 17 others were wounded in northern Tunisia after police opened fire to quell protesters who threw fire bombs and stones at a police station, an interior ministry source said.

  • 05/02/2011 | World

    Police avert clashes at anti-Islamist rally

    About 1,500 far-right protesters marched through the centre of Luton to rally against "militant Islam," requiring a heavy police presence to avert clashes with 1,000 anti-fascist demonstrators.

  • 14/02/2011 | World

    Iran opposition protests, agency reports shooting

    Thousands of Iranian opposition activists rallied in support of popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and a semi-official news agency said one person was shot dead and several wounded by protesters.

  • 29/01/2011 | World

    Mubarak names deputy as protesters defy curfew

    Egypt's president gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after protests that have rocked the foundations of the state.

  • 04/02/2011 | World

    Mubarak hangs on after mass protests in Egypt

    Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians marched peacefully in Cairo to demand an immediate end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, but there was no sign of the army or the president's US allies forcing him out just yet.

  • 05/02/2011 | World

    Egypt tries to return to work, protests hit economy

    Egypt's government tried to get the nation back to work and people queued in Cairo when banks opened for the first time in a week as protests to force President Hosni Mubarak to quit entered their 13th day.

  • 17/12/2010 | World

    Italy minister says Rome violence was pre-planned

    An Italian government minister said violence during protests in Rome this week was pre-planned by political extremists, and rejected media reports that young people have become disillusioned with politicians.

  • 15/01/2011 | World

    Clashes in Athens over anti-migrant fence

    Far-right protesters threw stones at a pro-migrant march in Athens before being dispersed by bursts of teargas, police said, in the latest sign of tension over the capital's growing immigrant population.

  • 21/01/2011 | World

    Three shot dead at Albania anti-government protest

    Three men were shot dead as protesters battled police at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital, in what Prime Minister Sali Berisha called an opposition attempt to foment a Tunisia-style uprising.

  • 25/06/2011 | Latin America

    Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash

    Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport, officials said, as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police.

  • 23/07/2012 | Latin America

    Peru's Humala shuffles cabinet to calm protests

    President Ollanta Humala named human rights lawyer Juan Jimenez prime minister as the Peruvian leader shuffled his cabinet to calm a wave of violent anti-mining protests.

  • 04/09/2012 | Latin America

    Chile's Congress approves tax reform to overhaul schools

    Chile's Congress approved major changes in tax laws aimed to provide funds for an overhaul of the nation's protest-hit schools, handing unpopular President Sebastian Piñera a welcome victory a month from municipal elections.

  • 18/08/2012 | Entertainment

    Madonna adds her voice to critics of Pussy Riot verdict

    Madonna, who had already voiced her support for the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, today joined a chorus of celebrities in slamming a jail sentence handed down in Moscow to three women from the group over a protest against President Vladimir Putin.

  • 30/08/2011 | Entertainment

    Daryl Hannah arrested in White House protest

    Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah was briefly arrested outside the White House during a protest against a proposed $7 billion oil pipeline, police said.

  • 23/04/2012 | Entertainment

    Noah Wyle arrested at protest in Washington

    Actor Noah Wyle was arrested at a healthcare protest in Washington, DC, following in the footsteps of his former "ER" co-star George Clooney, who also taken into police custody at a recent political rally.

  • 06/08/2012 | Entertainment

    Madonna says jailing Russia's Pussy Riot would be tragedy

    Pop singer Madonna urged Russia not to jail three women from the punk band Pussy Riot for staging a protest in a church, while jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky likened their trial to a medieval inquisition.


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