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Over 100,000 march against gay marriage in France: police
More than a hundred thousand people attended rallies across France Saturday in protest at plans to legalize gay marriage, according to police figures obtained by AFP. In Paris alone, 70,000 people turned out at one rally, said police — organisers put the figure at 200,000 — while another 22,000 protested…
Anti-Islam film protests bring boom for Pakistan flag makers
Weeks of protests in Pakistan over the crudely made “Innocence of Muslims” have killed more than 20 people and caused serious damage to major cities, but for Haider business is booming. When the mobilisation against the US film began, “I knew the tills would start ringing”, said the manager at Panaflex…
Closed USS Cole hearing amid protests from defense
US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — A pre-trial hearing for an alleged Al-Qaeda operative accused of masterminding the attack on the USS Cole resumed Wednesday behind closed doors and without the defendant in a US military tribunal — amid protests from his lawyers and media outlets. The session…
China ‘to face more Wukan-style protests’
A senior Communist official who helped defuse a rare revolt by villagers in southern China said the country should be ready for more protests as people demand their rights, state media reported Tuesday. Zhu Mingguo compared the situation in the village of Wukan, where residents angered by years of illegal land grabs drove…
Syria protests spread, arrests in capital: AFP
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Protests spread in Syria on Friday from their southern epicentre of Daraa to Damascus and a town south of the capital, where authorities moved to arrest at least five demonstrators. Hundreds of people marched from Omayyed mosque in the centre of Damascus’ Old City along Souk Al-Hamadiyeh…
Imaginary union demons
Check out this video that Digby posted, particularly the footage starting about 13 seconds in. Look at the images in that video. Take note of what people are wearing, the way the trees look (especially the palm tree), and the ground. Compare it to this picture of the protests from…
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