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Protestors in China clash with police
Police in a south China city bordering Vietnam clashed with thousands of rioters who were protesting against excessive brutality meted out to a suspected smuggler, the government and a rights group said. The incident occurred Friday in Dongxing city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with rioters destroying numerous police and…
Kuwait police use stun grenades against protest
Kuwaiti riot police used stun grenades and smoke bombs against thousands of demonstrators who blocked a major road south of the capital on Sunday as the emir met four leading opposition figures. After elite special forces and police completely sealed off the original protest site in Kuwait City, organisers told…
Official: 65-year-old man dies during Athens protest
ATHENS: A 65-year-old man died from heart failure during a demonstration in Athens Thursday where riot police fired tear gas to repel firebomb-throwing protesters, a health ministry official said. “A 65-year-old man was taken to hospital where efforts to revive him failed,” the official told AFP, adding: “There were no…
Police fire rubber bullets at Madrid protest
MADRID — Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets at baton-charged protesters Tuesday as thousands rallied near parliament in Madrid in anger at the economic crisis, in clashes that left 14 people wounded. Riot police in helmets charged to clear thousands of protestors who swamped the Plaza de Neptuno square yelling…
Police chopper, riot squad meet lone anti-Islam cartoon protestor
A police helicopter and 60 riot police deployed Saturday in central Marseille to prevent any protests about anti-Islam cartoons, but only a single demonstrator turned out. Around 30 journalists were also on hand to witness the man’s attempt to defy an official ban on protests about a French magazine that…
Riot police beat students in Spain protest: witnesses
VALENCIA, Spain — Baton-wielding riot police charged, beat and arrested several demonstrators at a student protest against spending cuts in the Spanish city of Valencia on Monday, reporters at the scene said. The clashes broke out in the mid-afternoon after students protesting against education budget cuts, which they say have…
Police dismantle ‘Occupy LA & Philly’ protest camps
Hundreds of riot police flooded into downtown Los Angeles andPhiladelphia early Wednesday to clear anti-Wall Street protest camps in mostly peaceful operations that saw dozens arrested. The latest moves targeting the two-month-old protest movement against corporate greed and inequality came days after announced eviction deadlines and did not bring the running clashes and…
Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police
During protests in Warsaw last weekend, one crafty activist deployed a flying drone to spy on riot police. YouTube user latajacakamera — or “flying camera” in Polish — uploaded the amazing video that the drone effortlessly captured as it hovered over teargas-filled streets. In another video, the unmanned aerial vehicle…
Will ‘Occupy Portland’ be evicted today? WATCH LIVE
According to various reports on Twitter, more than a thousand supporters and witnesses have shown up in support of the “Occupy” protesters in Portland. Minutes before the planned eviction, which is to take place at Midnight PT, the crowd appears exuberant. UPDATE: 12:33 a.m. PT: ‘Occupy Portland’ still stands. Protesters…
London students march amid heavy police presence
Thousands of students marched through London against cuts in university funding as a massive police operation prevented a repeat of the violence at similar protests a year ago. Organisers said 10,000 people joined the march on Wednesday through the heart of the financial district in protest against the government’s tripling…
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