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Clashes between police and anti-austerity demonstrators in Madrid

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Clashes between police and anti-austerity demonstrators in Madrid

11:41 26/09/2012

At least 65 people were injured and 27 arrested as baton-wielding police clashed with protesters, who attempted to surround the building of the Spanish parliament in Madrid.

Libyan Militias to Disband
07:44 23/09/2012
Shortly after military police and protesters routed militias from the Libyan city of Benghazi, a powerful militia in the country’s east voiced its plans to disband
Hezbollah Urges New Lebanon Protests over Anti-Islam Movie
06:38 17/09/2012
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has called for new protests in Lebanon over a movie thought to be offensive to Muslims
Pussy Riot Lawyer Summoned Over Anti-Putin Rally
13:50 10/09/2012
A lawyer for the anti-Putin punk band Pussy Riot has been summoned for questioning over his role in a May 6 opposition rally that turned violent.
For Putin, Folksy Phrases a Personal Affair
17:18 06/09/2012
When Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks, he speaks to the “everyman.”
In Interview, Putin Defends Policies and Offers Warnings to the World
15:30 06/09/2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his most controversial policies in a whirlwind interview with the RT television news network on Thursday, defending what his critics say is his crackdown on dissent, repeating the Kremlin’s warnings against foreign intervention in Syria, and engaging foreign rivals over contested issues.2
Putin Justifies ‘Clampdown,’ Trumpets Reforms
12:34 06/09/2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin has justified what critics have said is a clampdown on dissent as a necessary move to maintain order in Russia and praised what he says are democratic reforms he introduced in the wake of mass protests against his rule.
Moscow Protesters Released
10:14 01/09/2012
Eduard Limonov, leader of the unregistered Other Russia party, was released along with some 30 other participants in a protest rally at Moscow’s Triumfalnaya Square, a city police spokesman said on Saturday.
Moscow Opposition Applies for ‘March of Millions’
09:31 31/08/2012
Moscow’s opposition has applied to hold the third “March of Millions” on September 15 that will be held under the slogan for “Snap Elections! and Against Repression!” opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov said on Friday.
Sleaze War Brews in Russian Parliament
16:37 27/08/2012
A smear campaign is picking up steam in the Russian State Duma, where lawmakers from the opposition and the “party of power” are accusing each other of illegally running businesses on the side.
Egypt Sentences 76 for Attacks on Israeli, Saudi Embassies
07:45 27/08/2012
A man has been sentenced to five years in prison and another 75 people received one-year suspended sentences in Egypt for attacks on the Israeli and Saudi embassies in the capital Cairo last year
Egypt's Anti-Islamist Counter-Revolution Falls Flat
12:31 26/08/2012
Organizers had called it "a second revolution" to topple Muslim Brotherhood rule in Egypt, but last Friday's so-called "million people rally" failed to draw the massive support the opposition activists had hoped for. It was also proclaimed "a failure" by revolutionary forces which had earlier announced their decision not to take part.
Clashes Resume in Northern Lebanese City
15:30 24/08/2012
Clashes between Sunnis and Alawites resumed on Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, national media said.
Protesters in Tajikistan Return Home
14:23 24/08/2012
Protesters in the eastern Tajik town of Khorog have cleared out of the central square that was the site of three days of mass protests calling for government troops to withdraw from the region after an accord with the government was reached, a local journalist told RIA Novosti on Friday.
Rebel Leader Death Protests Continue in Tajikistan
16:10 23/08/2012
Crowds of demonstrators continued to occupy the central square of the eastern Tajikistan town of Khorog on Thursday, on the second day of protests sparked by the killing of an influential local leader, Radio Liberty reported.
Two More Detained Over May 6 Unrest
23:12 26/07/2012
Two more suspects have been detained as part of a criminal investigation into the May 6 unrest on Moscow's Bolotnaya Ploshchad during a demonstration, Russia's Investigative Committee said on Thursday on its website.
Russian Opposition Rallies to Protest Arrests
21:27 26/07/2012
Opposition activists staged on Thursday a rally in downtown Moscow to protest the arrests of 13 people over riots at a previous rally in May.
Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, July 23
14:20 23/07/2012
Police Admonished for Brutality on Bolotnaya Square, Ministry Admits Guilt / Finance Ministry Urges 20 percent Cut in Defense Spending / Parliamentary Parties Demonstrate Loyalty to Putin
Russia to Back Pakistani Draft on Syria Monitor Mission
04:26 20/07/2012
Russia will support a draft resolution on a technical extension of the UN observer mission in Syria for 45 days
Israeli Man Sets Himself on Fire in Anti-Government Protest
03:28 15/07/2012
A 52-year-old Israeli man set himself on fire on Saturday during a Tel Aviv demonstration marking the anniversary of last summer's social protests

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