Protests
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Clashes, Defiance In US Anti-Corruption Protests
World | Oct 15, 2011, 07:43 AM ISTNew York, Oct 15: Americans protesting corporate greed and inequality faced down authorities in parks and plazas across the country ahead of what organizers describe as 24 hours of public action planned Saturday in cities
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Protests Rise Over Koodankulam; Scientists' Entry Prevented
India | Oct 13, 2011, 10:11 PM ISTTirunelveli (TN), Oct 13: Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, agitators today staged a roadblock in front of the plant site, preventing entry of scientists and workers into the complex.The protest
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Lokpal Bill: Protests Outside Rahul Gandhi's Residence
India | Aug 26, 2011, 10:08 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 26: Hours after Rahul Gandhi disapproved of Anna Hazare's hunger strike, Jan Lokpal supporters protested outside his residence raising slogans for a strong anti-corruption law.The demonstration lasted for about 30 minutes before
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Ongoing Protests An Internal Matter Of India, Says US
India | Aug 19, 2011, 12:30 PM ISTWashington, Aug 19 : Asserting that the ongoing protests on Lok Pal bill is an internal matter of India, the US today exuded confidence that New Delhi would be able to address its current political
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Hazare's Arrest: Sibal Faces Protests At Seminar
India | Aug 17, 2011, 04:57 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 16: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal was today greeted with protests from Anna Hazare supporters at a seminar on Lokpal here, hours after the arrest of the Gandhian.The students reportedly from Jawaharlal Nehru
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Lokpal Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha, Team Anna Stages Protests
India | Aug 04, 2011, 10:41 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 4 : The much-debated Lokpal Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today amid objections from the BJP and its NDA partners over exclusion of the Prime Minister from the purview of
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Delhi Police Issues New Order For Holding Rallies, Protests
India | Jul 03, 2011, 12:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 3 : Having learnt their lesson the hard way after the Ramdev fiasco, Delhi Police has laid down strict guidelines for organizers of future protests, reports Times of India. An order, signed
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Left Gives Call For Strikes, Protests Demanding Rollback
India | Jun 25, 2011, 02:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 25: Slamming the government for the fuel price hike, the Left parties today demanded its immediate rollback and asked their units to organise protest actions all over the country.Attacking the government for
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Protests In Kupwara After A Man Dies In Army Firing
India | Apr 16, 2011, 08:28 PM ISTSrinagar, Apr 16: An unidentified man was killed in Army firing in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, leading to protests by the locals, official sources said.The body of the unidentified man, bearing bullet marks, was
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Omar Makes Fun Of Anna Hazare Protests
India | Apr 09, 2011, 06:29 PM ISTSrinagar, Apr 9: Noting that people's power was not only about "three nights of candles and music", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was amused to see the sort of people
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Hazare Campaign Spreads To More Cities, BSY, Nitish Extend Support
India | Apr 08, 2011, 06:10 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 8: The protests against corruption spearheaded by social activist Anna Hazare spread to more cities and small towns today, as Chief Ministers of Bihar and Karnataka threw their weight behind the movement.Thousands
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Protest Spreads In Syria As Police Move On Mosque
World | Mar 23, 2011, 09:49 AM ISTDamascus (Syria), Mar 22: Protests spread in southern Syria today as hundreds of people marched to demand reforms in a previously peaceful village, witnesses and activists said.Troops and protesters faced off in a nearby city
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Mayawati Craks The Whip, Akhilesh Yadav Arrested
India | Mar 09, 2011, 12:36 PM ISTLucknow, Mar 9 : On the last day of Samajwadi Party's state-wide agitation against the Mayawati government, party state president Akhilesh Yadav was today arrested at the Amausi airport as soon as he landed here
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Egypt Protests- New Coptic Christians In Demo Against Discrimination
World | Mar 08, 2011, 09:59 AM ISTEgypt Protests- New Coptic Christians In Demo Against Discrimination Cairo, Mar 8: In a sign of simmering unrest in Egypt, thousands of Coptic Christians protested in Cairo on Monday to demand an end to the
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Malaysia Charges 11 Indians After Race Protests
World | Mar 02, 2011, 12:59 PM ISTKuala Lumpur, Mar. 2: Malaysian prosecutors charged 11 ethnic Indian activists with being members of an outlawed group linked to recent protests against racial discrimination, a lawyer said Wednesday. The charges are an apparent attempt
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Anti-Gaddafi Protests Spread To Capital Tripoli, 61 Killed
World | Feb 21, 2011, 10:21 PM ISTTripoli, Feb 21: More than 60 people have been reported dead after more violence in the Libyan capital as angry protests against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 40-year rule escalate across the country, reports Al Jazeera..At
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Mubarak's 30-Years-Rule Comes To An End
World | Feb 12, 2011, 08:58 AM ISTCairo, Feb 11: He survived assassination attempts and wave after wave of Mideast crises, a solid ally of the West whose stable image reassured many Egyptians. Hosni Mubarak ended his presidency Friday as a symbol
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Doctors, Lawyers Join Anti-Mubarak Protests In Cairo
World | Feb 10, 2011, 07:46 PM ISTCairo, Feb 10: Doctors in white lab coats and lawyers in black robes streamed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Thursday as labor unrest across the country gave powerful momentum to Egypt's wave of anti-government protests.
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Anti-Mubarak Protests In Several US Cities
World | Feb 07, 2011, 11:57 AM ISTNew Orleans, Jan 6 : Hundreds calling for the departure of Egypt's president peacefully demonstrated in several U.S. cities on Saturday, showing solidarity with the large, anti-government throngs that have taken over a sprawling public
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Mirwaiz Farooq Faces Protests In Kolkata
India | Nov 28, 2010, 06:10 PM ISTKolkata, Nov 28 (PTI) Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today faced protests by members of BJP's student wing who hurled eggs at his vehicle here and diplayed banners, prompting police to arrest 25 of