”protests” News

Helicopters swoop on Kenyan mob

NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan military helicoptersswooped to break up machete-wielding mobs on Tuesday as thekilling of an opposition legislator stoked bloody protestsacross the east African country.
01 29 2008 11:51PM (...more)

Protesters detained in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Parliament held its first session Friday as police arrested several people protesting an election that strengthened Kyrgyzstan 's president but opened the door for further turmoil.
12 22 2007 9:05AM (...more)

Myanmar gov't holds rally in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - Thousands at a government-staged mass rally in Yangon shouted slogans Saturday against Western powers and the foreign media, whom the military regime accuses of fomenting recent pro-democracy protests .
10 13 2007 5:45PM (...more)

France to strengthen video surveillance system

PARIS (Reuters) - France will triple its number of video surveillance cameras by 2009, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Friday, adding the measure was necessary to fight terrorism and street crime.
10 12 2007 11:31PM (...more)

Nepal Maoists vow to disrupt assembly elections

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal 's Maoist former rebels vowed on Tuesday to disrupt preparations for November's historic elections for a special assembly meant to write a new constitution, unless the monarchy was abolished immediately.
09 18 2007 9:21PM (...more)

Iran says 4,000 initially arrested in vote unrest

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday that 4,000 people were initially arrested by security forces in the crackdown on protesters after June's disputed presidential election . "In the aftermath
08 20 2009 11:53PM (...more)

New Momentum -- But No Clear Goal -- for Iran's Street Protests

Not a single fan showed up Aug. 7 for the opening match of Iran 's avidly followed football season. After the government caught wind of plans by protesters to bring the street demonstrations into the 100,000-seat national stadium, authorities decided
08 19 2009 11:13AM (...more)

Thousands rally in Tehran with bitter new cry

TEHRAN, Iran — Chanting a bitter new rallying cry, thousands of Iranians marched through Tehran Thursday in the latest protest over last month's disputed presidential
07 14 2009 11:43AM (...more)

Tehran police chief: few arrests in protest

CAIRO – Tehran's police chief said Friday that few arrests were made in opposition protests that erupted a day earlier in the Iranian capital in an opposition attempt to revive street demonstrations over the country's disputed election. The lack of an overwhelming crackdown —
07 14 2009 11:17AM (...more)

Iran police fire in air to disperse protesters

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian police fired in the air to disperse pro-reform demonstrators in central Tehran on Thursday, nearly four weeks after a disputed election triggered mass protests in the capital, a witness said. The witness also said he saw police detaining several people
07 10 2009 2:09PM (...more)