”rubber bullets” News

Brazil police occupy Sao Paulo slum after clashes

SAO PAULO – Hundreds of riot police occupied one of Sao Paulo 's biggest slums Tuesday following a night of clashes in which three police officers were shot. Bands of
02 5 2009 4:08PM (...more)

Police in Bahrain clash with protesters

MANAMA, Bahrain – Riot police in the capital of Bahrain used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters angry with perceived government discrimination against the Shiite
02 2 2009 12:21AM (...more)

Forty held as Lithuanian austerity drive demo turns violent

VILNIUS (AFP) – Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to ward off protesters outside Lithuania 's parliament Friday, as thousands joined a demonstration against an austerity
01 17 2009 9:59AM (...more)

Muslim world expresses anger at Gaza assault

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP) – Ten of thousands of Muslims took to the streets Friday from Jakarta to Nouakchott to demonstrate their anger at the Israeli action in Gaza, with the biggest protest taking place in neighbouring Egypt. More than 50,000 Egyptians rallied after Friday
01 10 2009 10:20AM (...more)

Thousands of protesters rally against Israel

CAIRO, Egypt – An estimated 50,000 people protested in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria after Friday prayers, joining thousands of people in more than a dozen cities in the Middle East and elsewhere rallying against the Israeli
01 10 2009 10:04AM (...more)

Civilians take brunt of 7th day of Gaza offensive

GAZA (Reuters) – The civilian death toll climbed in Israel's air offensive against the Gaza Strip on Friday and Palestinian Islamists vowed revenge for the killing of a senior Hamas leader and his family. There was no sign of a ceasefire on the seventh day of the conflict,
01 3 2009 8:33AM (...more)

Protesters worldwide keep up pressure over Gaza

PARIS, (AFP) – Protesters denouncing Israel 's deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip returned to the streets in demonstrations around the world to keep up the pressure for an end to the violence. As Israel, under increasing
12 31 2008 7:21PM (...more)

Palestinian boy injured by Israeli gunshots

JERUSALEM (AFP) – A 13-year-old Palestinian boy suffered serious head wounds after being shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron , witnesses said. The Israeli
12 13 2008 12:21PM (...more)

Palestinians protest at Hebron settler violence

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians protested on Friday against a rampage by Jewish settlers in response to Israel's eviction of Jews from a disputed building in Hebron , and Israel
12 8 2008 12:21PM (...more)

SAfrica police fire rubber bullets at protesters

JOHANNESBURG – Police say they fired rubber bullets to scatter violent residents protesting their poor living conditions in several eastern South African towns. Police spokesman Captain Leonard Hlathi said Tuesday protesters
10 14 2009 7:28AM (...more)