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China has stepped up a row with the US over its decision to award the Dalai Lama one of its highest honours, by summoning the US ambassador to protest.
The US has "gravely undermined" ties with Beijing by giving him the Congressional Gold Medal, China..
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CBC
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Quebec provincial police admitted Thursday that their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators during the protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello, Que.
However, the police force denied allegations its undercover officers were t..
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BBC News
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Pro-family groups are holding a rally in the Italian capital, Rome, to protest against legislation giving more rights to homosexual couples.
Organisers of the "Family Day" expect at least 100,000 to attend the rally, backed by the Roman Catholic Church..
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BBC News
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Tens of thousands of Turks have taken to the streets again to show their support for Turkey's secular system.
The protest in the western town of Manisa comes a day before a key vote in parliament on the presidency.
The ruling AK party, whose roots a..
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BBC News
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Tens of thousands of people have marched through Mexico City in a protest against the rising price of tortillas...
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CNN
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British environmental activists climbed onto the roof of the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday in protest at plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport. Five protesters had gained access to the roof, unfurling a banner reading "No third runway"..
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BBC News
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France is suffering travel chaos after transport and energy workers broadened a strike in protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform.
Rail services were severely disrupted and energy production reduced in the open-ended action over cuts..
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CNN
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A member of a Japanese right-wing group was arrested on Thursday after he sent his severed little finger to the ruling party's headquarters in protest at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to visit a Tokyo war shrine.
Abe stayed away from Yasukuni Shr..
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BBC News
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Dozens of police officers have been inspecting a camp set up by climate change protesters near Heathrow Airport.
Up to 2,000 people are expected to pitch their tents on Tuesday for a week-long protest against plans to expand the airport.
About 250 c..
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BBC News
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A climate change protest camp has been set up outside Heathrow airport, two days earlier than had been expected.
Thousands of protesters are expected at the Camp for Climate Action, which organisers say will highlight the link between aviation and glob..
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CNN
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Labor unions in Nigeria called Monday for a general nationwide strike to protest a government price hike on automobile fuel.
The strike is to begin Wednesday, and the unions said it would continue until the increase is repealed, said Abdulwaheed Omar,..
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BBC News
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales has joined a street football match to protest against Fifa's ban on international games at high altitude.
Mr Morales said that if he and his ministers could play at more than 2,500m (8,200ft) above sea level, so too coul..
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FOX News
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A British performance artist has eaten a dog to protest the British royal family's treatment of animals.
Mark McGowan, a vegetarian, ate a plate of meatballs made from a corgi — Queen Elizabeth II's favorite breed of dog — on a radio show Tuesday n..
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CNN
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Three Americans and a Tibetan-American were detained on Mount Everest on Wednesday as they called for independence for Tibet and protested against the Beijing Olympics, an activist group said.
The protest was organized by Students for a Free Tibet, whi..
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CNN
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Government supporters broke up a public protest Tuesday by prisoners' wives who intermittently shouted "Freedom! Freedom!" as they marched through a neighborhood in the capital to mark the crackdown that put their loved ones behind bars.
More than 40 g..
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BBC News
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A protest has been held at City Hall over plans to axe hundreds of cleaning jobs on London Underground (LU)...
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NDTV
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The funeral of former Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit turned into a protest against the Islamic-rooted government on Saturday...
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