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WORLD / NEWS Tue Sep 25, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks defied orders from the military junta to stay out of politics, relaunching mass protests Tuesday in the country's two biggest cities. The monks, cheered on by supporters, marched out for an eighth day of peaceful protes.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 9:21am neoform

New York Times -- Hundreds of Buddhist monks marched through rain-washed streets for the third day in Myanmar’s main city yesterday, taking the lead in monthlong protests that the military junta has so far been powerless to contain. They prayed at the gold-spired Shwe.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:19am neoform

Al Jazeera -- Riot police were deployed as a precaution and officers videotaped the demonstration. Some protesters covered their heads and faces with black hoods, sunglasses and scarves, while others chanted protest slogans through megaphones, blowing whistles and.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 8:26am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- The CIA tried to persuade Germany to silence EU protests about the human rights record of one of America's key allies in its clandestine torture flights programme, the Guardian can reveal... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

BBC News -- Fuel protests triggered by rising oil prices have spread to more countries across Europe, with thousands of fishermen on strike. In Spain, Europe's largest fish producer, the action is expected to bring the industry to a halt, as thousands demonstrate.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

CNN -- The latest leg of the protest-plagued Olympic torch relay brought the flame to Australia Wednesday, with demonstrators vowing to show up in their hundreds despite promises of tough police countermeasures. Shortly before the flame arrived, police arrested.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Leaders of protests by Buddhist monks in Burma say they intend to continue their peaceful demonstrations until the military government collapses. The statement by the Alliance of All Burmese Buddhist Monks came as 1,500 monks took to the streets of Ran.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Hundreds of Buddhist monks have marched around Burma's most revered temple, in a third consecutive day of protests against the military government. The monks were allowed into the Shwedagon Pagoda, which dominates the former capital, Rangoon, for the f.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of Buddhist monks have taken to the streets of cities across Burma, in escalating protests against the military government. In the western port city of Sittwe, nearly 2,000 monks demanded the release of four monks arrested the day before... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Aug 28, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

Al Jazeera -- Hundreds of villages have been destroyed as the forest fires broke out from the southern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula to the northern town of Ioannina. More than 800 Greek firefighters and a similar number of soldiers have been battling the flames.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- A court in Ethiopia has found 38 senior opposition figures guilty of charges connected to mass protests after disputed elections two years ago. The charges ranged from armed rebellion to "outrage against the constitution". Sentencing is next month and.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 9:31am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- A Danish court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Muslim organizations against the newspaper that first published the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that touched off protests in the Islamic world... Read More