Turkish ex-military chief Gen Ilker Basbug is arrested on suspicion of being part of a wide network which allegedly plotted against the government.

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Turkey’s ex-army chief arrested

Cambridge University academics join their counterparts in Oxford by calling for a vote of no confidence against the government’s handling of higher education in England.

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Cambridge academics join protests

Four Kenyans who allege they were tortured during the suppression of the Mau Mau uprising are to begin legal proceedings against the government.

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Mau Mau compensation bid to begin

Hundreds of Australians in the country’s major cities hold rallies to protests against the government’s proposed carbon tax.

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Australia carbon tax sparks anger

Tens of thousands of people protest in Germany against the government’s plans to extend the life of its nuclear reactors.

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Protest over German nuclear power

Thousands of people in Bahrain voice their anger against the government as the first funerals of victims of Thursday’s unrest are held.

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Bahrain tension as funerals held

As Don’t Ask Don’t Tell gets stymied in Congress, proponents of repeal are taking their fight to the courts. Three veterans who were discharged under the law have filed suit against the government, requesting that they be reinstated. Implicit in the…

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Three Vets File Suit Against DADT

Irish trade unions are organising a demonstration in Dublin against the government’s austerity measures which include a programme of tax rises and spending cuts.

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Dublin demo against budget cuts

Unions stopped trains and buses, grounded planes and halted services from healthcare to banking in a one-day job action against the government’s austerity budget.

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Portuguese Unions Strike Over Budget

Youths burn cars, set up blockades and clash with riot police outside some high schools in the French capital and nearby suburbs against the government’s public sector reforms

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France hit by wave of nationwide strikes

More than 100 demonstrations are planned across France to protest against the government’s policy of deporting Roma people.

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France protests over Roma policy

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham is urging Lib Dems to unite with Labour against the Government’s plan for a radical overhaul of the NHS.

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Burnham presses Lib Dems on NHS

Unison has launched legal action against the government’s plans for a major shake-up of the NHS system in England.

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Union challenges NHS ‘shake-up’