Posts Tagged ‘protests’

Indonesian Gaga Show Canceled

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

After protests by Islamic extremists.

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Indonesian Gaga Show Canceled

Lady Gaga cancels Indonesia gig

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Lady Gaga cancels a concert in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, citing “security” concerns, after protests by religious groups.

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Lady Gaga cancels Indonesia gig

VIDEO: Azerbaijan protests ahead of Eurovision

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Human rights campaigners in Azerbaijan have been using the run up to the Eurovision final to stage further protests against the country’s poor human rights record.

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Egyptian women feel excluded, despite the promise of the revolution

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

CAIRO — After Egyptian women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, many looked forward to a role in the revolution’s next steps. But 15 months later, as Egyptians prepare to vote for a new president this week, rights activists complain that women are being excluded from key decisions. Read full article > >

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Egyptian women feel excluded, despite the promise of the revolution

Quebec in ‘emergency’ protest law

Friday, May 18th, 2012

The government of Quebec unveils an emergency bill in an effort to quell the most sustained student protests in Canadian history.

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Quebec in ‘emergency’ protest law

Richard Mourdock and Keith Judd vs. Washington

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Richard Mourdock stands a good chance of being elected to the Senate. Keith Judd is a federal inmate in Texas. And the similarities don’t end there. Both men were beneficiaries of voter protests on Tuesday against the Washington status quo — one protest harmless, the other insidious. The benign vote went to Judd, who won 41 percent of the ballots against President Obama in West Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary. It was an embarrassment for the president but purely symbolic. The more worrisome protest vote benefited Mourdock, who bested six-term Sen. Richard Lugar in the Indiana Republican primary. That election has the potential to make the broken system in Washington more caustic and less functional. Read full article > >

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City Room: Arrests on Lower East Side as May Day Protests Spread

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

After a rainy morning, the May Day protests coordinated by Occupy Wall Street grew more clamorous, and the police moved in.

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City Room: Arrests on Lower East Side as May Day Protests Spread

In pictures: May Day 2012

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

May Day protests and celebrations

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Wisconsin Democrats divided over who to best oust Walker in recall election

Monday, April 30th, 2012

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats organized the protests that gripped the state. They turned Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to strip public unions of their collective bargaining rights into a national Democratic cause. They got the signatures they needed to force a recall election, and then some. Read full article > >

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Saudi Arabia Closes Egyptian Embassy

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

After protests for detained human-rights lawyer.

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Saudi Arabia Closes Egyptian Embassy

Chile students in fresh protests

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Chilean students take part in fresh protests for education reform, saying measures proposed by President Sebastian Pinera do not go far enough.

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Chile students in fresh protests

Prince backs Bahrain Grand Prix

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa rules out cancelling the weekend’s grand prix despite violent protests.

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VIDEO: Protests nothing to do with F1 – Ecclestone

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says the protests in Bahrain have nothing to do with F1.

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VIDEO: Protests nothing to do with F1 – Ecclestone

Security stepped up at Bahrain F1

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Security is tightened at Bahrain’s Formula 1 track with practice runs set to begin against a background of ongoing protests.

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Security stepped up at Bahrain F1

Starbucks Cuts Insects From Ingredients

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

After protests over bug-extract use as food coloring.

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Starbucks Cuts Insects From Ingredients