" I was up on Capitol Hill yesterday among the swarm of big bank lobbyists.And the first thing I thought of was something my dad -- Nathra Nader -- used to say:"Capitalism will always survive in the United States...
By Ashin Mettacara
Burmese student monks in Sri Lanka will demonstrate outside the Burmese Embassy on September 26th. September 26th is the first anniversary of the bloody Saffron Revolution led by the...
Violent street clashes are seen between the right and left win in Germany."Violence erupted after the protesters tried to halt an "anti-Islamification" rally, which police eventually banned. The extreme-right...
By Ashin Mettacara
The Saffron Revolution consisted of a series of massive demonstrations led by Buddhist monks demanding democratic reforms in Burma. The demonstrations began on September 18th and ended on...
About 30 people holding placards protested outside of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway at the preview of Katie Holmes' new play, Arthur Miller's play 'All My Sons'."But no, they weren’t protesting her...
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The latest battle between Georgia and Russia will be fought in a courtroom. A case has begun at the World Court in the Hague in the Netherlands to rule on who should control South Ossetia. Any ruling the court makes, however, would not be binding on Russia."Georgia accused...
The owner of a Russian opposition website has been killed. Magomed Yevloyev, an independent journalist from Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was fatally shot on sunday afternoon, soon after getting off a plane and being detained by police. ...
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The owner of a Russian opposition website has been killed. Magomed Yevloyev, an independent journalist from Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was fatally shot on sunday afternoon, soon after getting off a plane and being detained by police. ...
Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have marched in a mass protest in all of the countrys 32 states. Almost 200,000 people gathered in the capital Mexico citys main square. The march had a religious air, as the people dressed in white and holding candles walked in...
The eight Americans detained for pro-Tibet protests during the Olympic Games have been released today. American officials had been lobbying for their release over the weekend.Six of the detainees belonged to the group Free Tibet Reporters, and two were members of Students for...
Kashmir saw thousands of protesters hit the streets today to voice their demands for independence from India. "The students waved pro-independence signs as they marched through the main business district of Srinagar,...
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UPDATE—August 15th, 2008Manuela Valle has filed an official complaint to the BC Human Rights Tribunal yesterday. Canada.com reports: "I would like the general public to understand that this is not something to be...
" PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - August 14th, 2008 - Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to withdraw most of the 1,000 troops facing off for a month near the disputed Preah Vihear temple on their border, a Cambodian commander...
It has been revealed that members of the Westbro Baptist Church have been turned away at the border and in the meantime a FACEBOOK group has planned a COUNTER Demonstration with 700 prospective attendees at...
"By P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press Writer DENVER (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday it will not appeal a federal judge's ruling that upheld the city's decision to limit protests during the Democratic National Convention to a fenced-in demonstration...