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Managua -
A week of deadly protests in Nicaragua has exposed widespread public resentment and frustration directed at the government of veteran President Daniel Ortega.
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Geneva -
The United Nations called Tuesday on Nicaragua to investigate a crackdown on protests that have left at least 27 dead, saying that a number of the killings may have been "unlawful".
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Yerevan -
Armenians on Tuesday marked the anniversary of the massacre of 1.5 million of their kin by Ottoman forces in 1915, in a show of unity a day after leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned following days of mass protests.
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Yerevan -
Armenia's veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned on Monday after mass protests against his election as prime minister with sweeping powers, sparking celebrations across the impoverished country.
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Yerevan -
Hundreds of opposition supporters took to the streets of Armenia's capital Monday amid rising political turmoil as the whereabouts of the protest leader remained unclear a day after he was detained.
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Atenas -
A Greek anarchist group on Sunday attacked the French consulate in Athens, Greek police said, in protest at France's involvement in airstrikes against Syria.
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Yerevan -
Anti-government protests have gripped Armenia for more than a week in protest at a constitutional change that has allowed the country's former president to retain power as prime minister.
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Yerevan -
Armenia's political turmoil deepened on Sunday with the detention of anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan, shortly after Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian stormed out of talks on the tenth day of mass rallies against his rule.
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Yerevan -
Armenian anti-government protests leader Nikol Pashinyan said he would meet Prime Minister and ex-president Serzh Sarkisian on Sunday, after nine days of mass demonstrations against an alleged power-grab.
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Yerevan -
Tens of thousands protested in Armenia's capital on Friday against what they say is a power-grab by ex-president Serzh Sarkisian, as police arrested more than 230 people.
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Yerevan -
Dozens were arrested as hundreds of opposition supporters staged sit-ins and attempted to block road traffic in Armenia's capital Friday to protest ex-president Serzh Sarkisian's election as prime minister.
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Johanesburg -
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday returned early from a summit in London to rush to the scene of violent demonstrations in North West province, where at least 23 people have been arrested.
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Yerevan -
Police in the Armenian capital Yerevan detained dozens of anti-government demonstrators on Thursday -- the seventh day of large-scale protests against ex-president Serzh Sarkisian's election as prime minister.
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Yerevan -
More than 16,000 people rallied in Armenia's capital on Wednesday to protest the election of former president Serzh Sarkisian as prime minister, viewed by the opposition as a power grab.
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Yerevan -
Thousands of people rallied in Armenia's capital on Wednesday to protest the election of former president Serzh Sarkisian as prime minister, viewed by the opposition as a power grab.
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Thousands of Syrians gathered Monday in Damascus in defiance of Western strikes on the country and to celebrate the regime reconquering a former rebel bastion outside the capital.
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Barcelona -
Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Barcelona on Sunday to protest the jailing of nine Catalan separatist leaders facing trial on "rebellion" charges.
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Paris -
French travellers on Friday faced a third wave of rolling train strikes which appeared to be easing off despite determination from rail union leaders to oppose President Emmanuel Macron's reform plans.
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Gold Coast -
An Aboriginal man whose abuse in custody shocked Australia tried to throttle himself in the back of a police van following angry protests at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.
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Berd'huis -
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Thursday he would not back down on his plans to overhaul the state rail operator, as workers prepare a next wave of strikes that nonetheless appear to be easing off.
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Berd'huis -
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Thursday that he would not back down on his plans to overhaul the state rail operator, urging workers to call off three months of strikes and pursue the reforms "together".
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Notre-dame-des-landes -
Activists reinforced by dozens of their supporters clashed with police for a third day in western France on Wednesday to oppose their eviction from an anti-capitalist camp set up 10 years ago to protest a new airport.
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Notre-dame-des-landes -
Clashes broke out before dawn at an anti-capitalist camp in western France on Wednesday as police battled for a third day to clear activists who first set up the alternative commune a decade ago.
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Prague -
Thousands of protesters rallied across the Czech Republic Monday against the outgoing cabinet led by the second wealthiest Czech, Andrej Babis, a billionaire with a murky past.
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Fpo -
"Burn the flag!" chanted the crowd in a British fishing port on Sunday, as a boat adorned with the EU flag was set on fire in one of a series of Brexit rallies held around Britain.
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London -
British fishermen launched protests in ports around the country Sunday over perceived capitulation to the European Union in Brexit negotiations.
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Tirana -
An Albanian court on Wednesday jailed 11 protesters for an undefined period of time over a violent demonstration against the introduction of a toll on a motorway linking the country with Kosovo.
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New York -
The United States on Saturday blocked a draft UN Security Council statement urging restraint and calling for an investigation of clashes on the Gaza-Israel border that left 16 dead, diplomats said.
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Paris -
Activists put masks on statues in Paris and other French cities on Saturday to highlight what they say is France's failure to tackle air pollution.
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Moscow -
Russia on Friday declared a "high alert" in a town where noxious fumes have leaked from a landfill site, distributing masks and respirators to residents who have held repeated protests.
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Protesters at Unite Women's March in Baton Rouge, LA.
Occupy Wall Street Protest. Dan Nguyen
Saturday in New York City during the Occupy Wall Street Protest david_shankbone
Protesters gather in Chicago
Dairy farmers spray EU headquarters with milk in protest over high quotas and low prices. European Milk Board
People's Pea Garden protest
Anti-GMO protest in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii on February 13, 2013 YouTube
File photo: People attending human rights rally in Israel.
Power generators are now on the site
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty, Wien, Austria. Accessnow.org
A look at the Occupy Denver campsite before it was dismantled Brendan Loy
Protest of Ten Commandments monument in Starke, Florida.
On February 7, British and British and Polish supporters rallied in front of the Polish Embassy in central London against the sale of prime Polish farmland to foreign multinationals for possible cultivation of GMO crops. ICPPC
Pro-democracy protesters don Guy Fawkes masks
Police make their presence known around the Occupy Los Angeles encampment on Nov. 28, when a deadline had been set for protesters to evict. Police enforced the ordinace two days later.
Málaga 12m - protest on May 12, 2012 - Plaza de la Merced
Kings Cross: Rally to protest against police shooting of aboriginal teens.
Act Up protesters storm House Speak John Boehner's office Chris Geidner/Twitter
Protest in Malaga, Spain on April 15, 2012 Alfredo P. Chomón
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