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While anti-pipeline protesters are regrouping after the government announced Canada is purchasing the Trans Mountain pipeline, and with two weeks to go before the G7 meeting, many wonder how Trudeau will defend his stance on climate change.
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By AFP
Washington -
Early elections are the only way for crisis-gripped Nicaragua to restore peace, the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) said Wednesday, after a spate of recent anti-government unrest left at least 76 dead.
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By AFP
Gaza -
More protests are planned along the Gaza Strip's border with Israel on Tuesday, a day after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians during demonstrations and clashes.
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By AFP
Managua -
Nicaragua's powerful Roman Catholic bishops announced Monday they are engaging in talks to resolve a crisis that has left scores dead in the wake of a crackdown on anti-government protests in the strife-torn central American country.
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By AFP
Managua -
Nicaragua's powerful bishops announced Monday they are engaging in talks to resolve a crisis that has left scores dead in the wake of a crackdown on anti-government protests.
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By AFP
Paris -
Traditional May Day rallies turned violent in some parts of the world on Tuesday, as workers gathered to defend labour rights.
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By AFP
Managua -
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega scrapped Sunday a contentious pension reform that triggered four days of violence in which two dozen people were killed, but rioting students vowed to keep up street protests until he is ousted.
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By AFP
Managua -
More than 20 people have been killed in a clashes between Nicaraguan police and demonstrators in a wave of protests over pension reform, a local human rights body said Sunday.
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By AFP
Paris -
The main entrance to the prestigious French university Sciences Po in Paris was blocked on Wednesday after students opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's education reforms occupied the building, an AFP reporter said.
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By AFP
Yerevan -
An Armenian opposition leader on Monday urged demonstrators to take to the streets again, even after he and dozens of others were hurt in protests over moves by the country's former president to maintain his grip on power.
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By AFP
Yerevan -
Several thousand protesters staged rallies on Monday in the Armenian capital against former president Serzh Sarkisian as he moves to maintain a chokehold on power as prime minister.
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By AFP
Curitiba -
Brazil's former leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday denounced violent protesters during his presidential campaign tour and vowed he'd return to power anyway.
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By AFP
Curitiba -
Brazil's fiery leftist former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his right-wing rival planned dueling presidential campaign rallies Wednesday, hours after Lula's party said shots were fired at his bus convoy.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Protesters marched and held rallies Monday ahead of President Donald Trump's first official visit to California.
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By AFP
Tegucigalpa -
Military and police officers in Honduras used "excessive" force against protestors angry over November's disputed elections, said the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday.
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By AFP
Bansko -
"Unlimited Ski and Fun!" promises a pamphlet touting the Bansko ski resort, a magnet for bargain-hunting holidaymakers in southwest Bulgaria.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Protestors took to the streets en masse across the United States Saturday, hoisting anti-Donald Trump placards, banging drums and donning pink hats for a second Women's March opposing the president -- one year to the day of his inauguration.
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By AFP
Washington -
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of US cities on Saturday for a second Women's March opposing President Donald Trump on the first anniversary of his inauguration.
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By AFP
New York -
Giant crowds are expected at rallies around the United States Saturday for a second Women's March opposing President Donald Trump, and calling for voter mobilization ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
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By AFP
Tunis -
A third night of unrest has shaken Tunisia where authorities said Thursday more than 600 people have been arrested this week as anger at austerity measures boils over on the streets.
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By AFP
Tunis -
A third night of unrest has shaken parts of Tunisia where authorities said Thursday the number of arrests has risen above 500 as anger grows over austerity measures.
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By AFP
Tegucigalpa -
Honduras's leftwing opposition Tuesday called for a month of protests and possible insurrection to reject President Juan Orlando Hernandez's claim to have won re-election in a bitterly disputed poll held in November.
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By AFP
Tegucigalpa -
Honduras appeared to have pulled back from the brink of crisis on Friday, after the opposition candidate admitted defeat in a disputed presidential poll and the United States recognized the incumbent as the victor.
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By AFP
Tegucigalpa -
Honduras's leftwing opposition on Wednesday urged days of intensified protests to challenge President Juan Orlando Hernandez's claims that he won a new mandate in a November election marred by suspicions of fraud.
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By AFP
Brussels -
Former militants were recruited by the Democratic Republic of Congo government for a bloody crackdown on protests against the president that left dozens of people dead last year, a rights group alleged Monday.
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By AFP
Islamabad -
Pakistan's law minister resigned Monday after the embattled government bowed to demands from a small Islamist group, striking a deal with the help of the military to end a weeks-long anti-blasphemy protest.
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By AFP
Islamabad -
Pakistan's law minister Zahid Hamid has resigned, state media reported Monday, meeting a key demand of Islamist protesters who have clashed violently with security forces and blockaded the capital Islamabad for weeks.
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By AFP
Islamabad -
In the space of three weeks, a simple demonstration in Islamabad has turned into a national crisis for Pakistan.
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By AFP
Kiev -
Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators on Monday raided the home and office of a powerful mayor at the centre of a politically charged embezzlement probe.
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By AFP
Kiev -
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed on Friday to launch an anti-corruption court demanded by Kiev's Western allies and protesters camped out in a tent city near parliament.
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Seville, May 1, 2012 European Revolution
Turkish men posting selfies in miniskirts to protest Ozgecan Aslan's murder. Twitter
Thai riot policemen stand guard during an anti-government protest rally at the Air Force auditorium in Bangkok, on May 15, 2014 Pornchai Kittiwongsakul, AFP
A demonstrator shows the photographer a bullet he found on the ground in Cairo RamyRaoof
A sign pasted onto a tent that reads: "Capitalism has crashed! Install new system?"
Thousands attend the Occupy Toronto protest in the city's Financial District.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reacts during a news conference at police headquarters in Bangkok December 9, 2013 With permission by Reuters
Sheep graze below the Eiffel Tower on Thursday. screen grab
Fast food workers attend a protest against McDonald's outside one of its restaurants in New York December 5, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Eduardo Munoz
Spanish workers from Edesa, march behind a banner that reads "In Defense Of Our Jobs" during a protest at the factory's closure in Basauri With permission by Reuters / Vincent West
A Turkish woman reads her freedom declaration to police Turkish Protests News
Anti-India sentiments have reached a feverish pitch in Kashmir Valley. Dilnaz Boga
Michel de Souza, Brazilian photojournalist, caught images and video of the recent protests in Rio de Janeiro in a unique and artistic way. YouTube
File photo: Occupy Fort Worth march. A common slogan that is being used during the Occupy protests occupyfortworth.org
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Al-Azhar University student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Morsi make the four-finger Rabaa gesture as they hold tear gas canisters during clashes with riot police and residents of the area at the Al-Azhar University campus in Cairo With permission by Reuters
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