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Jordan's King Met With Bottle Attack ... or Warm Welcome?
King Met With Bottle Attack
... or Warm Welcome?
conflicting reports dept.
Jun 13, 2011 12:54 PM CDT

King Met With Bottle Attack ... or Warm Welcome?

Conflicting reports surround King Abdullah's visit

(Newser) - King Abdullah II was met by either tossed bottles and stones or a warm welcome on a visit to Jordan's south today, according to conflicting reports from government officials. A security official said a crowd of youths flung objects at the monarch's motorcade in two incidents in the...

Saudi Woman Nabbed After Posting YouTube Driving Video

Manal al-Sharif defies ban on female drivers

(Newser) - A Saudi woman is being detained by police after a bold YouTube protest against the ultra-conservative nation's ban on female drivers. Manal al-Sharif, 32, tools around the city of Khobar in a video posted on YouTube that's now been seen by some 600,000 fans. Sharif was busted...

'SlutWalks' Coming to America to Protest Blame-the-Victim Sentiment on Rape
 'SlutWalks' Coming to America 
Apr 21, 2011 2:23 PM CDT

'SlutWalks' Coming to America

Feminist phenomenon spawned in Canada goes viral

(Newser) - It all started with some ill-considered advice from a Toronto policeman. To prevent rape, he told a group of law students, “Avoid dressing like sluts.” That gaffe sparked a head-turning wave of protests dubbed “SlutWalks” in cities across Canada, in which women—some dressed in plain old...

Yemen Sees Rival Protests as President Digs In

Pro- and anti-government demonstrators fill squares a mile apart

(Newser) - A pair of opposing demonstrations—one supporting the president, one calling for his resignation—brought tens of thousands to the streets today in Yemen. The demonstrations took place in squares about a mile apart. Government and opposition leaders reportedly met in advance, agreeing to prevent confrontation. Though the UK Foreign...

Mideast Regimes Use US Software to Censor Web

Firms cite lack of control over how products are used

(Newser) - Behind Middle Eastern governments' censorship of the Web, an uncomfortable reality—US products help do the dirty work. Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia use filtering programs by McAfee; other US and Canadian firms have sold Web-filtering technology to Yemen and Qatar, among other countries, the Wall Street Journal reports. The...

6 Dead as Tanks Attack Bahrain Protesters

Forces clear Manama square in major tank assault

(Newser) - Bahrain's king has declared martial law in the island nation following the arrival of more than 1,000 troops from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations to quell an opposition movement. At least three people were killed in clashes between troops and pro-reform protesters yesterday, Reuters reports. Today tanks and...

Pleas, Protests as Islam Hearings Loom

Security official blasts stigmas ahead of domestic radicalization hearings

(Newser) - The White House is calling on Americans not to stigmatize all followers of Islam, as Congress readies hearings on al-Qaeda’s attempts to radicalize US Muslims. In the US, "we don’t practice guilt by association," a top national security official said yesterday in what Politico calls a...

Wisconsin Cops Tackle Rep Heading Into Capitol

Does Wisconsin want its Democratic politicians inside, or not?

(Newser) - Vigilant Wisconsin cops jumped a man heading into Madison's protest-wracked capitol building Thursday night and wrestled him to the ground. The problem? He was a state legislator trying to get to work. In video of the takedown, officers try to block a WISN cameraman as Democratic state Rep. Nick Milroy...

Tea Partiers Harass Muslims at Charity Event

Video catches blogs' attentions

(Newser) - A truly disturbing video has surfaced of a protest last month targeting a Muslim charity event in Orange County, Calif. The Feb. 13 protest was organized by several conservative activist groups and attended by two US Congressmen, Ed Royce and Gary Miller, according to Jezebel . The “terrorist” event they...

Army Fires Rockets at Yemen Protest: Rebels

2 killed, 7 wounded in attack, say demonstrators

(Newser) - Yemen’s military fired rockets at rebel protesters in the northern city of Harf Sufyan today, killing two, and wounding 13, the demonstrators said in a statement. The AP reports that witnesses say soldiers in an army post opened fire with heavy machine guns, believing the protesters were trying to...

China to Journos: Cover Protests, Lose Your Visa

Activists, lawyers disappear amid 'Jasmine Revolution' demonstrations

(Newser) - As Beijing moves to prevent Middle East-style protests from taking hold in China, officials are issuing a warning to foreign reporters: If you cover the protests, you may lose your visa. Police demanded interviews with dozens of journalists this week after they tried to report on Sunday's “Jasmine Revolution”...

Ivory Coast Military Guns Down 6 Women Protesters

Laurent Gbagbo has been shelling suburban town

(Newser) - Security forces loyal to the man clinging to power in Ivory Coast fatally shot six women protesting Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to leave office. The demonstrators were cut down by machine gunfire in Abobo, the suburb that has been the scene of the bloodiest clashes in the 3-month-old crisis. An assistant...

China Unleashes Whistles, Water on Tiny Protests

Online posts call for Chinese to gather peacefully every Sunday

(Newser) - Large numbers of police and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks squelched very tiny protests in China today. The turnout was small in this second Sunday of protests—online posts have called for Chinese to gather peacefully at sites every Sunday in a show of people power...

Libya Protests: Moammar Gadhafi's Security Forces Crack Down on Protesters in Tripoli
 Gadhafi Arms 
 Civilian Supporters 
UPDATED
Feb 26, 2011 8:02 AM CST

Gadhafi Arms Civilian Supporters

Plus: Security forces violently crack down on protesters

(Newser) - Terrified protesters in Libya say that Moammar Gadhafi is arming civilian supporters so that they can, as one protester tells the AP , "drive around the city and terrorize people." Says another, "People are panicked, they are terrified. Few leave their houses. When it gets dark, you can't...

North Koreans Learn of Protests—by Balloon

South Korea drops pro-democracy leaflets on North

(Newser) - The South Korean military is using balloons to drop leaflets on the North that tell of the unrest in the Middle East, hoping to spark an uprising against Pyongyang, Bloomberg reports. The leaflets explain that "a dictatorial regime is destined to collapse," says an official. The South has...

Wisconsin to Teachers: We'll Verify All 'Doctor's Notes'

School, Medical Society to examine claims

(Newser) - Teachers won’t get away with playing hooky to protest Wisconsin’s anti-union bill, school officials in Madison and Milwaukee said today, explaining that all "doctor's notes" must hold up to scrutiny. A conservative think tank caught doctors on tape passing out excuse notes to protesters this weekend, sparking...

Can Moderate Republicans End Wisconsin Stalemate?

Proposal calls for collective bargaining to be cut, but only for two years

(Newser) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is determined not to budge on his controversial budget bill and Democratic senators are determined not to return to the state until he does, but a group of moderate Republican senators has proposed a compromise that could end the stalemate. Written by Dale Schultz, who is...

'Jasmine Revolution' Comes to China; Protesters Nabbed

Police trying to stamp out demonstrations

(Newser) - Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a show of force today to squelch a mysterious online call for a "Jasmine Revolution"—the same name given to the Tunisian protest movement—with only a handful of people joining protests apparently modeled on the pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping...

North Africa Unrest: Protests Spread to Morocco
 Thousands March in Morocco 
Feb 20, 2011 12:48 PM CST

Thousands March in Morocco

Some target parliament, prime minister in calls for constitutional reform

(Newser) - The protests sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa have made their way to Morocco, where demonstrators took to the streets of the capital today. An organizer estimates more than 5,000 people attended, demanding a new constitution, among other things; police put the number at less than 3,...

Obama Enters Wisconsin Fray, Backs Unions

Calls bargaining limits an 'assault' on unions

(Newser) - President Obama has entered the fray in Wisconsin, slamming what he calls Gov. Scott Walker's “assault” on unions—and that's not all. Obama’s political operation, Organizing for America, has teamed up with union organizers to help build the thousands-strong protest in Madison and assemble demonstrations at other state...

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