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French Protesters Block Airport
 French Protesters Block Airport 
Oct 21, 2010 9:38 AM CDT

French Protesters Block Airport

Lady Gaga cancels pair of concerts in furor over retirement age

(Newser) - Hundreds of workers barricaded Marseille’s main airport for three hours this morning, furious over today's Senate vote on raising France’s retirement age to 62. Meanwhile, protesters used vehicles to block highways and students blockaded a Paris high school. A quarter of French gas stations are dry amid the...

India Arrests Kashmiri Protest Leader

Top separatist Masarat Alam sent back to jail

(Newser) - Indian police arrested a top separatist leader today on accusations he spearheaded months of massive protests against Indian rule in Kashmir. Masarat Alam was taken into custody this evening in a suburb in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a top police officer said, calling the arrest a "...

Jobless 'Wasteland': Europe, US on Brink of Social Revolt

Recession left 'gaping wounds' says IMF head

(Newser) - To those who think the worst of the recession is over, the head of the IMF has this to say: "We are not safe." An astounding 30 million jobs have been lost since the beginning of the financial crisis , three-quarters of those in richer economies, a new report...

1 Dead, 5 Hurt in Afghan Protests Against Karzai, US

Police 'warning shots' hit crowd of protesters

(Newser) - Afghan police today fired into a crowd of rock-hurling anti-American demonstrators chanting "Death to America," "Death to Christians," and "Death to Karzai" in Kabul today. One was killed and at least five injured, two from gunshots. The US Koran-burning controversy has stirred days of outrage...

'Warning Shot' Kills Teen Protester in South Africa

Students were protesting final exams

(Newser) - A warning shot fired by South African police ricocheted and killed a 17-year-old female student who was among a group protesting that a recent teachers strike had given them insufficient time to prepare for exams, an investigator said today. Students marching in the Free State region allegedly threw stones at...

Koran Protesters Torch Christian School in Kashmir

Thirteen protesters killed in clash with police

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Kashmir today, setting fire to a Christian Missionary school while crying, “Death to the US!” and “Death to Koran desecrators!” No one was in the school at the time, but 13 protesters died in clashes with...

Koran Burning Sparks Violent Afghan Protests

One killed, eight wounded in two protests

(Newser) - Dove World’s plan to burn Korans set off protests across Afghanistan today, and two of them turned violent. In western Afghanistan, four protesters were shot, one of them fatally, outside a NATO base in Bala Buluk. “We do not know who shot them,” said a doctor at...

After Egg Mess, Blair Cancels Book Signing

But 'book is selling fantastically'

(Newser) - Though we're not sure if he prefers his eggs scrambled or fried, we're fairly certain he doesn't like them airborne. Tony Blair canceled Wednesday's planned book signing in London following a particularly messy one in Dublin on Saturday, in which 300 anti-war protesters hurled eggs and shoes at him. He...

Lady Gaga 1, Hate Church 0


 Lady Gaga 1, 
 Hate Church 0  
OPINION
Jul 19, 2010 1:43 PM CDT

Lady Gaga 1, Hate Church 0

Pop star outclasses Westboro Baptist protesters

(Newser) - Lady Gaga tangled with the Westboro Baptist Church—the hate group that pickets service members' funerals —"and love outnumbered the hate," the singer tweeted . "When the Westboro Baptist protesters showed up with signs outside her St. Louis show Saturday night," Lindsay Robertson blogs for Jezebel,...

Pocahontas Actress Arrested in White House Protest

Q'orianka Kilcher tied herself to fence

(Newser) - The actress who starred as Pocahontas in the 2005 film The New World faces charges after tying herself to a fence outside the White House. Q'orianka Kilcher's mother then poured a black substance over her that looked like crude oil, part of a protest over the visit of the Peruvian...

Thailand: Protest Violence Mostly Over

But some fighting continues as Bangkok burns

(Newser) - The Thai government declared today that it had mostly quelled 10 weeks of violent protests that left many parts of the capital aflame. A nighttime curfew was extended in Bangkok and 23 other provinces for three more days, as troops and die-hard anti-government protesters exchanged sporadic fire in parts of...

Bangkok Burns After Protest Leaders Surrender

Red-shirt hardliners torch buildings

(Newser) - Seven Thai protest leaders surrendered in Bangkok today and called off their uprising, but Bangkok continued to erupt in violence as Red Shirts torched buildings, including the Thai stock exchange, a TV station, a utility company, and shopping malls. Leaders surrendered after troops stormed a protest encampment, killing at least...

Rogue Thai General Shot During Interview
Rogue Thai General Shot During Interview
Ally of Protesters
May 13, 2010 10:02 AM CDT

Rogue Thai General Shot During Interview

He was amidst Red Shirt protest

(Newser) - A renegade Thai general was shot in the head while giving an interview to a New York Times reporter today, in the midst of a large protest in Bangkok. Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol, better known as Seh Daeng, was inside a barricaded encampment of anti-government Red Shirt protesters, which the military...

Stray Dog Sides With Greek Protesters

Photogenic 'Kanellos'—or perhaps 'Louk'—goes where the action is

(Newser) - You weren't imagining things when you saw a dog trotting around downtown Athens this week as riots raged around him. The tawny shorthaired mutt has turned up in a surprising number of images over the past couple of years, reports the Guardian , which IDs the dog as Kanellos. But Gawker...

Dow Plunges 980, Then Rebounds

Fears of Greek chaos contributes

(Newser) - The Dow was in freefall today as protests again roiled Greece. Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Athens after lawmakers approved drastic austerity cuts needed to secure international rescue loans worth $140 billion. Fears over the debt crisis helped send the Dow plunging to nearly 1,000 points in...

Flights Grounded, 3 Killed in Greek Strike, Protests

Violence hits Athens just as Berlin weighs $28B loan

(Newser) - Greece was paralyzed by a 24-hour general strike that grounded all air traffic today, and 3 people died in a fire set by protesters trying to storm the parliament, MSNBC reports. Street battles were breaking out in the capital just as Angela Merkel was busy asking the German parliament to...

Immigrant Rallies Draw Huge Crowds Across US
 Immigrant Rallies Draw 
 Huge Crowds Across US 
'we are all arizona'
May 1, 2010 4:13 PM CDT

Immigrant Rallies Draw Huge Crowds Across US

LA, Dallas, Chicago and other cities host May Day protests

(Newser) - May Day rallies across the US today drew huge crowds today, as tens of thousands turned up in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Phoenix, and scores of other cities to protest Arizona's immigration law and stalled reforms. The LA Times takes note of a T-shirt in the crowd that sums up...

Militia Groups Hold Armed Protest on Potomac

Obama signed law that allowed it

(Newser) - A number of militia groups intend to rally on the banks of the Potomac River today, and they'll be packing heat. It'll be the first armed rally ever held in a national park, which ironically is only possible because of a law signed by Barack Obama. But that doesn't hold...

Obama: Tea Party Amuses Me
 Obama: Tea Party Amuses Me 
Apr 16, 2010 1:44 AM CDT

Obama: Tea Party Amuses Me

He touts tax cuts, says protesters should thank him

(Newser) - The only effect yesterday's tax day protests appear to have had on the president is to make him chuckle. President Obama told a Democratic fundraiser in Miami that the Tea Party anti-tax rallies "amused' him in light of his administration's numerous tax cuts, ABC News reports. "You would...

Police Fire on Protesters in Kyrgyzstan

Anti-government rallies sweep country; 17 dead

(Newser) - Police fired into a swarm of thousands of protesters storming the main government building in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek today, killing at least 17 and wounding at least 180. Police first used tear gas and stun grenades to try to disperse the crowd, but turned to live rounds when...

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