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Libyan protesters end blockade at Waha Oil field
TRIPOLI, March 29 (Reuters) – Libyan protesters have ended a nearly three-week blockade of an oil and gas field belonging to Waha Oil after the oil minister resolved their demands for jobs, a company official said on Friday.
Egyptian protesters, Islamists clash in Cairo, 30 hurt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of Egyptian protesters and Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed near the group’s headquarters in Cairo on Friday, and at least 30 people were wounded, medics said.
Egypt protesters torch buildings, target Suez Canal
PORT SAID, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt international shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a deadly soccer riot stoked rage in a country beset by worsening security.
Pakistani protesters clash with police on Muslim “Day of Love”
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Demonstrators clashed with police in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday as anger over insults to the Prophet Mohammad boiled over despite calls from political and religious leaders across the Muslim world for peaceful protest.
Anti-war protesters march at Obama campaign headquarters
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A small group of anti-war demonstrators staged a peaceful “die in” on Thursday at President Barack Obama’s election campaign headquarters in Chicago to demand an end to the war in Afghanistan and unmanned drone aircraft attacks overseas.
Spain police and protesters clash
Police clash with protesters in Barcelona on the day of a general strike called to denounce the government’s labour market reforms.
Protesters back in NY park for Occupy Wall Street anniversary
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 200 protesters gathered on Saturday in New York’s Zuccotti Park to mark the six-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and clashed with police, resulting in several arrests and three officers injured, officials … Continue reading
Protesters back in NY park for Occupy Wall Street anniversary
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 200 protesters gathered on Saturday in New York’s Zuccotti Park to mark the six-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and clashed with police, resulting in several arrests and three officers injured, officials … Continue reading
Lansley heckled by NHS protesters
David Cameron says there are “myths we need to bust” after Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is heckled by protesters before a meeting on NHS changes.
Bid to halt no-camping rule for DC protesters denied
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge denied a petition on Tuesday that would have allowed anti-Wall Street protesters to keep camping – at least temporarily – in two parks in the nation’s capital where they have lived for months.