#violent protests

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Chile energy minister resigns over fuel protests

Chile`s President Sebastian Pinera has accepted the resignation of Energy Minister Rodrigo Alvarez who stepped down ...

Taliban say airport attack is "revenge" for Koran burnings

The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Monday for an attack on the Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, ...

Radioactive material said stolen from Egypt plant

Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt`s Mediterranean coast that was the site of ...

Several injured in Indian Kashmir clashes

Several people were injured in fierce clashes between police and demonstrators in Indian Kashmir as prayers marking ...

Israel police say mosque arson suspect arrested

Israeli police said on Thursday they have arrested a suspect in the arson attack on a mosque in northern Israel, after ...

Tunisian police use tear gas in fourth day of protests

Tunisian police used tear gas on Sunday to break up a fourth day of anti-government protests by scores of youths. ...

Obama condemns Koran burning "bigotry"

President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned a US pastor`s burning of the Koran, after violent protests at what he ...

Gunfire heard in Syria`s Latakia after Assad speech

Gunfire was heard in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday after President Bashar al-Assad dashed hopes of an ...

Kadhafi seeks UN, AU probe into Libyan unrest

Moamer Kadhafi said he wanted the United Nations or the African Union to probe the unrest rocking Libya and promised ...

Asia plans mass rescue of citizens from Libya

Asian nations on Wednesday prepared "mammoth" evacuation plans for more than 100,000 migrants trapped in Libya, many ...

Moscow sends diplomats to aid Russians in riot-hit Egypt

Russia`s Foreign Ministry has sent its staff members to aid Russian nationals in Egypt, hit by violent protests ...

Mubarak ready to go, but fears chaos: ABC interview

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday in an interview with ABC television that he wants to leave office, but ...

15 Indian job aspirants youth killed after falling from trains

Fifteen Indian youths were killed and several others injured Tuesday when they fell from the roof of two speeding ...

Ben Ali family members arrive in Canada

Relatives of Tunisia`s ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have arrived in Canada, a government official in ...

Two torch themselves in Egypt, taking cases to 10

Two men set themselves ablaze in Egypt on 
Tuesday, security officials said, bringing to 10 the number of such ...