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Reports on the attack of protesters on a United Nations base in Ivory Coast.

Cites the distribution of leaflets by school custodians protesting the plans by New York Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein to use private contractors to replace the civil custodians in schools located on Brooklyn and Queens citing the improved service flexibility of contractors over unionized custodians.

Reports on the thousands of people that participated in the protests against labor market reforms in Magdeburg, Germany on August 9, 2004.

Reports on a rally in Hong Kong, China to demand for the Chinese government to grant democratic elections in the administrative region. Range of criticisms against the Beijing administration; Complaints of restricting democratic freedoms in the city.

Reports on the meeting between police officials and protest organizers in New York to discuss whether to let demonstrators march past Madison Square Garden the day before the Republican National Convention begins on August 30, 2004. Concession won by the protesters; Security measures restricting the demonstrators' movements; Second meeting arranged between the police and representatives of United for Peace and Justice.

The article deals with the violent protests staged by members of the Yellow Vest movement in Paris, France who resent mounting inequalities in the country. Topics covered include President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to back down in the face of popular resistance, the extent of damages caused by the riots and properties and human lives, and the determination of the protesters to fight for equality.

The article focuses on the demonstration conducted by student protesters at the Tehran University that aims to ignite an impassioned rally against the government in Iran. It states that the protest has broken out in other parts of the country, yet has never gained traction in the capital. It also mentions the government's response on the actions by tamping down the uprising and staging pro-government rallies throughout the nation.

The article discusses the number of demonstrations and protests in New York City following the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump and examines the city's capacity to hold such events. It cites the women's march that drew 400,000 participants held in the Manhattan section before covering past demonstrations since the 1960s and commenting on the role of cities in social movements.

The article reports that the administration of French President Emmanuel Macron was confronted by the protests of the Yellow Vests movement, driven by discontent over his presidency and asking his resignation due to his behavior.

In this article, the author discusses protests and social movements; role of movements in building power through organizing and impact of protests.

The article discusses the role of teenage student-activist Joshua Wong in instigating pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, China. Topics addressed include shifts in the political and social attitudes of young people in Hong Kong, Wong's background in political activism, and his speeches to demonstrators in Hong Kong.

The article discusses pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, China, noting the protesters maintenance of cleanliness and order throughout their demonstrations. Topics addressed include the attitudes of Hong Kong youth participating in the protests, the protests' grassroots and leaderless organization, as well as the Chinese government's response to the protests.

The article discusses the Communist Party of China (CCP)'s potential strategies for addressing pro-democracy protests in downtown Hong Kong, China, noting limited options for Chinese president Xi Jinping. Topics addressed include the possibility that a violent crackdown on the protests would backfire and the possibility that concessions would trigger similar protests in mainland China, as well as Xi's governing style.

The article discusses civilian protests in Hong Kong, China, noting that police efforts to breakup the pro-democracy protests led to more the participation of more protesters. Topics addressed include the implications of the protests in terms of a possible long-term confrontation between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Hong Kong residents, as well as police use of tear gas against protesters.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the size of protests which does not indicate the strength of the movement and its significance depends on what happens after the event.

The article reports on the concerns of immigrant workers and the needs of their employers, as demonstrators around the country are pressing for immigrants legal status and citizenship. It describes some of the numerous cases of firing that resulted from the protest rallies, their consequences and their pertinence.

Reports on attacks against women, in Cairo, Egypt, as a way to punish male political protesters. How the attacks on women have brought together diverse groups including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Center for Socialist Studies; Speculation that the attacks against women may jump start the women's movement in Egypt.

Reports on a popular uprising against a regional government in Bashkortostan, Russia. Demonstrations against President Murtaza G. Rakhimov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin; Allegations against Rakhimov's government, including complaints of manipulated elections, increasing state control of business, and corruption.

Reports that tens of thousands of Iraqis marked the second anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein by marching in Baghdad to demand the withdrawal of American forces. Warnings from a lethal insurgent group against Iraqis joining the army or police force; How most protesters were followers of rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr; Details of the protest, which was peaceful; Sadr's ability to mobilize his followers peacefully and capitalize on resentment in Iraq caused by the presence of foreign troops; How other disaffected groups used the occasion to denounce U.S. military presence in Iraq.

MOSCOW WHILE debonair demonstrators in mink coats and designer jeans have until now defined Russia's budding opposition movement against the Kremlin, protest leaders have deemed it best to keep Sergei Udaltsov on a tight leash. With his black sweaters, buzz cut and intense ravenlike eyes, he often appeared feral, somewhat unhinged and possibly dangerous. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After more than a month of the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park, the complaints are mounting. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, perhaps reflecting the irritation of his former colleagues on Wall Street, has said ''the Constitution doesn't protect tents. It protects speech and assembly.'' And he suggested last week that the city would start enforcing city rules on marches by the protesters unless they have the required permits. Fortunately, the people most inconvenienced by the encampment, its neighbors, have a more sensible response. Community Board 1, which represents residents and businesses in Lower Manhattan, is expected to vote Tuesday evening on a resolution that endorses the right to protest and opposes ''the use of excessive and unnecessary force by the City of New York'' or the owners of the park, Brookfield Properties. (The resolution also endorses the extension of the ''millionaire's tax'' in New York State to soften cuts to education and other services.) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A loose-knit populist campaign that started on Wall Street three weeks ago has spread to dozens of cities across the country, with protesters camped out in Los Angeles near City Hall, assembled before the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago and marching through downtown Boston to rally against corporate greed, unemployment and the role of financial institutions in the economic crisis. With little organization and a reliance on Facebook, Twitter and Google groups to share methods, the Occupy Wall Street campaign, as the prototype in New York is called, has clearly tapped into a deep vein of anger, experts in social movements said, bringing longtime crusaders against globalization and professional anarchists together with younger people frustrated by poor job prospects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While much attention has been focused on rebel efforts in eastern Libya and in the city of Misurata, rebels have held control of most of the Nafusah Mountain region since the unrest began in February. The region has strategic importance because it provides access to supply routes in the south. An estimated 150,000 people live here, many from the Berber minority, which was neglected by Col. Muammarel-Qaddafi's Arab nationalist regime. The region's geology and its proximity to Tunisia have helped the rebels resist here. The High Ground [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than 10,000 antigovernment protesters rallied in the capital, Yerevan, on Thursday, demanding new elections and the release of their incarcerated colleagues. Their leader, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian, left, said the protest movement had been inspired by the revolts in the Arab world, and promised that any change in government would be peaceful. The demonstrations began in February, on the third anniversary of the violent suppression of a protest after a disputed presidential election in 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A day after the largest antigovernment protests in Iran in more than a year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday dismissed opposition attempts to revive mass demonstrations as certain to fail, while members of the Iranian Parliament clamored for the two most prominent leaders of the protest movement to be executed. Critics have called in the past for the two men, Mir Hussein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, to be prosecuted for alleged crimes that would merit the death penalty. The calls for punishment on Tuesday, however, appeared to be the most strident yet -- with members of Parliament shouting in unison, ''Moussavi, Karroubi should be hanged!'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CAIRO -- As protesters in Tahrir Square faced off against pro-government forces, they drew a lesson from their counterparts in Tunisia: ''Advice to the youth of Egypt: Put vinegar or onion under your scarf for tear gas.'' The exchange on Facebook was part of a remarkable two-year collaboration that has given birth to a new force in the Arab world -- a pan-Arab youth movement dedicated to spreading democracy in a region without it. Young Egyptian and Tunisian activists brainstormed on the use of technology to evade surveillance, commiserated about torture and traded practical tips on how to stand up to rubber bullets and organize barricades. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mehdi Karroubi, an Iranian opposition leader, said Tuesday that a demonstration planned in Tehran next week, nominally in solidarity with the protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia, was a test both for the Iranian government and its opponents. Since Tehran is painting events in Cairo and elsewhere as the long-awaited regional blossoming of its own Islamic Revolution, to deny a permit for such a march would show that its position in support of the Arab movements is fake, Mr. Karroubi said in a rare interview from Tehran, conducted via an Internet video link. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BANGKOK -- Thousands of antigovernment demonstrators blocked a major intersection in the commercial heart of the Thai capital on Friday to mark the passage of six months since a bloody military crackdown on street protests. The demonstration underlined the resilience of what is known as the Red Shirt movement in Thailand. It remains active despite efforts by a hostile military leadership to dismantle it and by the government to block access to Internet sites and other media dedicated to the protest movement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BANGKOK -- Viewers of Thai soap operas now have a choice: they can follow the overdramatized acting and weepy plot lines of shows like ''The Glass Around the Diamond'' or they can read progovernment political messages scrolling on the bottom of the television screen. ''The Thai people love peace but when we go to war, we are not fearful,'' read one of the dozens of messages exhorting people to oppose the protest movement that has paralyzed parts of Bangkok for more than seven weeks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the shutdown of all businesses at Assembly in New York City as a manifestation of support for immigrant rights.

The article reports that the proletariat has celebrated May Day by taking to the streets to demand lower wages in the U.S.

The article reports that thousands of workers have rallied against the administration of Mexican President Vicente Fox for the government's failure to lift up the working class in Mexico.

The article reports that protesters has rallied in Washington, featuring speeches, prayers, and signs that urged an end to abortions across the country.

Reports on the electrical failure in New Jersey that disrupted train service between New York and Washington, leading an impromptu protest outside Pennsylvania station by antiwar activists who gave up on plans to join a larger rally in the nation's capital.

Reports on the protest of workers against a plan to ban hand-pulled rickshaws in Kolkata, India.

Reports on the mass demonstration ousting Lebanon President Émile Lahoud, because of his alleged ties with four suspects in an assassination inquiry.

Reports on the antiwar and free-speech protests held in an open-air shopping, dining and entertainment complex in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reports on the bold protests for reasons that range from rampant industrial pollution to widespread evictions and land seizures by corrupt local governments in Shanghai, China.

Reports on the protest of relatives of soldiers who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq outside U.S. President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.

Reports on the halt of state oil production, following a series of protests against the administration of Ecuador President Alfredo Palacio.

Reports on the fatalities arising from the violence in the Kurdish region of Iran.

Reports on the mass demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, aimed to achieve economic and political reform in the country.

Presents photographs showing the subject of protests around the globe.

Reports on the clash between riot police and protesters during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Egypt President Hosni Mubarak.

Reports on the dispersal of hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting an attack on a disputed religious site by police using tear gas in New Delhi, India.

Reports on the protests made by relatives of those who died in the September 11 terrorist attack over a proposed museum at ground zero.

Reports on the planned demonstration addressing demand for more state control of energy resources in Bolivia.

Reports that thousands of Chinese parliamentary police officers had stood guard at the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, China, to ensure that the May 4 anniversary, one of the country's sensitive political anniversaries which celebrates a famous student uprising in 1919 against Western colonialism, did not erupt into a new wave of angry protesters against Japan.

Reports on the call of the government for the masses to end anti-Japanese demonstrations in China.

Reports on demonstrations in several towns across Kyrgyzstan to denounce the runoff elections which was widely criticized.