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Belgrade students stage protest
Belgrade :: Serbia | about 19 hours ago
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Students of the University of Belgrade protested in front of the Serbian government building demanding to meet with state officials. More than a thousand students protested, calling for relaxations when registering for the coming year of studies. Students...
Tags: University of Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade, Protests, ￅﾠumadija, B92, Education, Politics
Three-nation food safety deal reached
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday in Tokyo to share information on food safety and coordinate measures against swine flu. At their third regular meeting, the ministers signed a memorandum on food safety that according to...
Tags: food safety, Tokyo Support, South Korean, health ministers, Burma, China, Japan, Tōkyō, Kyaw Zaw, Protests, Uprising, John Yettaw, Aung San Suu Kyi, Politics of Burma, Aung San, Law Crime, Product safety, Yukio Hatoyama, Jiaozi, Politics, Hygiene, Packaging, Disaster Accident, Akira Nagatsuma, Health in the People's Republic of China, Economic history of the People's Republic of China, Food safety in the People's Republic of China, Prime Ministers of Japan, Pesticide, National League for Democracy, Political repression, Islam in Burma, Military dictatorship
UC Berkeley investigates alleged police brutality
Santa Cruz :: Bolivia | 1 day ago
Credibility The University of California, Berkeley is investigating allegations of police brutality against students and employees protesting fee hikes and budget cuts last week. In a letter Monday, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau says the campus police department is...
Tags: UC Santa Cruz, police brutality, University of California, Berkeley, Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Robert J. Birgeneau, Berkeley California, Mark Yudof, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Education, University of California Berkeley, Political riots, Protests, War Conflict, Internet, Marketing, Spam, Cybercrime, Electronic commerce, Information technology management, Social Issues, Sacramento California, University of California Davis, Religion Belief, Law Crime, Tuition, College tuition, University of California Students Association
Protesters block Parliament's doors
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Parliament's front doors were locked today during a blockade by climate change protesters calling for deep cuts to carbon emissions. About 200 protesters demanding a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions were visited by senators Bill Heffernan and Steve...
Tags: Parliament House, Inside Parliament, FEDERAL Parliament, United Kingdom, London, Protests, Political riots, protests in Hungary, Plane Stupid, Politics, Protests against the Iraq War, Action on climate change, Radical environmentalism, Environment
Demonstration at UC Santa Cruz ends peacefully
Santa Cruz :: Bolivia | 2 days ago
Credibility Officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz say dozens of protesters who were occupying the university's main administrative building have ended their protest. Campus spokesman Jim Burns says the nearly 70 or so protesters who had occupied the...
Tags: UC Santa Cruz, UC-Santa Cruz, University of California, Kerr Hall, occupy building, fees hike, graduate students, tuition hike, administrative building, Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Weather Underground Organization, Students for a Democratic Society, Kevin Rudd, Nonviolence, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Mark Rudd, Education, Protests, Civil disobedience, Santa Cruz California, Protests against the Iraq War, Political riots, University of California Davis, University of California Santa Cruz, Tuition, Religion Belief, Clark Kerr
The accidental uprising: How 'corpse' killed Communism
Prague :: Czech Republic | 2 days ago
Credibility For the past two decades, 17 November has been a national holiday in the Czech Republic. It is the day that marks the beginning of the Velvet Revolution of 1989 that brought down the Communist dictatorship which for 40 years had run Czechoslovakia, the...
Tags: Prague Spring, Martin Smids, Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel, Ludvik Zifcak, KGB, Peter Uhl, Wenceslas Square, velvet revolutions, Czech Republic, Prague, Theatre of the Absurd, Vￃﾡclav Havel, Velvet Revolution, Eastern bloc, Protests, Foreign relations of the Soviet Union
Iran's Mousavi tells government to end intimidation
Tehrān :: Iran | 2 days ago
Credibility Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said Sunday the reform movement would not be cowed by the hardline government's harsh methods as riot police prevented a demonstration by moderates taking place. Mousavi's remarks preceded a scheduled gathering...
Tags: Years Iran, Iran Nation Party, Iran Iran, vice presidency, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, iran jailed, Tehran, presidential election, presidency mohammad, Mirhossein Mousavi, Iran, Tehrān, Iranian Azeris, Iranian Revolution, Mehdi Karroubi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Protests, Iranian presidential election, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, War Conflict, Politics, Iranian election protests, Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, Islamic Republic News Agency, Mohammad Khatami, Khatami, Iranian reformists, Government of Iran, Iranian media, Law Crime, Saleh Nikbakht
No agreement reached with protesting students
Belgrade :: Serbia | 3 days ago
Credibility The Education Ministry has not reached an agreement with students regarding their tuition demands. Students have announced that new protests would be held on Monday. Meetings were held between student representatives, Education Ministry officials and...
Tags: The Education Ministry, Serbia, Belgrade, Student protests, Israeli education strikes, Tuition, University of Belgrade, Protests, Education, Religion Belief
March organisers confident (Newstalk ZB)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility Organisers of yesterday's March for Democracy in Auckland are confident their stand has made a difference to the debate over the government's response to referenda. Estimates of the turnout yesterday vary from around four to six thousand. Prime Minister...
Tags: Hundreds of Aucklanders, John Key, Newstalk ZB, prime minister, queen st, initiated referenda, New Zealand, Auckland, Democracy, Politics, Elections, Referendum, Varieties of democracy, Protests, Direct democracy, Social Issues, Mandatory sentencing, Manukau City, Sentence, Law Crime, Corporal punishment in the home, New Zealand citizens-initiated referendum, Constitution of New Zealand, Referendums in New Zealand
In Draft Resolution, United Nations Rebukes Iran for Rights Violations Since Election
Tehrān :: Iran | 3 days ago
Credibility The United Nations criticized Iran on Friday for numerous human rights abuses in the wake of the disputed presidential election in June, including the arrests, intimidation and mass trials of members of the political opposition. A draft resolution detailing...
Tags: United Nations Rebukes Iran, draft resolution, The United Nations, Iran, Tehrān, Protests, Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian election protests, Basij, Military of Iran, Iranian presidential election, Politics
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