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Ecuador: President Moreno puts national capital under curfew, military con
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], Oct 13 (ANI): Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno on Saturday placed the national capital under curfew and military control following several days of mass protests against his decree cancelling fuel subsidies.
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Iraqi firebrand cleric Sadr calls on government to resign amid violent mas
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 5 (ANI): Iraq's prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday called on the government to resign amid the ongoing mass anti-government protests that have claimed the lives of dozens of people.
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Ecuador: 350 detained in Ecuador during protests over end of fuel subsidie
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], Oct 5 (ANI): Ecuador authorities have detained as many as 350 people during mass protests triggered by government's decision to cancel fuel subsidies, country's Interior Ministry said on Friday.
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Hong Kong leader formally withdraws controversial extradition bill
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Sept 5 (ANI): Embattled Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday formally withdrew a controversial extradition bill which ignited violent mass protests across the semi-autonomous city in the last three months.
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Hong Kong: Clashes between police, demonstrators continue on third day of
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 28 (ANI): Violent clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators continued on Sunday, the third day of mass protests against the alleged recent police brutality.
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Hong Kong: Govt offices shut down due to mass protests over controversial
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 13 (ANI): Authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday closed government offices after mass protests intensified against a controversial extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for criminal prosecution.
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Algeria witnesses first mass protests on Ramadan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], May 11 (ANI): Thousands of Algerians on Friday took to the streets here on the first Friday of Ramadan, pressing their demands for democratic reforms and ousting of key officials from former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's regime.
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For Pompeo, climate change not in top 5 threats to US
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 17 (ANI): For US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, climate change doesn't figure amongst the top five threats to the United States - reflecting the rhetoric set out by US President Donald Trump, even as students across the world staged mass protests against in
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Protests, pro-rallies planned across UK ahead of Trump's visit
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom] July 12(ANI): Ahead of United States President Donald Trump visit to the United Kingdom, mass protests and pro-rallies have been planned here to oppose his administration.
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SC/ST Protests: Yogi fires warning shots to people willing to break law
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 03 (ANI): In response to the recent mass protests throughout the country initiated by various Dalit outfits, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday warned the people against taking law and order into their hands and assured strict action
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Trump puts UK visit on hold over concerns of 'mass-protests'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], June 11 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump has told British Prime Minister Theresa May in a phone call that he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain if there were large-scale protests.
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