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Fresh clashes erupt in Iraq despite cleric's call for calm
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 9 (ANI): Fresh clashes between Iraq's security forces and anti-government protesters broke out in Baghdad and a number of Iraqi cities on Friday, despite a call for calm by the country's top Shia leader.
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23 protestors killed in Iraqi clashes from Nov 3-7
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 9 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 23 protesters were killed and over thousands injured in clashes in Iraq since Sunday, the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights said on Friday.
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Iraqi forces kill several protesters in Baghdad, Basra
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 8 (ANI): Six demonstrators in Baghdad and five others in Basra were shot dead by Iraq's security forces on Thursday as they were trying to remove barriers blocking their march in Central Baghdad, the police and medical officials said.
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Protesters drag Bolivian Mayor through streets, forcefully cut her hair
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], Nov 8 (ANI): Patricia Arce, mayor of Vinto, a city of 60000 in central Bolivia, has been attacked on Thursday by opposition protesters who dragged her through the streets barefoot, covered her in red paint and forcibly cut her hair, as weeks of violent political unrest cont
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Anti-govt protesters in Lebanon seek to shut down key state institutions
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Nov 6 (ANI): As anti-government demonstrations in Lebanon entered the third week, the protestors on Wednesday sought to shut down key state institutions in the country until their demands are met.
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Pakistan PM refuses to resign amid mass protests
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that he was ready to accept all "valid" demands of the Azadi March protesters, led by firebrand cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman, except their call for his resignation.
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Andhra Pradesh: Protesters climb radio tower demanding job opportunities
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Some unemployed youth on Monday held a protest against the government at the All India Radio office in Vijayawada.
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Thousands gather on Beirut's streets for anti-government protest
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Nov 4 (ANI): Hours after supporters of embattled President Michel Aoun held a rally; tens of thousands of anti-government protesters also took to streets in the capital city on Sunday.
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Iraq: Protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Karbala [Iraq], Nov 4 (ANI): Dozens of protestors in Iraq attacked the Iranian consulate in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Sunday night.
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Xinhua condemns vandalisation of its Hong Kong bureau
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 3 (ANI): Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency on Saturday strongly condemned what it called "savage behaviour" of the protesters in Hong Kong after its Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau office building was vandalised during the anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous
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Hyderabad: Police detain AISF protesters agitating in solidarity with TSRT
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): Police on Thursday detained the All India Students Federation (AISF) members who were protesting for Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) employees near the Minister's Quarters here.
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Protests by TSRTC employees intensify in Hyderabad, protesters rub their n
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Employees of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) on Wednesday intensified their indefinite protest here against the sacking of over 40,000 employees by the state government, which entered day 25 today.
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