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Protests mar Lebanon for 6th consecutive day
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Oct 23 (ANI): Thousands of protesters gathered for the sixth consecutive day in downtown Beirut on Tuesday (local time), despite sweeping economic reform measures announced by prime minister Saad Hariri a day earlier, and called for the government to resign.
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2 dead, 80 injured after police lathi-charge protesters in Muzaffarabad
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad [PoK], Oct 22 (ANI): Two civilians were killed and over 80 others sustained injuries after police lathi-charged protestors at a peaceful pro-freedom rally in Muzaffarabad city in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday.
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Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters in Kowloon
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Oct 20 (ANI): The Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protestors as thousands marched through Kowloon district on Sunday despite a police ban on the rally.
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Telangana: Clash between police, RTC workers in Parakala as strike continu
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Parakala (Telangana) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): A minor clash erupted between police and a group of Road Transport Corporation (RTC) workers in Warangal district's Parakala town as protesters continued their 'state-wide' strike here on Saturday.
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US House passes several measures in support of Hong Kong protesters
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House of Representatives has passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act that stipulates annual State Department reviews of the autonomy of Hong Kong, as well as other measures supporting demonstrators.
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Amid countrywide protests, Iraqi President Salih calls for national dialog
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 8 (ANI): While addressing a public event, Iraqi President Barham Ahmed Salih on Monday denounced the targeting of peaceful demonstrators and called on protesters to join the national dialogue.
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Hong Kong protests: Chinese military garrison unfurls warning flag for dem
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Oct 7 (ANI): In the first direct interaction between the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and pro-democracy demonstrators since the beginning of protests, the Chinese military garrison in Hong Kong on Sunday raised a yellow flag, warning protesters they could be prosecuted if the
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Aarey row: 29 protesters released from Thane jail
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Twenty-nine protestors were released from Thane jail after bail was granted to them yesterday.
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Iraq: Toll in protest mounts to 104
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 7 (Sputnik/ANI): More protesters were killed and injured in fresh clashes with security forces across Iraq on Sunday night, media said.
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Aarey Row: Bail granted to 29 arrested protestors
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): A Mumbai court on Sunday granted bail to the 29 protesters, who were arrested while protesting against the axing of the trees by the authorities in Aarey colony for construction of a metro car shed.
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Aarey row: Aditya Thackeray requests Maha CM to look into arrest of protes
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray on Saturday requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to look into the arrest of protesters who had gathered to revolt against the felling of trees in Aarey forest area.
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Mumbai Aarey Protests: 29 people arrested, Section 144 imposed
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Twenty-nine people have been arrested since Friday night and Section 144 imposed was imposed by Mumbai Police at the Aarey Colony blocking all roads to it after protesters gathered to fight the Bombay High Court orders that allowed authorities to cu
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