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At least 45 protesters shot dead, 152 others wounded in escalating Iraqi u
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq), Nov 29 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 45 demonstrators have been shot dead by security forces and 152 others have been injured amid increasing protest violence in the south of Iraq and the country's capital of Baghdad, local media reported, citing sources.
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BHU's Firoz Khan to appear for interview to teach at varsity's Ayurveda de
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Firoz Khan, who was facing protests for being appointed as an assistant professor in the Sanskrit Department of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), will appear for an interview on Friday to teach at the varsity's Ayurveda Department.
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Death toll rises, 25 more killed in anti-government protests in southern I
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nasiriyah [Iraq], Nov 29 (ANI): As many as 25 people were killed on Thursday after security personnel fired tear gas and live ammunition in a bid to disperse anti-government protestors here even as protests turned more violent in other parts of the country, according to medical sources and w
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Tehseen Poonawalla protests against Pragya Thakur's remarks, detained by p
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla on Thursday staged a protest against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Thakur's comments in Parliament, where she referred to Nathuram Godse as a 'Deshbhakt' (Patriot).
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47 policemen injured in violence outside Iranian consulate in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Najaf [Iraq], Nov 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Forty-seven police personnel were wounded in clashes with demonstrators outside the Iranian consulate building in Iraq's southern city of Najaf, Luay Yasiri, the governor of the Najaf province, told Al Arabiya on Thursday.
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Srinagar Police arrests main organiser of Anchar protests
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Srinagar Police has arrested the main organiser of the Anchar protests, in Chanpora of South Zone Srinagar.
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Protesters burn American flags, Trump pictures outside US Embassy in Beiru
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Nov 25 (ANI): Several dozens of Lebanese citizens over the weekend were seen burning the national flags of the USA and Israel outside the US Embassy here in protest against what they called the "US intervention" in the country's internal affairs.
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Bolivia approves new elections without Evo Morales
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sucre [Bolivia], Nov 24 (ANI): The Bolivian Congress has unanimously approved a bill that annulled the result of the country's presidential vote last month and allowed for new elections to be held without ousted President Evo Morales, who is currently under political asylum granted by Mexico
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6 killed, 158 wounded in anti-gov't protests in southern Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 24 (ANI): At least six people were killed and some 158 others sustained injuries in anti-government protests in southern provinces of Basra and Dhi Qar on Sunday, the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) had said.
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Hong Kong: Voter turnout rate passes 2015 in local elections since protest
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 24 (ANI): Hongkongers have been heading to the polls since Sunday morning in one of the most closely watched district council elections since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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Three people killed in anti-govt protests in Iraq's Nasiriyah
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Nasiriyah [Iraq], Nov 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Three people were killed as a result of protests in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah, amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations throughout the country, as per media reports.
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Bolivian Parliament gives govt 120 days to hold general elections
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sucre [Bolivia], Nov 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Bolivian lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday unanimously adopted amendments to the draft bill on holding general elections, setting a period of 120 days after the election of the leadership of the supreme electoral tribun
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