Monday night protest blocks uptown streets
About 100 protesters blocked several uptown Charlotte streets late Monday in an impromptu march that signaled the first significant disturbance of the Democratic National Convention. Analyst Comment:...
View ArticleProtesters March In Charlotte Streets
Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement clashed with Charlotte police during an hours-long march down one of Charlotte's major streets on Tuesday. The march led to three arrests. At one point,...
View ArticleProtesters Raise Volume, Keep Peace
Day two on the streets of the Democratic convention morphed into a loud, free-flowing forum of ideas as demonstrators, street preachers, button vendors and conventioneers roamed uptown Charlotte....
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Judge Furious About Undercover Occupy Operation
It was a scene that made headlines: Occupy Houston protesters formed a human chain to block the Port of Houston entrance. Using PVC pipes, the protesters locked their arms together in "dragon...
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Who is marching in Charlotte to protest the DNC?
When protesters began arriving in Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention this week, they were filled with hope. For months, they predicted that thousands would travel to North Carolina's...
View ArticleOccupy Protesters Face Ecivtion with End of DNC
The protesters who are camped out at Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte only have a few hours before police said they will make them leave. While there have been a couple dozen arrests, most of the...
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Jay-Z knocks Occupy Wall Street
Jay-Z says Occupy Wall Street had a fatal flaw: Its 99 messages. The legendary rapper, in a new interview, says he never threw his support behind the protest movement because he didn’t understand what...
View ArticleTweet Retreat!
They’re going to tweet like canaries. Twitter will obey a judge’s ruling and turn over possibly incriminating messages in the criminal case against an Occupy Wall Street protester, The Post has...
View ArticleProtester Eyed in Rape; NYC
An Occupy Wall Street protester is suspected of raping a 56-year-old woman at the South Street Seaport and throwing her over a second-story railing, cops said. The victim met up with her attacker,...
View ArticleSeveral arrested on Occupy 1-yr anniversary march
Posted: Sunday, September 16, 2012 2:48 AM EST Updated: Sunday, September 16, 2012 2:48 AM EST NEW YORK (AP) - About 300 people observing the 1-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street marched to a...
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Al-Qaida calls for more attacks on embassies
Lebanese army soldiers with their armored personnel carrier, stand guard outside a Burger King as part of stepped up security measures in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday Sept. 15,...
View ArticleOWS morn of mayhem
The 99 percent is back — and bent on wreaking havoc on your morning commute tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. About 500 protesters gathered in Washington Square Park...
View ArticleMore anti-Japan protests in China over islands
Security personnel outnumbered the crowds of Chinese protesting against Japan outside its embassy on Sunday, a day after demonstrations over islands that both nations claim spread across China and...
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Cultural Clash Fuels Muslims Raging at Film
Stepping from the cloud of tear gas in front of the American Embassy here, Khaled Ali repeated the urgent question that he said justified last week’s violent protests at United States outposts around...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street Plans to Surround NYSE Monday
Occupy Wall Street marks its first anniversary on Monday, and, in a bid to rejuvenate a movement that has failed to sustain momentum after sparking a national conversation about economic inequality...
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Nearly 150 Protesters Arrested on Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
Hundreds of protesters marking the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement were met by a heavy police presence as they converged on lower Manhattan Monday morning. Officers on horseback...
View ArticleMute Protest in Seattle with Taped Dollar Bills
Demonstrators in downtown Seattle marked the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement by marching with dollar bills taped over their mouths.The Seattle Times reported that the Monday...
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OWS Protesters Mark One Year With Same Message, Smaller Crowd
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators marked a year since the movement made headlines a year ago with mass civil disobedience in Lower Manhattan Monday. The New York City Police Department reported making...
View ArticleProphet film protesters clash in Greece
Muslim protesters have clashed with Greek police during a rally against the American film that denigrates Islam's Prophet Mohammed.
View ArticleClashes Erupt as Thousands of Greeks Protest Austerity
Greek police clashed with hooded rioters hurling petrol bombs as tens of thousands took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday in Greece's biggest anti-austerity protest in more than a year. Violence...
View ArticleSmaller Occupy movement marks first anniversary
The numbers didn't add up to what they were one year ago. That's when Occupy Tampa occupied Lykes Gaslight Park in downtown Tampa amid a growing national distrust of government, financial institutions...
View ArticleChicago Teachers Vote to Approve 3 Year Contract
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union overwhelmingly have approved a new three-year contract that includes pay increases and a new evaluation system, union officials announced late Wednesday.
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Multiple Occupy Austin members arrested while trying to reorganize
AUSTIN -- At least three Occupy Austin members were arrested Saturday evening while trying to reorganize a new occupation in North Austin. About 50 protesters were gathering around 5 p.m. near...
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Violence Erupts With SF Protesters, Occupy San Jose Peaceful
To mark the one-year anniversary of the Occupy San Jose movement, a very small group of occupiers set up in front of City Hall on Saturday, peacefully holding signs and offering free wares in a...
View ArticleFour Banks Vandalized by Mob in Southeast Portland
A mob of dozens of people crowded Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard Thursday night, throwing rocks through bank building windows and bottles at pedestrians, according to Portland police. Police said one...
View ArticleOfficers disciplined in Occupy Oakland protests
OAKLAND (AP) -- Two police officers should be fired and another 42 officers disciplined or reprimanded for misconduct during the Occupy Oakland protests that turned violent late last year and in...
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St Paul's Cathedral Occupy protest latest
Protesters in the church Photo: EPA/OCCUPY LONDON View Gallery Tweet Share Share this article Email this article Print this article Related Articles * Is it time to cut the pay of out part time MPs? *...
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Occupy Toronto Supporters to Mark 1-Year Anniversary
Supporters of the Occupy Toronto movement will gather at St. James Park to mark the one-year anniversary. Demonstrators plan to gather at 1 p.m. Monday at the intersection of King Street and Bay...
View ArticleItalian workers rally against job losses, spending cuts
ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of Italian trade unionists rallied in central Rome on Saturday to protest against public spending cuts, job losses and factory closures, urging Mario Monti's government to...
View ArticlePolice Fire Tear Gas at Opposition Protesters in Kuwait
Police used tear gas and stun grenades on Sunday to disperse demonstrators as thousands marched in a protest against changes to the electoral law, witnesses said.
View ArticleLaw Banning Masks at Protests is to be Challenged
The crowd had gathered outside the Russian Consulate in New York, awaiting the sentencing in Moscow of members of the punk protest band Pussy Riot. Some held aloft placards proclaiming their...
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U.S. seeks to protect embassies
The fury over an anti-Islam film that targeted American diplomatic missions has spread to include a number of other Western facilities in the Muslim world, raising the specter Saturday of a widening...
View ArticleKuwait Warns of Harsher Measures Against Protests
Authorities in Kuwait are warning they will use harsher measures to crack down on anti-government demonstrators defying bans on protest gatherings in the increasingly tense Gulf nation. Analyst...
View ArticleU.N. Rights Boss Calls on China to Address Tibetan Protests
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official urged China on Friday to address longstanding grievances that have led to an "alarming escalation" in desperate forms of protest by Tibetans,...
View ArticlePolice Use Pepper Spray during Portland Protest
Several hundred people marched in Northeast Portland in a protest rally that led to a clash with police who used pepper spray. Analyst Comment: Wooden shields utilized by a small group of protesters...
View ArticleThousands of Russian Nationalists Rally against Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of black-clad Russian nationalists marched through central Moscow on Sunday, marking a "National Unity Day" holiday created by Vladimir Putin by calling for an end to his...
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'Turning point': Egypt's top court suspends work
Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Morsi forced Egypt's highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country's top judges and the...
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N. Ireland police attacked as flag riots rage on
Police were attacked in Northern Ireland on Monday night by protesters enraged by a decision to remove the British flag from Belfast City Hall, which has sparked eight consecutive days of demonstrations.
View ArticleMyanmar monks protest over mine violence, security tight
Hundreds of Buddhist monks took to the streets of several cities and towns in Myanmar on Wednesday to protest against police violence during a crackdown on demonstrators at a copper mine last month.
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Transport Strike Paralyzes Athens
Traffic gridlock paralyzes Greece's capital as commuters struggle to work amid a public transport strike, as police seek to end a metro workers' sit-in.
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