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PROTEST MOVEMENTS & ACTIONS
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Park hours snarl Denver protest plans
DENVER, June 25 (UPI) -- Denver officials are citing the city's "no camping" laws in a dispute with organizers of a planned anti-war protest during the Democratic National Convention.
Heathrow expansion plan draws huge protest
LONDON, May 31 (UPI) -- Heathrow International Airport's planned expansion has drawn thousands of protesters to the site outside London, organizers said.
Argentina: Farmer protests end for talks
BUENOS AIRES, March 29 (UPI) -- Protesting farmers in Argentina decided Friday to bring an end to weeks of demonstrations protesting taxes on certain export goods.
Guatemalan farmers stage massive protest
GUATEMALA CITY, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 Guatemalan farmers have waged protests over the arrest of one of their leaders, Prensa Libre newspaper reported Friday.
Protest against Colombian rebels worldwide
BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A worldwide protest by Colombians against the country's leftist rebels kicked off Monday, with a major demonstration scheduled for the capital, Bogota.
Group protests climate change meeting
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Indigenous peoples from around the world picketed the United Nation's climate change conference in Bali Friday, saying they were shut out of the meetings.
Communists protest Putin; Lugovy slams UK
MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Members of Russia's Communist party convened in central Moscow Thursday to demonstrate against the weekend state Duma elections.
Russian police stop unauthorized protest
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, stopped an unauthorized protest Sunday, detaining dozens of protesters who allegedly clashed with them.
Georgia police end 5-day Tbilisi protest
TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Georgian police used tear gas Wednesday to break up an anti-government protest in the capital in its fifth day, Russian media reported.
Hungarian police break rightist protests
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Violent clashes in Budapest between Hungarian extreme rightists and riot police resulted in injuries to 19 people, including 15 officers, injured, police said.
Small protests continue in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Several hundred protesters faced down security troops in Yangon Saturday as state-run newspapers in Myanmar declared peace had been restored.
Nine dead in Myanmar protest
YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Crackdowns on anti-government protests in Yangon, Myanmar, left at least nine people dead Thursday and another 11 injured.
Protests widen in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Myanmar's monks joined thousands of others Monday for an eighth day of street protests against the country's military rulers amid fears of a junta crack down.
Anti-government protests in Myanmar grow
YANGON, Myanmar, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Protesting monks branded Myanmar's military regime the "enemy of the people" Saturday as protests grew into the largest in nearly twenty years.
U.S.-led troops focus of Iraqi protest
BAGHDAD, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Members of Iraq's Sadrist Movement protested in Baghdad Wednesday, calling for an end to operations by the U.S.-led Multi-National Force.
Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Stay Defiant
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive oil to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs.
AP IMPACT: Force-Feeding at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive oil to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs.
Texas Border Fence Foes Protest by Kayak
ROMA, Texas (AP) -- Dozens of people paddled down the Rio Grande in kayaks and canoes Saturday to protest a border fence they say will do little to stop illegal immigration but will destroy the impoverished region's burgeoning bird-watching industry.
Thousands Protest in Indian Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- Protests erupted in this city in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday as anger mounted over the death of a teenager killed when police fired on a crowd protesting alleged human rights violations, officials said.
Peru Teachers Strike to Protest Testing
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian public school teachers walked off the job Thursday to protest an education reform proposal that would require them to pass periodic competency exams.
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