West-backed Syria rebels shaken on multiple fronts
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Diaa Hadid and Bassem Mroue
| November 16, 2014 - 6:26am
During a key battle in the rugged mountains of a northern province earlier this month, US-backed Syrian rebels collapsed before an assault by al-Qaeda fighters. Some surrendered their weapons. Others outright defected...
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Thai anti-coup protesters say it with sandwiches
By
Jerry Harmer
| June 9, 2014 - 6:12am
Activists protesting last month's military coup in Thailand face a possible two-year jail term if they get too strident, so on yesterday they found a new way to show their sentiments: handing out "sandwiches for...
World
China lawyers demand access to detained activists
June 8, 2014 - 3:13am
Around 20 attorneys gathered yesterday in a central Chinese city to demand access to several activists detained ahead of the politically sensitive 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square military suppression of...
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Effigies
May 1, 2014 - 12:00am
It says in the papers that the activists burned some effigies and threw some tomatoes and rotten eggs during the US President's visit last Monday.
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WATCH: Militant groups protest upcoming Obama visit
By
Cris Cayanan
| April 25, 2014 - 1:22pm
Militant groups protest upcoming Obama visit
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Anti-Obama protesters clash with police in Manila
April 23, 2014 - 1:45pm
Police armed with truncheon, shields and water hose have clashed with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the...
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Stopping deportations by any means necessary
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Nicholas Riccardi
| March 19, 2014 - 2:02am
President Barack Obama's surprise announcement last week that his administration would change its deportation policy to become more "humane" shows how the immigration battle has narrowed after months of congressional...
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Activists: Syrian forces launch new Aleppo strikes
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Diaa Hadid
| February 2, 2014 - 6:03am
Syrian military helicopters dropped barrels packed with explosives in the government's latest air raids on rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo on yesterday, killing at least 23 people including a family...
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Protests over Russian anti-gay law focus on Sochi
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David Crary
| February 2, 2014 - 4:02am
Despite seven months of international outcry, Russia's law restricting gay-rights activity remains in place. Yet the eclectic protest campaign has heartened activists in Russia and caught the attention of its targets...
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83-year-old activist-nun to be sentenced for uranium sabotage
January 28, 2014 - 12:52pm
An 83-year-old Catholic nun convicted in a protest and break-in at the top U.S. storehouse for bomb-grade uranium will find...
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