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  • 19
    Apr
    2013
    6:28pm, EDT

    Violent clashes break out in Cairo over call for judiciary reform

    Mohamed El-shahed / AFP - Getty Images

    Muslim Brotherhood supporters throw stones towards opponents during clashes on April 19, in central Cairo.

    Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

    Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members throw stones towards members of the anti-muslim brotherhood (top) during clashes in central Cairo, April 19.

    Mostafa Elshemy / AP

    Egyptian protesters clash near a bus belonging to Muslim Brotherhood supporters burns after it was reportedly set alight by anti- government protesters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 19.

    Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

    Muslim Brotherhood members hit an anti-government protester during clashes near Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 19.

    Clashes erupted Friday between several hundred opponents and supporters of Egypt’s Islamist president during a rally by his allies calling on him to “cleanse the judiciary” of alleged supporters of the old regime. Four people were hurt the violent clashes following a call by the Muslim Brotherhood to demonstrate outside the Supreme Court. 

     

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  • 27
    Mar
    2013
    11:59am, EDT

    Signs of debate descend on Washington for same-sex court cases

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    Same-sex marriage supporters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on March 27, in Washington, D.C.

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    A demonstrator holds a Bible while marching outside the Supreme Court in Washington, on March 26, as the court heard arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8.

    Pete Marovich / Zuma Press

    Pro same-sex marriage activist Ryan Toney, 18, of Washington, D.C. stands in front of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.

    Nicholas Kamm / AFP - Getty Images

    Opponents of same-sex marriage participate in the March for Marriage in Washington, D.C. on March 26.

    Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

    Same-sex marriage supporters and same-sex marriage opponents argue their points in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, in Washington, D.C.

    Demonstrators for and against same-sex marriage rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court with signs on Tuesday and Wednesday, as the court heard cases on California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.

    Related content:

    • PhotoBlog: Same-sex marriage supporters gather outside US Supreme Court for hearings
    • Court hears case for same-sex benefits
    • First Read: The culture wars return — and this time the left is leading the fight
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  • 28
    Feb
    2012
    4:20pm, EST

    Orestis Panagiotou / EPA

    Greek police officers protest in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on Feb. 28, 2012. Protesters oppose new austerity measures imposed by the Greek government.

    Greek police join the protests against austerity measures

    By Robert Hood

    We’ve previously reported on the austerity measure protests in Greece, and police are usually seen on the receiving side of protester frustration. It looks like things changed today.

    The Associated Press reports Greece's government on Tuesday rushed to push through legislation detailing tough pension and salary cuts needed to secure access to the country's second international package of bailout loans.

    The new wave of austerity measures, coming on top of two years of spending cuts and tax hikes, have sparked widespread anger among a public that has seen its income and living standards drop with no clear end to the crisis in sight.

    On Tuesday, about 100 uniformed police, coast guard and fire service unionists protested pay cuts outside Parliament, with a small group burning a wartime military German flag used in the Nazi era in 1935-1945.

    1 comment

    Typical of the socialists/Democrats,,,,they all want to be supported for life and not a single one has any idea where the money to pay for it is supposed to come from.

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  • 17
    Jan
    2012
    6:33pm, EST

    Wisconsin Democrats submit one million recall signatures against Gov. Walker

    Andy Manis / AP

    Julie Wells of United Wisconsin celebrates in the back of a moving van, Jan. 17, 2012, in Madison, Wis., that contains about 1 million signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker.

    Darren Hauck / Reuters

    Supporters show up with boxes containing about one million signed recall petitions forms at the General Accounting Board in Madison, Wis. on Tuesday.

    WTMJ-TV and JSOnline.com report that Groups seeking to recall Gov. Scott Walker submitted nearly twice as many signatures Tuesday as required to force an election, an overwhelming number that may make an election later this year inevitable. But Walker's opponents still must transform public outrage over his pushback against unions into actual votes to oust him from office.

    If the governor is worried, he's not showing it: As petitions were delivered to election officials, he was out of state raising money to defend himself and the agenda that has made him a national conservative hero.

    We’ve been covering the situation in Wisconsin for quite some time in PhotoBlog.

    • Protesters pack the Wisconsin State Capitol in opposition to the elimination of collective bargaining for state workers
    • Man stands on ledge at Wisconsin Capitol amid ongoing protest
    • Wisconsin representatives set up desks outside Capitol
    • Raucous crowds: Police remove protesters from Wis. Capitol
    • Protesters spell out their grievances at the Wisconsin State Capitol
    • After 40 hours of exhausting debate, Wisconsin representatives strike a deal

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    You don't have to be a union member or necessarily a union supporter to know that an attempt to balance the state's books that places the burden of sacrifice on the backs of school teachers, sanitation workers and state dot employees not to mention all the secretaries, payroll clerks etc, that work  …

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  • 25
    Dec
    2011
    11:28am, EST

    Mohammed Huwais / AFP - Getty Images

    Demonstrators protest violent government crackdown in Sanaa, Yemen

    Yemeni protesters chant slogans during an anti-government rally in Sanaa on Dec. 25, 2011. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Yemen's capital calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to face trial, a day after his forces and loyalists killed 13 people at a similar demonstration.

    Related story: Yemen leader urges truce after troops kill protesters

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    don't tell me your car needs fixing and the freedom fighters need to catch up

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  • 22
    Nov
    2011
    7:17pm, EST

    Israeli left wing protests 'anti-democratic' bills in parliament

    David Buimovitch / AFP - Getty Images

    Israeli demonstrators take part in a march to protest against the flurry of anti-democratic bills and legislation being pushed through parliament by right-wing legislators on Nov. 22, 2011 in Tel Aviv.

    By Rich Shulman

    Most of the coverage of Israel focuses on the right-wing of Israeli politics.

    As AP reports:

    Some members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition have pushed forward a series of measures recently that critics say are aimed at stifling opponents.

    Among the proposed legislation are attempts to block most foreign funding for dovish nonprofit groups, lowering the threshold for politicians to file libel suits against the media, and a push to shift control of Supreme Court appointments from an independent panel to parliament.

     

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    Bills to cut foreign aid to Israeli doves on hold

    Baz Ratner / Reuters

    Israeli police officers detain a left-wing demonstrator during a protest against legislation they regard as anti-democratic in Tel Aviv Nov. 22, 2011. An amendment to a bill which would increase the amount paid as compensation in a libel suit passed its first reading on Monday, and two other bills awaiting ratification would give parliament some control over appointments to Israel's Supreme Court.

    Baz Ratner / Reuters

    Israeli police officers detain a left-wing demonstrator during a protest against legislation they regard as anti-democratic in Tel Aviv Nov. 22, 2011.

     

     

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    2 comments

    Yeah, right. Did you see what they're protesting? Funny how they're trying to block foreign funding for liberal, but not conservative, non-profits. And trying to shift control of judicial appointments from an INDEPENDENT panel to, by definition, partisan Parliament? How is that NOT an end run around …

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  • 27
    Oct
    2011
    12:41pm, EDT

    South African youths express frustration with ANC economic inaction

    Alexander Joe / AFP - Getty Images

    South Africa police stand guard as about 2,000 people demonstrate on Oct. 27, 2011 in downtown Johannesburg to demand jobs, in a protest organized by the militant youth wing of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Protesters were bused in from around the country to support the Youth League leader Julius Malema, who accuses his party's leadership of not doing enough to create jobs in a country with 25.7 percent unemployment.

    AP reports

    JOHANNESBURG - Young South Africans brought their frustration over poverty and joblessness to the streets Thursday, responding to a call by the tough-talking youth leader of the governing African National Congress who has clashed with older party leaders over economic policy.

    Julius Malema led the crowd in chants of "Down with white monopoly capital!" as it approached the Chamber of Mines headquarters.

    The Chamber of Mines' chief executive, who is black, accepted a list of demands from the protesters, including nationalization of 60 percent of the country's lucrative mines. Bheki Sibaya later told reporters his industry group wanted to work with Malema to find solutions, including helping pay to educate black South Africans, but rejected the demands of nationalization to address the national economic crisis. Read more…

    Alexander Joe / AFP - Getty Images

    ANC youth wing leader Julius Malema addresses protesters on Oct. 27, 2011 during a demonstration in downtown Johannesburg.

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    This is why there is no future in that country. I am sad to say this because I was born and raised there and I love South Africa with all my heart. It gets into your blood and seeing it turn into this anarchy makes me want to cry. Simultaneous to this, young South Africans of other color than the bl …

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  • 18
    Jul
    2011
    1:34pm, EDT

    Purple blast: Police spray demonstrators with dyed water in Srinagar

    Fayaz Kabli / Reuters

    A government employee tries to escape from dyed water sprayed by police to disperse a demonstration in Srinagar on Monday, July 18. Hundreds of demonstrators, some of whom were later arrested according to local reports, took to the streets to demand a pay rise.

    Tauseef Mustafa / AFP - Getty Images

    Indian policemen are reflected in colored water used by a water cannon, as they use batons as they attempt to stop Kashmiri government employees during a protest in Srinagar on Monday.

    More Srinagar coverage on PhotoBlog here.

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  • 13
    Jul
    2011
    3:10pm, EDT

    Mohammed Hamoud / AP

    Anti-government protestors, shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, July 13.

    Fist of protest: Anti-government demonstrations continue in Sanaa

    Related content:

    • Yemeni security forces, opposition clash in Taiz
    • Yemen coverage on msnbc
    • Slideshow: Political unrest in Yemen

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  • 8
    Jul
    2011
    4:53pm, EDT

    Mohamed Hossam / AFP - Getty Images

    Thousands of Egyptian protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the evening hours of July 8, 2011. The nationwide demonstrations were called to defend the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak and to show anger at the new military rulers' slow pace of reforms.

    Many in Cairo are angry about the slow pace of reform in Egypt

    By Robert Hood

    It was easy to get excited about the protests in Cairo that toppled the Mubarak regime, but real change is hard. Let’s hope the protest and the reaction to it doesn’t turn violent.

    See more recent pictures of life in Egypt.

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  • 8
    Jul
    2011
    1:12pm, EDT

    Tens of thousands take to the streets in Cairo

    Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

    A general views shows Egyptian protesters performing the Friday prayer during a protest aimed at pressuring the country's military rulers into expediting the prosecution of former regime officials, in Tahrir Square Cairo, Egpyt, on Friday. According to local sources, protesters are disappointed at what they say the slow pace of bringing former president Hosny Mubarak, ousted in a popular revolt earlier this year, and tainted officials to justice.

    Mohamed Abd El-Ghany / Reuters

    Egyptians surround an ambulance carrying people suffering from the heat during a protest against the former regime in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday, July 8. Thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to demand faster reforms and the swifter prosecution of former officials from Hosni Mubarak's toppled government who face corruption and murder charges.

    msnbc.com news services reports:

    CAIRO — Egyptians held one of their biggest protests in months as tens of thousands took to the streets in Cairo and other cities on Friday to demand justice for victims of Hosni Mubarak's regime and press the country's new military rulers for a clear plan on transition to democracy.

    There is growing frustration among Egyptians that little has changed five months after the 18-day uprising forced the former president to step down on Feb. 11. There has also been confusion over what comes next, with some demanding the military push back parliamentary elections that it set for September. Continue reading.

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  • 11
    May
    2011
    4:54pm, EDT

    Escalating bloodshed in Yemen's three-month-old revolt

    Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

    An anti-government protester demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh helps a fellow protester who was wounded during clashes with police in Sanaa on Wednesday, May 11.

    Yemen Lens / AP

    A Yemeni army soldier gestures to anti-government protestors attending a rally demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz, Yemen on Wednesday. Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building.

    Hani Mohammed / AP

    A wounded anti-government protester is brought to a field hospital during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa on Wednesday. Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building on Wednesday.

    Yahya Arhab / EPA

    Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the ousting of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa on Wednesday. According to media sources, protesters Wedneday seized various government offices, including a police station, in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, reported a witness as anti-government protests continue in the country.

    Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

    A boy jumps over a burning tyre during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on Wednesday.

    Full story: Yemen forces fire on protests in three cicties

    Slideshow: Political unrest in Yemen

    More visual coverage of Yemen on PhotoBlog

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    the poor yeminis faith are being manipulated by the elite, either by saleh the corrupt stubborn guy or america who really really want to go to yemen just as afghanistan

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