• Morsi leaves presidential palace in Cairo amid protests

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    Anti-Morsi protesters shout slogans during a protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Dec. 4, 2012.

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    An Egyptian woman holds a national flag as she listens to speakers, not pictured, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Dec. 4.

    Reuters reports — Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Morsi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, presidency sources said.

    Officers fired teargas at up to 10,000 demonstrators angered by Morsi's drive to hold a referendum on a new constitution on December 15. Some broke through police lines around his palace and protested next to the perimeter wall.

    The crowds had gathered nearby in what organizers had dubbed "last warning" protests against Morsi, who infuriated opponents with a November 22 decree that expanded his powers. "The people want the downfall of the regime," the demonstrators chanted.

    "The president left the palace," a presidential source, who declined to be named, told Reuters. A security source at the presidency also said the president had departed. Full story…

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    A protester carries a shield belonging to a riot police member who ran away as protesters clash briefly with riot police during a protest in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Dec. 4

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    A woman stands near barbed wire in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Dec. 4.

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    An anti-Morsi protester sprays paint reading "Control by Revolution" on a riot police vehicle during clashes in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Dec. 4.

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    Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square as protesters gather in Cairo, Dec. 4.

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    Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi reportedly left the palace via the back door to avoid further confrontation, as crowds vented their fury at Morsi's decree granting him nearly unlimited powers. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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  • International Day of People with Disabilities brings protests worldwide

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    Disabled people take part in a demonstration against the government's cuts in social services in Barcelona on Dec. 3, during the International Day of People with Disabilities. The placards read: "This time it is enough."

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    Prosthetic limbs sit at a protest outside Greece's parliament in Athens on Dec. 3, 2012. The protest was part of European demonstrations to mark International Day for People with Disabilities on Monday. Greek campaigners say recent austerity cuts have left many disabled Greeks struggling to receive proper care and state support.

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    People with visual disabilities attend a rally to demand job reservation and other welfare means for the visually impaired on International Day of People with Disability in New Delhi, India, Dec. 3. The annual observance of this day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.

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    People with disabilities rally against government cutbacks for disabled people during the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Seville, Spain, Dec. 3.

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    Visually challenged schoolchildren walk in file during a rally to mark International Day of People with Disability in Kolkata, India, Dec. 3.

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    Demonstrators protest on Mohamed Mahmoud street to mark the one-year anniversary of fatal clashes on the street, near the Interior Ministry, in Cairo, Nov. 19, 2012.

    Egyptians rally to protest killing of 42 in clashes a year ago

    Reuters reports — Protesters scuffled with Cairo police on Monday during a rally by 5,000 people to mark the first anniversary of the death of at least 42 Egyptian demonstrators during interim military rule.

    The demonstration underscored public pressure on elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to punish killings and abuses during security crackdowns by the military council that replaced Hosni Mubarak after his fall in a popular revolt last year. Full story…

  • Jordan protesters call for 'downfall of the regime'

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    Protesters from the Islamic Action Front and other opposition parties shout slogans during a demonstration following an announcement that Jordan would raise fuel prices, including a hike on cooking gas, after Friday prayers in Amman, Nov. 16, 2012.

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    Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Amman, Nov. 16.

    Reuters reports — Thousands of demonstrators chanted the Arab Spring slogan "the people want the downfall of the regime" in Jordan on Friday, although a day billed as the culmination of three days of occasionally violent protests passed off largely in peace.

    The staunch U.S. ally has so far largely avoided the street unrest that has swept across the Middle East over the past two years, but a decision this week to raise fuel prices led to demonstrations that raised the specter of long-term instability.

    The mainly urban Muslim Brotherhood announced on Friday it was joining the protests, lending the voice of the country's largest opposition movement to demonstrations which had previously mainly been focused on rural and tribal areas. Full story…

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    Anti-riot policemen, left, clash with Jordanian demonstrators during a protest in Amman, Jordan, Nov. 16.

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    Protesters from the Islamic Action Front and other opposition parties shout slogans during a demonstration following an announcement that Jordan would raise fuel prices, including a hike on cooking gas, after Friday prayers in Amman, Nov. 16.

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    Protesters at al Baqaa Palestinian Refugee Camp chant anti-king Abdullah slogans during a demonstration following an announcement of raising fuel prices, including a hike on cooking gas, in Baqaa, Jordan, Nov. 15.

     

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    Telefonica employees strike in Barcelona

    Workers from the phone company Telefonica take part in a demonstration blocking traffic and protesting against the unjustified dismissals at their company ahead of a general strike in Barcelona Spain, Nov. 13, 2012. Spain's main trade unions will stage a general strike, coinciding with similar work stoppages in Portugal and Greece, to protest government-imposed austerity measures and labor reforms. The strike will be the second in Spain this year. The masks read in Spanish: "I am a profitable person."

  • Argentines protest in anti-government march

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    Protesters march against Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez on the iconic obelisk in Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires, Nov. 8, 2012. Protests also were held in plazas nationwide and outside Argentine embassies and consulates around the world.

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    A protester marches in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 8.

    Associated Press reports — Thousands of people flooded the streets of Argentina's capital Thursday night in one of the country's biggest anti-government protests in more than a decade.

    Angered by rising inflation, violent crime and high-profile corruption, and afraid President Cristina Fernandez will try to hold onto power indefinitely by ending constitutional term limits, the protesters marched on the iconic obelisk in Buenos Aires chanting: "We're not afraid."

    Demonstrators reached the presidential residence in scorching summer heat banging on pots, whistling and holding banners that read: "Stop the wave of Argentines killed by crime, enough with corruption and say no to the constitutional reform."

    "I'm marching against all the things that are going on — the lies, the inflation, (the treatment) of those in retirement. Let's put an end to the lies and the corruption," said a 73-year-old protester. The woman, who gave only her first name, Edith, said she is still working because she can't afford to live on retirement money. Full story…

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    Protesters carry an Argentine flag during anti-government demonstrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 8. Thousands marched against rising inflation, crime, exchange controls and to express their fear to a constitutional reform that could open the way for a third consecutive re-election of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez.

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    A protester bangs a pot during a march against Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 8.

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    A woman waves an Argentina flag during an anti-government demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 8.

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  • Turkish police fire tear gas at banned secularist march

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    Thousands of people holding national flags gather at the mausoleum of Ataturk to celebrate the country's Republic Day in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 29, 2012.

    Reuters reports — Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of secularists protesting at a banned rally in the capital on Monday against what they see as an increasingly authoritarian and Islamist government.

    The scenes of chanting men and women draped in Turkish flags and carrying banners portraying the country's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk highlight a longstanding division in Turkish society between staunch secularists on the one hand and more conservative religious Turks on the other. Full story…

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    Riot police use tear gas and water cannons to disperse a crowd as thousands of people march to the mausoleum of Ataturk to celebrate the country's Republic Day in Ankara, Oct. 29.

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    Demonstrators wave flags as they march to the Anitkabir, mausoleum of the founder of secular Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in central Ankara, Oct. 29.

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    Police officers in riot gear stand watch as thousands of people prepare to march from the First National Assembly, seen in background, to the mausoleum of Ataturk to celebrate the Republic Day in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 29.

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  • Rioters protest legislation in Panama

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    A riot policeman fires tear gas during a protest against a new legislation, which allows for the sale of land in Panama's free trade zone of Colon, in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19, 2012. According to local media, hundreds of demonstrators protested against draft law No. 529, blocking roads and burning tires in the city, claiming that selling the land will affect their jobs and revenue which the Colon free trade zone, one of the largest free ports in the Americas.

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    A protester stands at a road block in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

    Associated Press reports — Panama's anti-riot police used tear gas and fired into the air to disperse protesters in the Caribbean city of Colon who oppose a new law allowing the sale of state-owned land in the duty-free zone next to the Panama Canal.

    Hundreds of protesters burned tires and threw objects at police in Colon's downtown, but began leaving the area after the confrontation with police. Local media say several people have been detained. Authorities haven't returned calls seeking comment.

    Friday's rioting came a few hours after the National Assembly approved a law that allows land in the duty-free zone to be sold to private companies.

    Protesters say the land is already being rented and it makes no sense to sell it.

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    A demonstrator burns tires to block a road during a protest in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

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    A family runs for shelter after tear gas was shot by riots police during a massive protest in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

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    Police special forces take positions during a protest in Colon City, Panama, Oct. 19.

  • Bahrain police fire teargas, stun grenades to disperse protesters

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    A Bahraini anti-government protester gestures toward riot police, unseen, as she covers her face against tear gas in the narrow market streets of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, Oct. 12, 2012.

    Reuters reports — Police in Bahrain fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing anti-government protesters marching in the old market area of central Manama on Friday, witnesses said.

    About 10 people were arrested, they said.

    Thousands took part in a second march along a stretch of highway outside the capital Manama, which passed without incident, witnesses said. This one was permitted by the authorities, unlike the march in central Manama.

    The main opposition bloc al-Wefaq organized the larger march, under the slogan "Stop the shedding of our blood; we will not give up our demands."

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    A masked Bahraini anti-government protester stands in clouds of tear gas fired by riot police during clashes after police dispersed a march through narrow market streets of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, Oct. 12.

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    Bahraini anti-riot policemen detain a man as opposition protesters attempt to march in the old market place of Manama, Oct. 12.

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  • Guatemalans grieve deaths of six after protests

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    Pallbearers carry the coffin of a victim who died in clashes with security forces, through the town square of Totonicapan, Guatemala, Oct. 5, 2012.

    Associated Press reports — Thousands of grieving indigenous Guatemalans shouted in anger Friday, some of them hurling themselves at the coffins of six local people slain when gunfire erupted during a protest over electrical power prices and educational reform in a poor rural area west of the capital.

    The Guatemala government said protesters were blockading a highway near the town of Totonicapan, about 90 miles west of Guatemala City, when unidentified people opened fire from the back of a truck with civilian license plates, killing six people and wounding 34. Local activists accused soldiers and police of opening fire on the protesters.

    The six victims were buried Friday afternoon in Totonicapan, where thousands gathered to watch their coffins pass through the town’s central square. Hundreds shouted “Justice! Justice!” while dozens of mourners from the Cakchiquel hurled themselves toward the coffins in grief.

    Thursday’s protest was fueled by anger at President Otto Perez Molina, who has proposed constitutional reforms that he says will modernize Guatemala’s economic and regulatory systems.

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    Relatives mourn in front of the casket holding Francisco Ordonez during a mass funeral service in Totonicapan, Guatemala, Oct. 5, 2012. Ordonez is one of at least six people slain when gunfire erupted Thursday during a protest over electrical power prices and educational reform in a poor rural area west of the capital.

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    A man photographs a burned truck after the clashes where six peasants were killed on Thursday, when soldiers and police suppressed a peaceful demonstration in Totonicapan, Guatemala, Oct. 5.

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