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HK pro-government activists rally against Occupy protest
Thousands of people marched through Hong Kong to protest against a pro-democracy campaign to blockade the business district .
18 August 2014
Thousands of anti-government marchers reach Islamabad
Thousands of protesters led by Pakistan's opposition leader arrived in Islamabad to try to topple the government he alleges was elected by fraud
16 August 2014
New Yorkers protest after black Missouri teen's death
Several hundred people protested in New York against police brutality after the shooting death of a black teenager in Missouri .
15 August 2014
Cambodian police fire tear gas to break up protest clashes
Cambodian police Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators demanding authorities reopen the country's main protest venue, as clashes left at least 30 people injured, rights groups said.
15 July 2014
Clashes in Paris as thousands march against Israel offensive
Clashes erupted in Paris on Sunday as thousands of people protested against Israel and in support of residents in the Gaza Strip, where a six-day conflict has left 168 Palestinians dead.
14 July 2014
Police arrest 500 after huge Hong Kong protest
Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that organisers said mobilised half a million people demanding the right to choose their next leader.
02 July 2014
Thousands gather for Hong Kong pro-democracy march
Carrying banners and chanting slogans, thousands of protesters gathered for a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong that organisers say could be the largest since the city was handed back to China.
02 July 2014
Police arrest 21 in Hong Kong new town protest
Police used pepper spray to scatter protesters at Hong Kong's government headquarters in an angry rally against plans for a new town development, with 21 arrested, officials said.
14 June 2014
Angry protests in India's capital over power blackouts
Angry protests broke out in India's capital overnight over power blackouts as summer temperatures soar, fuelling concerns of a repeat of an electricity crisis two years ago, police said.
12 June 2014
France hit by national train strike
French commuters faced traffic chaos Wednesday amid a national train strike called by trade unions in protest against a proposed railway reform aimed at containing the sector's soaring debt.
11 June 2014
Protests after Nigeria's ousted central bank chief named new emir
Hundreds of youths took to the streets of Nigeria's second biggest city on Sunday to protest against naming the ousted central bank chief Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano, the country's number two Muslim leader.
09 June 2014
Thousands call for elections in Haiti
Thousands of Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince Thursday to demand that President Michel Martelly step down and new elections be held.
06 June 2014
China detains 29 Xinjiang 'terrorist suspects'
China has detained 29 people described as "terrorist suspects" in its ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang, state media said Thursday, as authorities crack down following several deadly attacks.
05 June 2014
Turkish troops fire tear gas at Kurdish protesters
Turkish soldiers on Wednesday fired tear gas and water cannon at Kurds protesting plans to build military barracks in the southeast of the country.
04 June 2014
Six hurt as Australia breaks up immigration camp protest
Australia said Tuesday a week-long protest by asylum-seekers at one of its immigration detention centres had been broken up with six people injured.
04 June 2014
Global protest reads names of 100,000 Syria dead
Activists began reading the names of 100,000 people killed in Syria outside UN headquarters on Monday, in a modest launch of what they hope will be a global protest.
03 June 2014
Gunfire in C. Africa capital amid anti-government protests
Security forces fired warning shots as protesters in Bangui demanded the resignation of the interim government and the removal of foreign troops from Central African Republic on Friday, a military source said.
31 May 2014
Ukraine forces suffer fresh losses in separatist east
Ukrainian forces have suffered fresh losses in a rebel raid in the separatist east as the newly-elected president promised to hold his first talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on easing the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.
29 May 2014
Abkhazia leader forced to flee, denounces coup bid
Opposition protesters stormed the presidency in Abkhazia overnight in what the leader of the Georgian breakaway region called a coup attempt, Russian news agencies said.
28 May 2014
Man strips naked outside White House
US Secret Service personnel sprang into action Friday outside the White House when a man stripped naked in what appeared to be a bizarre form of protest.
24 May 2014