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World
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Region
1/23/2023 10:51:21 AM
Despite a slackening of street activity in the face of a brutal crackdown, Iranian protesters are still challenging the Islamic regime four months into their movement, observers say.
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World
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International
1/21/2023 9:17:33 PM
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Brazil's army chief Saturday amid concerns over threats to the country's democracy following the Jan. 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters.
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World
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Region
1/16/2023 11:31:32 PM
Up to 12,000 people marched Monday to the EU Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters while the Eiffel Tower lit the night with the slogan “Woman. Life. Freedom,” which embodies the protest movement spilling beyond Iran.
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World
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Region
12/19/2022 5:55:50 PM
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas Monday at protesters in Khartoum who rallied against a tentative deal aimed at ending the crisis provoked by last year's military takeover, AFP correspondents said.
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World
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Region
12/16/2022 7:09:35 PM
Jordan on Friday announced it was imposing a ``temporary ban'' on the social media platform TikTok, a day after a police officer was killed during clashes with protesters that broke out over high fuel prices.
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World
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Region
12/16/2022 5:59:50 PM
Gunfire killed a senior Jordanian officer and wounded two other police in the country's south, where protesters have taken to the streets for days against rising fuel prices, authorities said Friday.
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World
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International
12/9/2022 1:27:39 PM
Britain on Friday announced wide-ranging sanctions against 30 targets worldwide, including officials in Iran accused of pursuing "egregious sentences" against anti-regime protesters.
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World
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Region
12/4/2022 5:31:21 PM
A protester and a policeman were killed Sunday in Syria's southern city of Sweida as security forces cracked down on a rare demonstration by hundreds against deteriorating living conditions.
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World
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International
11/28/2022 10:33:14 PM
US President Joe Biden is closely monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday, as smaller demonstrations spilled over outside the country.
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World
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Region
11/25/2022 4:40:48 PM
Iranian security forces opened fire on protests after Friday prayers in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, leaving dozens of people dead or wounded, activists said.
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World
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Region
11/25/2022 4:06:41 PM
Tensions ran high at Iran's second match at the World Cup on Friday as fans supporting the Iranian government harassed those protesting against it and stadium security seized flags, T-shirts, and other items expressing support for the protest movement that has gripped the Islamic Republic.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
11/19/2022 5:23:40 PM
Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi on Friday praised the "courage" of Iranian protesters, telling AFP he "salutes" the ongoing calls for political change in his homeland.
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World
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Region
11/19/2022 5:23:26 PM
Iranian security forces killed at least three protesters Saturday in the latest violence against demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a rights group said.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/11/2022 8:36:23 PM
A quartet of protesters briefly interrupted US President Joe Biden's speech at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Friday by howling and trying to unfurl a banner before UN police removed them.
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World
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Region
11/11/2022 3:20:13 PM
Iran's top diplomat has accused Western countries of promoting violence in the Islamic republic by helping protesters to make weapons and Molotov cocktails.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/7/2022 1:34:05 PM
Environmental activists snarled rush hour motorway traffic around London on Monday after climbing onto overhead gantries, despite police making preemptive arrests.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/5/2022 3:44:48 PM
Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Saturday in a demonstration on the eve of the COP27 U.N. climate meeting in Egypt.
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World
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International
11/4/2022 4:25:57 PM
The German government on Friday warned that escalating protests by activists ahead of the UN climate conference in Egypt must not break the law.
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World
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Region
11/3/2022 7:33:01 PM
Iranian protesters and security forces clashed in a town near the capital on Thursday, where state-run media reported at least two deaths and circulated graphic images of an apparent attack on a police vehicle.
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World
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Africa
10/31/2022 8:54:43 PM
More than 2,000 people were detained during and after the deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in Chad last month, a rights group said Monday, voicing fears of more violence to come.
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