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8/3/2024 8:30:06 PM
Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered in Bangladesh’s capital to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed in a wave of violence last month amid protests against a controversial quota system for government jobs.
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8/3/2024 10:05:50 AM
Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England made court appearances Friday as officials braced for more clashes that Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned and blamed on “far-right hatred.”
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7/30/2024 5:05:46 PM
Fresh demonstrations were expected in Venezuela Tuesday after one person died when security forces tried to break up protests triggered by a hotly disputed election result that gave Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a third term in power.
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7/30/2024 2:52:33 PM
Bangladesh's government called for a day of mourning Tuesday for victims of violence in nationwide unrest, but students denounced the gesture as disrespectful of classmates killed during clashes with police this month.
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7/29/2024 6:16:15 PM
Israeli officials faced fierce protests from locals as they attended the funerals of young victims killed by a rocket strike at the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams.
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7/25/2024 1:37:32 PM
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wept Thursday as she surveyed the destruction wrought by days of deadly unrest, as student leaders weighed the future of the protests that precipitated the disorder.
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7/24/2024 7:38:08 PM
Torn portraits of Bangladesh's independence hero litter a ransacked state television station -- a pointed expression of public fury against his daughter, who just witnessed the worst unrest of her premiership.
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7/24/2024 2:58:07 PM
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday named four heavyweight opposition politicians to join a "broad-based" cabinet in the wake of more than a month of anti-government protests.
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7/24/2024 9:50:17 AM
The arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington has touched off a flurry of protests in the US capital, including a sit-in at a congressional office building that ended with multiple arrests.
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7/23/2024 6:27:12 PM
Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital clashed with a pro-government group on Tuesday, leading to the burning of a motorcycle that belonged to people who were voicing their support for the president.
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7/23/2024 1:39:36 PM
The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest.
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7/23/2024 12:52:15 PM
Ugandan police detained several demonstrators in the capital Kampala on Tuesday, according to an AFP journalist, as scattered anti-corruption rallies began despite being banned by authorities.
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7/22/2024 11:16:56 AM
More than 500 people, including some opposition leaders, have been arrested over days of clashes in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka sparked by protests against job quotas, police said Monday.
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7/22/2024 9:46:38 AM
Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed scores of people.
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7/21/2024 12:42:47 PM
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday made "justice" a prerequisite before any talks with the government a month on from deadly demonstrations.
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7/20/2024 11:45:26 AM
Soldiers were patrolling Bangladeshi cities on Saturday to quell growing civil unrest sparked by student demonstrations, with riot police firing on protesters who defied a government curfew.
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7/17/2024 4:28:09 PM
Authorities in Bangladesh urged all universities to close on Wednesday, the day after at least six people died in violent protests over the allocation of government jobs and police raided the headquarters of the main opposition party.
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7/16/2024 9:09:16 PM
Bangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on Tuesday after six students were killed in protests that prompted the mobilisation of paramilitaries to keep order.
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Africa
7/16/2024 2:18:57 PM
Police were out in force in the centre of Kenya's capital on Tuesday after calls for more demonstrations against the embattled government of President William Ruto.
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7/11/2024 6:53:33 PM
Kenyan President William Ruto announced Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a "broad-based government", as he scrambled to contain the fallout of deadly protests against his administration.
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