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Neda Mourned Privately as Iran Bans Memorials

Slain 26-year-old lover of music, travel  'couldn't stand injustice'

Jun 23, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neda Agha-Soltan has become the face of the Iranian protests but friends say she was never an activist before the disputed election, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 26-year-old, a music lover who was studying for a career in tourism, was shot dead by a sniper on her way to... More »

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Iran • Basiji • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda

(Newser) - Iran's official Guardian Council has declared absolutely that the nation's controversial presidential election will stand, reports CNN. "If a major breach occurs in an election, the Guardian Council may annul the votes," said a spokesman. "Fortunately, we found no witness of major fraud or breach in the... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

UPDATED

 Mousavi: I'm 'Ready 
 for Martyrdom' 

Iranian opposition leader calls for election 'annulment'

Jun 20, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - As thousands of Iranian dissidents defied the decree of the supreme leader to end their demonstrations, the symbolic face of the protests told supporters in Tehran today that he is "ready for martyrdom,” the New York Times reports. Mir Hossein Mousavi urged protesters to stage a general strike... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Facebook • protests • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • protesters • Mir Hossein Mousavi

OPINION

Obama Boxes Himself In
to False Choice on Iran


Jun 20, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama talks a lot about "false choices," and he's usually just blowing smoke rhetorically, but now he's got one regarding Iran, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. “The president thinks he’s stuck with a dilemma,” Barnes writes: “Either support the democratic... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • United States • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • protesters • President Obama • Iranian election • Fred Barnes • democratic movement

 Photos Reveal 
 'Amazon Tiananmen' 

Photos from Peru add weight to claims government covered up massacre

Jun 19, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Graphic photographs taken by aid workers reveal the extent of violence Peru's military used to crush a land-rights protest by indigenous people earlier this month, the Independent reports. Police are seen pulling injured protesters from ambulances and beating them and bodies are seen piled by the roadside, adding weight to... More »

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Peru • protests • protesters • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples

iran election dispute

 Mousavi Plans 
 'Day of Mourning' 
 as Protests Spread 

Demonstrations may be largest yet; violence reaches across country

Jun 18, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iranian regime is resorting to more extreme measures against supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and other reformers, reports the Times of London, as the opposition planned yet another massive rally against alleged electoral fraud. Despite dozens of high-profile arrests and raids on universities, thousands are expected to join Mousavi... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • political demonstrations • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iran Accuses US of Meddling  


Jun 17, 09 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - As protesters clogged the streets of Tehran for a fifth consecutive day, the Iranian government accused the US of “intolerable” meddling, reports the Wall Street Journal. The government summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents American interests in the country, to complain about “interventionist” statements made by US officials,... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • State Department • disputed election • protesters • President Obama • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iran: Foreign Media  
 Speaks for 'Hooligans' 

Journalists 'damaging the Islamic republic'

Jun 17, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has slammed foreign journalists for sparking unrest in the country as the “mouthpieces” of “hooligans,” CNN reports. The foreign ministry said “hundreds” of foreigners had been allowed into Iran in “a sign of the total transparency in the trends of the elections,” but... More »

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Iran • social networking • media • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Revolutionary Guards • journalist • riots • protesters • Mir Hossein Mousavi

(Newser) - It wasn't exactly a throng, but a group of protesters showed up outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York today to urge CBS to dump David Letterman, reports the Daily News. "Fire Dave! Fire Dave!," chanted the group, which numbered about 50 at its max. Letterman, who... More »

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late night talk show • apology • David Letterman • Sarah Palin • protesters

Nervous Peace Prevails After Peru Cops Quell Unrest

Curfew in place after clashes kill dozens of indigenous people, police

Jun 9, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - An uneasy peace has returned to northeast Peru after 3 days of clashes between indigenous people and security forces that left dozens dead, CNN reports. A curfew is holding, and both police and protesters say they want to settle their dispute through nonviolent means. The leader of the indigenous rights... More »

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Peru • protests • Lima • curfew • Guatemala • Alan Garcia • protesters • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples • Alberto Pizango

(Newser) - The Peruvian Army has imposed a curfew and set up checkpoints following deadly clashes with indigenous tribes protesting plans to drill for oil and gas in ancestral homelands in the Amazon region, reports the BBC. Dozens of people, both police and protesters, were killed in the clashes that mark the... More »

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ecology • Peru • protests • Lima • Indian Tribes • Shining Path • green • oil drilling • protesters • Amazon rainforest • Amazon • Indians

Gay-Marriage Supporters Take to Streets After Ruling

Opponents of marriage ban sad but not surprised

May 26, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of same-sex marriage were disappointed but not surprised by the California Supreme Court’s decision today to uphold Proposition 8, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, as a crowd that had gathered at the state courthouse moved through city streets, blocking traffic and prompting arrest. “This is a serious... More »

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California • gay marriage • San Francisco • California Supreme Court • protesters • Proposition 8 • same-sex couples • marriage equality

OPINION

Anti-Abortion
'Extremists' Got
Nothing on Prez

Zealous Notre Dame protests will further
hurt their cause

May 17, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Randall Terry and other “Catholic extremists” will lead protests against President Obama’s speech at Notre Dame today—but their anti-abortion zealotry will only continue to hurt their cause, writes Frances Kissling in Salon. “The idea that anything goes in fighting abortion died” in the ‘90s when... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • protests • Catholicism • Notre Dame • bishop • protesters • President Obama

(Newser) - Canadian Tamil demonstrators protesting fighting in Sri Lanka shut down a highway in Toronto for several hours, reports CNN. Some estimated the crowd at several thousands. As many as 70,000 people have been killed in Sri Lanka's civil war. Government troops are pressing a final assault on the rebel... More »

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Canada • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • protests • Toronto • protesters • Sri Lankan Army • Jay-ZTV

(AP) - A group of some 1000 Afghans today swarmed a demonstration of 300 women in Kabul protesting a new conservative marriage law. The women were pelted with small stones as police struggled to keep the two groups apart. The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex from his... More »

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Afghanistan • Shiite • law • women's rights • stoning • protesters • marital rape

(Newser) - Anti-government protesters ignored Thailand’s state of emergency by the thousands today while former PM Thaksin Shinawatra called on them “to come out in revolution,” the New York Times reports. In defiance of a ban on gatherings of more than five people in Bangkok, demonstrators rallied outside the... More »

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Thailand • protests • Bangkok • arrest • state of emergency • Thaksin Shinawatra • political demonstrations • protesters • Thai protesters

 Thai Protesters Disrupt 
 Asian Summit 

Demonstrators want to show world the flaws in their government

Apr 10, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of demonstrators in the Thai tourist town of Pattaya blocked the entrance to the building hosting an East Asian summit meeting today, giving foreign leaders a firsthand look at the country’s political schism. Economic concerns weighed heavily with the protesters, most supporters of ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra; one... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • Thaksin Shinawatra • ASEAN • protesters • summit meeting • financial crisis • Abhisit Vejjajiva

Man Died in G20 Protest After Clash With Cops: Witnesses

They saw news agent collapse after clash with cops

Apr 6, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - London police are interviewing witnesses who reported seeing cops attack a man shortly before he collapsed and died during last week's G20 protests, reports the Guardian. The 47-year-old news agent hit his head on the pavement after the clash, according to reports. The confrontation occurred as riot police with dogs... More »

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London • police • protests • riots • Britain • police brutality • G20 • protesters

First Ladies' Event Canceled as NATO Protests Get Ugly

Anti-NATO demonstators clash with Police in Germany

Apr 4, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Protesters clashed with police in Strasbourg today less than 2 miles from where NATO’s leaders were gathering for the alliance’s 60th anniversary summit. French police decked out in body armor fired tear gas and flash bombs, while protesters lobbed Molotov cocktails and rocks, the AP reports. Organizers canceled... More »

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NATO • Germany • Michelle Obama • France • protests • protesters

 French Cops 
 Battle NATO 
 Rioters 

Violence follows G20 leaders to Strasbourg for NATO summit

Apr 3, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - French cops clashed violently with rioters in Strasbourg last night as G20 leaders prepared to head there for a NATO summit today. Hundreds were detained by police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets at rampaging masked protesters, reports the BBC. Shop windows were smashed and cars and bus stops... More »

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Barack Obama • NATO • London • police • France • riots • Britain • G20 • Strasbourg • protesters • NATO summit • teargas

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