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NEWS ABOUT: tear gas

tear gas stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - Protests in Pittsburgh are getting into full swing as Barack Obama and other world leaders arrive for the G-20 summit. Police fired pepper spray and smoke bombs to break up an unauthorized march of about 500 anarchists heading toward downtown, reports the Post-Gazette. Its live blog of the march says... More »

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protests • Pittsburgh • tear gas • G-20

 Tehran Rally Turns Violent 

Opposition uses government-sponsored demonstration to protest June election

Sep 18, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A government-backed rally in Tehran turned violent today, the BBC reports, after opposition supporters turned out to protest June’s disputed presidential election and clashed with security forces. A state news said opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi was attacked and tear gas used during the event, intended to demonstrate support for... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Palestinian people • political demonstrations • tear gas • Mir Hossein Mousavi

US Activist Fights for Life After Israeli Tear Gas Attack

Parents demand Israeli government 'take full responsibility'

Mar 24, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A California peace activist lies critically injured in a hospital after he was struck in the head by an Israeli tear-gas canister—and his distraught parents are demanding an explanation, reports the Independent. Tristan Anderson, 38, was struck during an Arab-Jewish peace demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni'lin... More »

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Chavez Cronies Hit Vatican HQ 
With Tear Gas

Supporters also attack opponents of lifting term limits for leader

Jan 20, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Supporters of Hugo Chavez have claimed responsibility for a tear gas attack on the Vatican's headquarters in Caracas, reports CNN. Three canisters landed deep inside the building, which has been sheltering an anti-Chavez student leader wanted by police since June. Several people were overcome by fumes. Gas attacks elsewhere in... More »

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Venezuela • Catholic Church • Caracas • Hugo Chávez • tear gas

 Thai Deputy PM Quits 
 as Clashes Injure 100 

Protesters barricade government inside parliament after police tear-gassing

Oct 7, 08 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thailand's deputy PM has resigned after fierce clashes between anti-government protesters and police outside the country's parliament injured at least 100 people and killed one, Reuters reports. Police fired tear gas canisters into a crowd of 5,000 people protesting new prime minister Somchai Wongsawat's first policy speech, causing serious... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • tear gas • People's Alliance for Democracy • Thai protesters • Somchai Wongsawat

 UN Forces Withdraw
 From Kosovo Town 

100 hurt in battle to retake courthouse

Mar 17, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN police trying to retake a courthouse were forced to withdraw from the Kosovo city of Mitrovica after clashes with ethnic Serbs, reports the BBC. NATO troops were left in charge of security after the worst violence since Kosovo declared independence; AFP reported at least 100 police and protesters were... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • Albania • courthouse • Serbs • Mitrovica • rocks • tear gas • NATO troops

Kenyan Police Fire on Protesters

Odinga says 7 killed, calls for sanctions

Jan 17, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan police clashed with protesters in the streets of Nairobi today; opposition leader Raila Odinga claims seven were killed as police fired on angry crowds protesting president Mwai Kibaki’s disputed reelection. One witness said police fired live rounds “indiscriminately,” despite assurances that only batons and teargas were... More »

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Kenya • European Union • protests • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • batons • international sanctions • tear gas • European Parliament

Kenyan Police Block Protest With Tear Gas

Tutu meets with
Odinga; rally called off  to avert bloodshed

Jan 3, 08 6:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan riot police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on protesters attempting to gather in a Nairobi park for a rally for Raila Odinga, the Kenyan presidential candidate who disputes his narrow defeat in last week's election. The Times of London reports that Odinga called off his "people's rally"... More »

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Kenya • Desmond Tutu • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • tear gas

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