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Occupy Oakland Calls for General Strike
By Matthew Hartley
October 27, 2011 - 11:51am
Idea comes after injury to a former U.S. Marine

The Occupy Wall Street protests have taken serious strides. At one base in Oakland, California, the movement's General Assembly voted yesterday for a general strike to take place next Wednesday, November 2. 

This announcement came following Tuesday' night of violence between the protestors and police, according to BBC. On that night, police employed tear gas and baton rounds to force the protestors to leave their grounds.

Protests Continue in Athens
By Angel Cruz
October 20, 2011 - 4:27pm
Demonstrations are being held outside Parliament to protest the austerity cuts for foreign aid

A second day of demonstrations continued in Athens as the Greek parliament votes on austerity measures. Unless the austerity measures are passed Greece will not receive crucial foreign aid. Without this aid the country will have to default on its debts and send the Euro into a further recession.

Yemen's President offers to step down
By Catherine A Schur
March 22, 2011 - 2:10pm
Ali Abdullah Saleh says he'll step down next year. Opponents say that isn't good enough.

Yemen's president said that he will step down at the begining of next year, says CNN.

The opposition blocked refused the offer and instead demanded that President Ali Abdullah Saleh resign as soon as possible.

Saleh warned that, "those who want to reach power through a coup will be unable to" and that the "scenario would end in civil war."

Egyptians participate in pro-women protest
By Katya Ana Rivera
March 8, 2011 - 5:52pm
Protest turns into stand-off between two sides.

Hundreds of Egyptians participated in a pro-women protest in a Cairo square today, according to CNN. However, not all of the protesters were pro-women. Some men in the Cairo square chanted anti-feminist slogans. 

Named the "Million Woman March" by Egyptian activists, the protest intended to support equal rights for all Egyptians despite "gender, religion or class."

President of Yemen blames United States, Israel for unrest
By Catherine A Schur
March 1, 2011 - 4:57pm
Ali Abdullah Saleh says United States telling Egypt, Tunisia what to do.

Scores of people in Yemen marched on Tuesday to demand Ali Abdullah Saleh's removal, said CNN.

In response, the enraged president blamed the United States and Israel for causing unrest throughout the Middle East. Saleh accused Obama of telling the Egyptians "to do that, and the Tunisians to do this."

The White House press secretary commented that Saleh must look inward instead of outward for explanations to his country's demands.

Bahrain military takes control
By Misyrlena Egkol...
February 17, 2011 - 12:42pm
Hours after attacking strikers in downtown Pearl Square, Bahrain military takes control over key areas in capital.

BAHRAIN -- Backed by tanks and armed soldiers, the Bahrain Military took over most of the capital this morning hours after armed police fired shot guns, tear gases and grenades at protestors, according to the New York Times. 

New protests sweep Yemen
By Mary S. Wilson
February 16, 2011 - 5:56pm
Hundreds take to the streets protesting Yemen government.

At least 800 marched the streets of Sanaa today to protest against the ruling of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to Reuters. Similar to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Seleh is an ally of the U.S. and has ruled for more than 30 years. Fear of chaos and a possible al-Qaeda resurgence caused Seleh to announce he will step down in 2013.

Libyan protestors clash with police
By Christian Luke ...
February 16, 2011 - 12:06pm
Libyans protest detained lawyer, human rights activist.

Police met Libyan protestors in the coastal city of Benghazi early Wednesday after demanding the release of a detained human rights activist, according to CNN.

A source close to the Libyan government downplayed the incident as nothing more than street fights. Despite downplaying possible political tension, the Libyan government is mobilizing people in several cities. The government said it would not tolerate an overthrow of the current regime.

Student protests disrupt living in Italy
By Marquise Francis
November 30, 2010 - 2:47pm
Students marched through Italian cities today disrupting roads and railway lines while legislators continue to vote on education reform.

Students in Italy are irate about possible education reforms all throughout Italy. Reforms in place have been drawn up without any dialogue with students and teachers says Babara Marchetti, a 27-year-old PhD student at Rome University. Instead of sitting put and letting such events take place, students have been taking action into their own hands with numbers of protests and reform themselves.

A journalist's confrontation with the cops
By Keith Edelman
October 19, 2010 - 8:29pm
Covering a fairly routine sidewalk protest near SU turns contentious.
Editor's Note: Photojournalist Keith Edelman was assigned to cover a protest near campus for The NewsHouse. The following is his account of a dispute with two Syracuse police officers.

Two hundred yards from Newhouse 3 — a building with the First Amendment plastered across its glass façade — I was nearly arrested by the Syracuse Police Department while covering a story.