French workers attend the rally in Paris on January 18, 2012. Thousands of people have participated in a rally in Paris, attacking French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans for dealing with the country’s unemployment crisis, Press TV reports. As France gauges the international fallout from losing its triple-A credit rating, Sarkozy has called for the formation of an emergency jobs council... 

Rep. Ron Paul left the campaign trail on Wednesday to speak on the House floor about the National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law on the first day of the new year by Obama. Paul introduced legislation to strike the NDAA’s Section 1021, the discretionary detention provision authorizing the President to detain persons accused by the government of supporting terrorism. Ron Paul... 

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street activists have rallied on Capitol Hill to “Occupy Congress”, decrying corporate influence on the American government in a direct message to lawmakers. ­The protesters had permission to hold a rally on the Capitol’s West Lawn. However one step outside the sanctioned area brought the risk of arrest. Demonstrators were unable to resist the temptation to test... 

Wikipedia going on strike The world’s most popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is going on strike on Wednesday. The “knowledge blackout” is aimed at protecting the Internet – and the website’s very existence – from online censorship. The Wikipedia community and the Wikimedia foundation decided on a global blackout of the English version of the website for 24 hours starting at 05:00... 

Protesters trample a burnt European Union flag during a demonstration in front of the EU Parliament and Committee headquarters in downtown Budapest, January 14, 2012. Thousands of Hungarians have protested against the European Union, urging their country to pull out from the bloc while Budapest seeks EU’s backing to evade insolvency. People gathered in front of the European Commission offices... 

Protesters waved Romanian flags with holes in them, symbolising the 1989 anti-communist revolution. Police officer seriously injured after resignation of Palestinian-born doctor over health reforms sparks mass protests. Romanian police have fired tear gas and clashed with protesters during an anti-government rally in the third consecutive day of demonstrations against austerity cuts and worsening... 

Romanians have protested in cities around the country for a third day against the government, whom they blame for austerity cuts and falling living standards. One policeman was injured in the Romanian capital Saturday after clashes with demonstrators protesting the government’s austerity programme, AFP reported. Hundreds of Romanians rallied in Bucharest to protest against austerity measures... 

Thousands have protested in Nigeria against the president Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria is facing mass protests after the government canceled a fuel subsidy, effectively doubling gas prices. With anti-government feeling rapidly growing, some fear the demonstrations may soon turn violent, repeating the Arab Spring scenario. Tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating in cities across the country... 

Human rights groups are holding demonstrations to protest the tenth anniversary of the US military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay while hopes for its closure weaken, Press TV reports . Protesters dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, paraded in front of the White House to demand that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed. Detainees at the US Navy base also plan to mark the day with sit-ins,... 

The passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, could very well scrub the Internet clean of any content that the US government considers questionable. The massively popularly website Reddit is well aware of these implications and is ready to show the world just what harm SOPA could do to the Internet. On January 18, Reddit, a user-generated aggregator of content contributed by all corners of... 

Nigerian lawyers carry a banner and placards as they march on the streets to protest against soaring fuel prices, Lagos, Nigeria, January 5, 2012. Nigerians have begun a nationwide walkout over the removal of fuel subsidies in Africa’s largest oil-producing nation with labor unions set to join the strike. The strike follows union objections to a government decision to cut fuel subsidies, which... 

A man waits for a train at Santa Apolonia train station during a strike in Lisbon, Portugal, December 23, 2011. Train drivers in Portugal have begun the New Year with industrial action, as they continued their strike in protest at disciplinary measures. Most national rail services have remained cancelled on Sunday, the last day of a four-day strike. Drivers were disciplined for allegedly failing to... 

Police officers arrest protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement at the intersection of Exchange Place and Beaver Street in the Financial District on November 17, 2011 in New York City. The US police have arrested over 5,800 anti-Wall Street protesters since the beginning of the anti-capitalism movement in September last year. According to the website occupy-arrests.com, at least 5,748... 

Thousands leave GoDaddy over registrar's support for SOPA Thousands of website domains were transferred on Thursday from the Internet’s top registrar Go Daddy as part of a colossal campaign against the service for its support of the Stop Online Piracy Act. With managing close to 50 million domain names, Go Daddy is the largest registrar on the web and has customers across the globe. Thousands... 

Egyptian demonstrators burn an Israeli flag as others try to demolish a wall recently built outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo to protect the building. The Israeli military is gearing up to counter future threats from Egypt as an almost certain Muslim Brotherhood election victory could potentially set the two countries on a collision course. ­While the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) remains hopeful...