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Israeli protester sets himself on fire in critical condition
An Israeli man sets himself on fire during protest in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2012.
An Israeli protester, who set himself ablaze on Saturday night in the city of Tel Aviv, is fighting for his life after suffering extensive burns.
Moshe Silman poured gasoline on his body and set himself on fire during a social justice demonstration. He was sent to Sheba Medical Center early on Sunday.
Israeli President...
Occupiers to protest Bohemian Grove
The world’s most elite men will meet in secrecy for the annual Bohemian Grove gathering this week. And although the public won’t be allowed inside the elusive event, protesters will be on the other side of the fence as part of Occupy Bohemian Grove.
Demonstrators from around the world will descend on a plot of land around 70 miles north of San Francisco, California this week, but they won’t...
Hundreds clash with riot police in Madrid
Demonstrators take part in a protest against the Spanish government’s austerity measures on July 13, 2012, in Malaga
Hundreds of protesters have clashed with riot police in Madrid over the new set of austerity measures. One person suffered a broken nose and three people were arrested.
The protesters demonstrated on Friday evening outside the People’s Party offices of Spanish Prime Minister...
Communists and Migrants in Greece protest against nationalists
Immigrant shopkeepers from the suburb of Nikaia, near Piraeus, held a demonstration in the central Aghiou Nikolaou Square on Thursday evening to protest a wave of threats by extreme rightwing protesters against them and a recent spike in racist attacks.
According to the migrants, members of the extreme-right Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) have told them to close their shops and leave the country.
The demonstration...
Romanian president impeached
Romanian President Traian Basescu delivers a speech to parliament on July 6, 2012.
Romanian MPs have voted to impeach President Traian Basescu, initiating a process that could oust the unpopular leader in a national referendum.
Some 256 of the bicameral parliament’s 372 deputies voted to impeach Basescu, 114 voted against the motion, and two votes were canceled, the final count showed.
Senate...
Thousands of Israelis protest rising cost of living, social inequalities
Israelis hold banners as they protest in Tel Aviv city on June 30, 2012.
Thousands of Israelis have staged rallies in several cities to protest against social inequalities and the rising cost of living.
The demonstrations were held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the northern city of Haifa on Saturday in an attempt to revive last summer’s cost-of-living protest movement.
The protesters shouted, “The...
Tel Aviv rally against police brutality turns violent
Over 6,000 Israelis took part in a rally against police brutality in central Tel Aviv. The demonstration turned violent, with reports of clashes between police and protesters. Some 85 people were arrested throughout the night.
Israeli media report that violent clashes between police and demonstrators broke out as protesters tried to push past police lines and march from Habima Square to Rabin Square....
CIA secretly operates on Syrian border, supplies arms to rebels
American secret service operatives are distributing illegal assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers and other ammunition to Syrian opposition, the New York Times reports. But due to some rebels’ links to Al Qaeda, the CIA’s task is precarious.
The paper reports that for weeks now, officers based in southeast Turkey have supervised the flow of illegal arms to numerous opposition factions ready...
Quebec plunges into crisis over student strike
Students rally in Montreal, Quebec, against tuition hikes.
Massive student protests against tuition hikes in Quebec are degenerating into one of the broadest social crises to hit the Canadian province in three decades.
The protests, which began four months ago, are now posing serious challenges to Quebec’s civil society, the state-funded BBC Persian reports.
The students never accepted the government’s...
Portuguese protesters hold anti-austerity rally in Lisbon
Portuguese workers protest in a demonstration against the government’s austerity measures, Lisbon, June 16, 2012.
People in Portugal have staged a protest rally against the government’s austerity measures imposed to help cap the country’s public debt.
Thousands took to the streets of Lisbon on Saturday following a much larger rally in the northern city of Oporto last week.
They condemned...
Bahrain's hospital of ghosts
Aftermath of demonstrations outside Salmaniya hospital after security forces attacked medical staff
Bahrainis with protest-related injuries are reportedly being kept away from family in a hospital guarded by soldiers.
Salmaniya Medical Complex, once one of the most renowned medical facilities in the Gulf and a jewel in the crown of Bahrain’s public healthcare system, has been transformed into...
Homes of Russian opposition figures searched ahead of rally
Police at a building where blogger Alexei Navalny lives.
Moscow prosecutors have searched the homes of several Russian opposition figures. They are investigating the violence during previous protests. The searches came a day before a key opposition rally in the Russian capital.
Officials of the Russian Investigative Committee have searched the homes of Aleksey Navalny, Sergey Udaltsov, Ilya Yashin...
Saudi family fearful of revolution
Saudi Arabia is concerned about a revolution in the country because it is experiencing a unique power vacuum, an analyst tells Press TV.
“The Saudis, obviously, the ruling family is extremely worried about any revolution, if it’s in Egypt, Yemen or Bahrain because they know that the people of Saudi Arabia will go after them sooner or later,” said the founder and director of IGA, Ali al-Ahmad,...
Hundreds of people protest Euro 2012 games cost in Poland
The logo of Euro 2012 football championships co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in western Poland to protest against the Euro 2012 football championships underway in the country, chanting “bread not games.”
Nearly 500 protesters rallied in Poznan on Sunday against the Euro 2012 games arguing that too much money was spent organizing the games.
“We’re...
380 American Rebels Reported Killed In Michigan Battle
A shocking Federal Security Service (FSB) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that last week an “intense” battle erupted in the US State of Michigan between military forces loyal to the Obama regime and American rebels that killed at least 380 men, women and children who had gathered to oppose their nations slide towards a totalitarian dictatorship.
According to this report, nearly...