Topic: Civil Unrest

Kazakh Police Face Charges

Kazakhstan is prosecuting four senior police officers for using excessive force against rioters in an oil town, where 17 people were killed in some...

Indon revokes Aust firm's mining permit

Indonesia on Saturday revoked a gold mining exploration permit granted to an Australian miner after a series of violent protests against the...

Poll ruling sparks street clashes in Senegal

Reuters. . Anti-government protestors march past burning tires in Dakar on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. . Toure Behan / AFP - Getty Images. . Tires burn...
Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Detectives "do not anticipate any criminal charges" for the North Portland...
Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print A suspect in a fall 2011 gang-related shooting was arrested Friday afternoon...
An Ethiopian rebel group said the country's government is blocking the release of two German hostages the fighters are holding. Communications...

Shooting suspect tear-gassed in SERT raid

P A SERT unit had to tear gas a barricaded gang shooting suspect in Southeast Portland Friday.. . At 12:30 p.m. officers served a warrant at a home...
Even though most of the Occupy Wall Street protests have died down, the conflict between the rich and poor has not gone away. A new Pew Research...
NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin speaks to supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad who turned out Friday in Damascus. . . Editor's note: Cairo-based...

Why do police douse protesters with colored water?

!--paging_filter-- As Egypt prepares to mark the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on Wednesday, with activists mapping out protest...