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Police fired tear gas at protesters who littered streets with bricks and disrupted morning trains Tuesday for the second day in a row as Hong Kong’s five months of anti-government demonstrations turned increasingly violent. CBC | World News
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Hong Kong protests: ‘Two protesters shot’ by police at point blank as tensions erupt
HONG KONG police have shot two antigovernment demonstrators, as activists called for disruptions to the morning commute following a weekend of demonstrations that resulted in almost 90 arrests. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iraqi forces kill 6 anti-government protesters, wound 100 others
Iraqi security forces killed six anti-government protesters and wounded more than 100 others on Saturday, pushing them back from three flashpoint bridges in central Baghdad, medical and security officials said. CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands of Hong Kong protesters demand ‘revenge’ in rally for ‘martyrs’
Hong Kong protesters held a vigil for “martyrs” on Saturday and many demanded “revenge” after a student died in hospital this week following a high fall, fuelling anger among pro-democracy demonstrators who first took to the streets in June. CBC | World News
Read More »Masked men attack protesters in Iraq holy city
Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on protesters since anti-government demonstrations erupted earlier this month. CBC | World News
Read More »Police fire tear gas, water cannon to disperse protesters in Hong Kong’s Kowloon area
Anti-government protesters set fire to shops and hurled gasoline bombs on Sunday, police said, after riot police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands in the Tsim Sha Tsui harbourfront hotel district of Kowloon in Hong Kong. CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands of Lebanese protesters form human chain across entire country
Thousands of Lebanese formed a human chain on Sunday along highways and coastal roads in a show of solidarity with anti-government protests. CBC | World News
Read More »Hundreds of shops trashed as Hong Kong police, protesters clash
Hong Kong police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs as an illegal anti-government march that attracted tens of thousands descended into chaos, with hundreds of shops trashed and Chinese banks and metro stations targeted. CBC | World News
Read More »Catalan protesters fling firecrackers at riot police as clash enters 2nd day
Violent clashes erupted for a second night in Barcelona between police and protesters angry about the conviction of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders, as Spain launched an investigation Tuesday into an activist group organizing the demonstrations. CBC | World News
Read More »Hong Kong protesters take violence to new ‘life-threatening’ level, say police
Violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have escalated to a “life-threatening level,” police said Monday after a small bomb exploded and a police officer was stabbed overnight. CBC | World News
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