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Egyptian former presidential candidate Khaled Ali (c) leads protests outside of the Presidential palace in Cairo

Breakthrough 'imminent' in Egyptian dispute

Egyptian Vice President Mahmoud Mekky has proposed a dialogue on disputed articles of the draft constitution and said a breakthrough in resolving the crisis was imminent.

News • 05 Dec 12

Protesters have been staging a sit-in at the square since Friday night

Egyptian protesters clash with police

Egyptian protesters and riot police have clashed in Cairo ahead of a planned rally demanding that President Mohammed Mursi rescinds decrees that granted him near-absolute powers.

News • 27 Nov 12

Working conditions at Bangladeshi factories are poor, with little enforcement of safety laws

Bangladeshi textile workers rally over fire deaths

Thousands of angry textile workers demonstrated in the outskirts of Dhaka after a fire swept through a garment workshop at the weekend, killing more than 100 people in Bangladesh's worst-ever factory blaze.

News • 26 Nov 12

Bahrain bans all protest gatherings amid violence

Bahrain has imposed emergency-style rules banning all protest gatherings in the Gulf kingdom.

News • 30 Oct 12

Protesters clash with police in Iran

Iranian riot police clashed with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in the capital Tehran over the collapse of the country's currency.

News • 03 Oct 12

Organisers put turnout at more than 80,000

Thousands march in Paris against austerity

Thousands of demonstrators have marched peacefully in Paris to denounce austerity measures in Europe that have sparked violent protests in other EU countries struggling to avert fiscal crises.

News • 01 Oct 12

It was the third time in five days that protesters have taken to the steets of the Spanish capital

Thousands protest in Spain & Portugal over cuts

Huge rallies have taken place in the Spanish and Portuguese capitals in protest at the countries' austerity measures.

News • 30 Sep 12

Fathi Baghdadi was killed in the Bureij refugee camp

500 take part in anti-Hamas protests in Gaza

At least 500 protesters in the Gaza Strip have called for the overthrow of the ruling Hamas group in a rare demonstration triggered by the death of a young boy in a fire during a power outage.

News • 26 Sep 12

Protesters were surrounded by barricades, police trucks and more than 1,500 police in riot gear

Rubber bullets fired during Madrid protests

Protesters clashed with police in Spain's capital as the government prepares a new round of unpopular austerity measures for the 2013 budget that will be announced on Thursday.

News • 26 Sep 12

Protesters claim that children's respite centre is already under pressure.

300 protest over closure of Laois respite centre

Over 300 protesters rallied in Abbeyleix, Co Laois over the closure of a respite centre for adults.

News • 22 Sep 12

The US embassy in Tunis has been attacked

US urges citizens to leave Tunis over film clashes

The US State Department has urged American citizens to leave the Tunisian capital Tunis and warned its citizens of the risks of travelling to Sudan following anti-American protests there.

News • 16 Sep 12

A burned-out vehicle amid a protest against the film in Cairo

Wave of protests over anti-Islamic film

Demonstrators incensed by a film that insults the Prophet Muhammad have staged protests across the Middle East.

News • 15 Sep 12

People protest during a demonstration organized by unions in Barcelona

Growing anger in Spain over austerity measures

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards marched against the centre-right government's latest austerity measures this evening, following more than a week of demonstrations across the country.

News • 19 Jul 12

Sudanese Finance Minister Ali Mahmud proposed austerity measures two days ago

Protests in Sudan over austerity cuts

Hundreds of Sudanese joined anti-government demonstrations in Khartoum, as protests against spending cuts flared for a second week despite a security crackdown.

News • 25 Jun 12

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