[Onthebarricades] Ethnoreligious and miscellaneous protests, Aug-Sept 2008

[global resistance roundup]

Protests and clashes around group rivalries, politically dubious 
protests, and a few which just don't fit anywhere else...

* DR CONGO: Eleven dead in unrest over football witchcraft
* ITALY: Veterans protest Spike Lee film
* US: Anonymous target Will Smith school over Scientology; Katie Holmes play
* BOLIVIA: Rightists destabilise country
* NEPAL: "Fringe" group stages shutdown against federalism
* INDIA: Congress, TRS dispute
* INDONESIA: Protests, who knows why
* NEPAL: Dispute over festival closing
* NEPAL: Protests for festival funding
* HUNGARY: Rightists battle police
* US: Black American protest against Obama
* SOUTH AFRICA: Chained bank protest pays off
* UK: Newcastle, Liverpool fans protest owners
* UK - SCOTLAND: Rangers fans protest media coverage
* MANIPUR: Protests over disqualification of wrestler
* INDIA - Tamil Nadu - Police attack protest over suspicious death
* MEXICO: Massive anti-crime protest
* PAKISTAN: Protest against terrorism blocks traffic
* UK: Knife crime protest
* US: Oregon - residents protest violent crime
* US: Florida - residents mob suspect's house
* PAKISTAN: Women attempts suicide over unsolved attack
* UK: London knife crime protest after death
* EGYPT: Middle classes protest over soap opera
* MANIPUR: Protest against militants
* BOSNIA: Serbs protest for Karadzic
* KOSOVO - SERBIA: Serbs protest EU deployment
* SERBIA: Protests call for EU leader death
* SPAIN: Portuguese lorry sabotaged
* INDIA: AP - Protest against belt shops
* PAKISTAN: Police protest promotions corruption
* ISRAEL: Settlers protest sudden eviction
* QUEBEC - CANADA: Sovereignty protest targets leader
* TAIWAN: Protesters call for stimulus, China caution
* US: Broughton - protest over student parking places
* US: Wisconsin - prison guards protest conditions
* US: Boston - police close down sites in protest
* INDIA: Soldiers protest pay rates
* SERBIA: Kosovo war veterans protest for back pay
* SWITZERLAND: Police stop issuing fines in protest
* INDIA: Group clashes newsclippings
* GHANA: Inter-political clashes
* BANGLADESH: One killed, 45 injured in group clash over land
* NEPAL: Clashes over plan to stop animal sacrifice
* PAKISTAN: 100 die in Shia-Sunni clashes
* PAKISTAN - NWFP - Death in "tribal" clashes
* BANGLADESH: Awami League factions clash
* TRINIDAD: Opposition supporters plan protest
* UGANDA: Groups clash over disputed land, 1 killed
* KENYA: Herders killed in clashes, hundreds displaced
* BANGLADESH: Teacher appointment dispute ends in bloodshed
* COTE D'IVOIRE: Deaths in ethnic clashes
* NIGERIA: Police, civilians killed in group clash
* UGANDA: Groups clash over wetland
* PAKISTAN: Deaths in clash at university
* NEPAL: Student groups clash
* BANGLADESH: Medical students, locals fight
* GREECE: Injuries after immigrants clash
* ZIMBABWE: Political factions clash outside power sharing summit
* BANGLADESH: Student groups clash; 8 injured in group clash
* INDONESIA: Clash as political trial continues
* PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Feuding students sign peace accord








http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/democraticrepublicofcongo/2962727/Eleven-dead-in-Congo-football-riot-after-use-of-witchcraft.html

Eleven dead in Congo football riot after use of 'witchcraft'
A football player's alleged use of black magic has sparked a deadly riot 
at a stadium in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Published: 1:09PM BST 15 Sep 2008
Nyuki football club was losing to its local rivals Socozaki in Sunday's 
game when the club's goalkeeper decided to intervene.
Radio Okapi, a local broadcaster funded by the United Nations, said the 
player dashed up the pitch incanting "fetishist" spells to weaken the 
opposing team.

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The game, a derby match in an eastern province of the Central African 
country, quickly broke up into a brawl between the two teams of players.
A local police commander then tried to intervene to break up the fight, 
but he was pelted with rocks by the crowd.
Matters quickly got out of hand as fighting seized hold of some sections 
of the stadium. Police fired canisters of tear gas and spectators 
stampeded for the exits.
The charge resulted in carnage: 11 dead and several others injured.
As is the case elsewhere in Africa, many Congolese hold traditional 
animist beliefs and use spells, fetishes and charms to practise 
witchcraft, often combined with other religions like Christianity or Islam.
Sunday's riot happened in Butembo, in North Kivu province, where 
fighting between the army and rebels has raged on despite the official 
end of a 1998-2003 war that has killed an estimated 5.4 million people 
through violence, hunger and disease.






http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081001172708.44gz1yex&show_article=1

Italian partisans to protest Spike Lee's World War II film

Oct 1 01:27 PM US/Eastern Write a Comment

US film director Spike Lee poses during the photocall of his...

Italian veteran partisans offended by US director Spike Lee's World War 
II film "Miracle at St. Anna" planned a protest Wednesday at an advance 
screening in central Italy, media reports said.
They plan to stage a sit-in in Viareggio, a town on the Tuscan coast 
near the village of Stazzema, where retreating German soldiers massacred 
560 civilians in 1944, the reports said.
The film, which is set for general release in Italy on Friday, shows a 
member of the resistance collaborating with the Nazis and failing to 
warn the villagers of the Germans' advance.
A dozen of the anti-Fascist partisans who were present during the 
massacre and about 50 survivors contest this version, according to the 
Italian daily La Stampa.
"It is an erroneous version," said writer Giorgio Bocca, a veteran 
partisan, wrote in an editorial in Wednesday's La Repubblica, a 
left-leaning daily.
At a press screening on Tuesday, Lee said he was "not apologising" and 
that he had "not invented anything" in the film version of a book of the 
same name by James McBride which also highlights the role of black 
American soldiers in the war.
"This film is no clear picture of what happened. It is our 
interpretation, and I stand behind it," Lee said, suggesting to Italians 
that there was "a lot about your history you have yet to come to grips 
with."
McBride was more contrite, saying: "I am very sorry if I have offended 
the partisans. I have enormous respect for them. As a black American, I 
understand what it's like for someone to tell your history, and they are 
not you."
He added: "Unfortunately, the history of World War II here in Italy is 
ours as well, and this was the best I could do," stressing: "It is, 
after all, a work of fiction."
Organisers of the Rome Film Festival opening on October 22 told a news 
conference on Wednesday that they had requested a copy of the film but 
were told it was promised for last month's Toronto event.









http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1428669.php/Anti-Scientologists_protest_against_Will_Smith_school

Anti-Scientologists protest against Will Smith school
People News

Will Smith reacts on stage during the event held at Picadelly Cinema in 
central Tokyo, Japan, 21 August 2008. The movie by US director Peter 
Berg tells the story of reckless superhero John Hancock (Smith) and will 
open in Japanese theatres on 30 August 2008. EPA/DAVID COLL BLANCO
Sep 4, 2008, 4:00 GMT
Will Smith has been targeted by an anti-Scientologist group.
On Wednesday morning (03.09.08) Anonymous activists picketed outside the 
New Village Academy private school in Calabasas, California, which is 
funded by the actor and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who is a devout 
follower of the bizarre sci-fi cult.
Protestors - dressed in Guy Fawkes masks - held up placards emblazoned 
with the words 'Scientology disconnects families' and 'what church 
stalks critics? Scientology'.
Passing children on their way to the nearby Arthur E. Wright Middle 
School shouted at several people, believed to be Scientologist 
investigators, who were monitoring the protest.
One boy Max, 11, said: "We hate Will Smith". While another John shouted: 
"Get the crazy cult school out of Calabasas!"
Spokesperson for Anonymous - who want the Church of Scientology to lose 
its tax exemption status in the US - Gareth Cales, who refused to wear a 
mask, said: "Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, an admitted 
Scientologist, have opened this private school as a front for teaching 
the L. Ron Hubbard principles of 'Study Technology, his creation, and 
the school employs Scientologists.
"Our goal is to ultimately have the tax exemption status of the 
Scientology cult end, and the criminal deeds of Church leader David 
Miscaviage be exposed and prosecuted. Under his leadership, Scientology 
has threatened people's lives and destroyed careers, they use their 
lawyers to intimidate anyone who criticises Scientology."
'Study Technology' is described as: "An educational model developed by 
L. Ron Hubbard, study technology focuses on three principles."
Will - who reportedly donated $1 million to the school - has previously 
denied he is a member of Scientology.
Earlier this week, Anonymous announced they were planning to stage a 
silent protest at the opening of Katie Holmes' new Broadway play 'All My 
Sons' in October.
The former 'Dawson's Creek' actress became a Scientologist after 
marrying devout follower Tom Cruise in November 2006.






http://gawker.com/5052104/anti+scientology-protesters-at-katie-holmes-play

Anti-Scientology Protesters At Katie Holmes Play
By Ryan Tate, 2:10 AM on Fri Sep 19 2008, 2,029 views
"Some wore masks like in the movie V for Vendetta, and one poster read: 
'FREE KATIE.'" [AP]








http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/14/america/LA-Bolivia-Protests.php

Morales struggles to control Bolivia amid violence

The Associated Press
Published: September 14, 2008

LA PAZ, Bolivia: President Evo Morales struggled to assert control over 
a badly fractured Bolivia on Sunday as protesters set fire to a town 
hall and blockaded highways in opposition-controlled provinces, impeding 
gasoline and food distribution.
At least 30 people have been killed in the poor Andean nation this week, 
Interior Minister Alfredo Rada said. All the deaths occurred in Pando 
province, where Morales declared martial law on Friday, dispatching 
troops and accusing government foes of killing his supporters.
Pando's security chief, Alberto Murakami, told The Associated Press by 
telephone that 15 people had died and 55 were injured.
Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana told local radio Red Erbol that 
authorities had arrested Pando Gov. Leopoldo Fernandez, "for violating 
the constitution and generating the bloody killings of the peasants." 
Morales has accused Fernandez of using Peruvian and Brazilian 
"assassins" against Morales supporters.
But Pando officials insisted Fernandez was still free, and Quintana 
later clarified on Red Erbol that while the governor "should be put in 
jail for blatant crimes," he had not been detained.
Fernandez did not make any comments Sunday, but he was seen walking 
through the streets of Pando's capital, Cobija, where government troops 
continued to arrive and patrol.
The governor has denied having anything to do with the violence, saying 
it was not an ambush but rather an armed clash between rival groups.
Presidential spokesman Ivan Canelas said without providing details that 
opposition-led highway blockades continued Sunday and that "an armed 
group" had set fire to the town hall in Filadelfia, a municipality near 
Cobija.
"There are people who want to continue sowing pain across the region," 
he said.
The La Paz newspaper La Razon quoted the country's highways chief as 
saying blockades had halted transit on major roadways in the 
opposition-governed eastern provinces of Tarija, Beni and Santa Cruz. 
The AP could not immediately confirm the report.
The gravest challenge to Morales in his nearly 3-year-old tenure as 
Bolivia's first indigenous president stems from his struggle with the 
four eastern lowland provinces where Bolivia's natural gas riches are 
concentrated and where his government has essentially lost control.
The provinces are seeking greater autonomy from Morales' leftist 
government and are insisting he cancel a Dec. 7 referendum on a new 
constitution that would help him centralize power, run for a second 
consecutive term and transfer fallow terrain to landless peasants. 
Morales says the new charter is needed to empower Bolivia's indigenous 
majority.
The leaders of those provinces have designated the governor of gas-rich 
Tarija, Mario Cossio, as their representative and he was expected to 
arrive in La Paz on Sunday to resume talks on easing the crisis.
South America's leaders were also trying to prevent Bolivia from 
splintering apart. They were to gather in Chile on Monday for an 
emergency meeting called by President Michelle Bachelet. It was unclear 
whether Morales would attend, and President Alan Garcia of Peru was not 
expected. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva planned to 
attend, his office said Sunday.
Morales' representative in Pando, Nancy Texeira, said the death toll 
from Thursday's fighting between pro- and anti-Morales forces near the 
town of Porvenir was expected to rise as authorities continued to 
encounter more dead and wounded.
"We think there are more in the hills, people submerged in the river," 
she said.
A peasant leader involved in the street fight told the AP in a telephone 
interview Saturday that the violence began after he and several 
truckloads of companions came upon an opposition blockade on a jungle 
highway.
Antonio Moreno said there was some fighting — mostly with clubs and 
rocks — when a man emerged from a vehicle and fired on peasants with a 
submachine gun.
"The campesinos fled to the mountain, while others jumped into the 
river," he told the AP.
Morales and ally President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela expelled the U.S. 
ambassadors in their countries last week to protest what they called 
Washington's inciting of the anti-government protests.
The departing U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Philip Goldberg, denied the 
accusations on Sunday in his first public comments on the matter.
"I would like to say that all the accusations made against me, against 
the Embassy and against my nation are completely false and unjustified," 
he told reporters in La Paz. "I have nothing to say to those who 
misinterpreted my actions."
Morales has offered no detailed evidence of Goldberg's alleged 
conspiracy with the opposition. He has, instead, accused Goldberg of 
egging on anti-Morales forces through meetings with governors who have 
publicly called for the president's ouster.
Chavez, meanwhile, insisted he would intervene militarily in Bolivia if 
Morales were toppled or killed.
In a speech Saturday in Venezuela, he accused Bolivia's military brass 
of not fully supporting their president, of "a work stoppage of sorts."
Bolivian armed forces chief Gen. Luis Trigo earlier in the week rejected 
Chavez's pledge to intervene, saying no foreign troops would be 
permitted to set foot on Bolivian soil.
On Sunday, Defense Minister Walker San Miguel backed his armed forces chief.
"We Bolivians will resolve our problems among ourselves," he said in an 
interview with the state TV network.
___
Associated Press writers Paola Flores and Carlos Valdez in La Paz, Ian 
James in Caracas, Venezuela, and Frank Bajak in Bogota, Colombia, 
contributed to this report.






http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1433519.php/Protestors_disrupt_commerce_traffic_in_Nepal_

Protestors disrupt commerce, traffic in Nepal
South Asia News
Sep 28, 2008, 6:56 GMT
Kathmandu - A general strike called by a fringe left party disrupted 
activity in the capital Kathmandu and other parts of the country Sunday.
The People's Front Nepal called the strike to protest the decision of 
the Maoists and other major parties to divide the country along a 
federal structure.
In Kathmandu, many people were caught unaware as People's Front Nepal 
supporters stopped vehicles and shut down major markets.
Police said the strike supporters set fire to a passenger bus on the 
western outskirts of the capital, and vandalized about a dozen cars and 
motorcycles, accusing the drivers of defying the strike.
Police said about two dozen demonstrators were arrested in different 
parts of the country.
In Rolpa district, about 450 kilometres west of the capital, police 
clashed with demonstrators trying to forcibly shut down government 
offices and detained about a dozen people, including district level 
politicians.
In Siraha south of Kathmandu, police dispersed dozens of demonstrators 
who tried to block the main highway by burning tyres.
Nepal was declared a federal democratic republic by the country's 
constituent assembly on 28 May, after voting to abolish the monarchy.
People's Front Nepal opposes the move, saying a federal structure in a 
small country as Nepal is impractical.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/26/stories/2008092657190400.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Vijayawada

Lagadapati’s supporters protest attacks on Lanco
Staff Reporter
VIJAYAWADA: The attack by TRS activists on the corporate office of the 
Lanco Group in Hyderabad triggered protests by Congress activists and 
supporters of Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal in the city and on its 
outskirts on Thursday.
The activists held a meeting at the party’s city unit office, the Andhra 
Ratna Bhavan, in the evening to condemn the attacks. They later staged a 
dharna on Karl Marx Road and burnt the effigy of TRS president K. 
Chandrasekhara Rao.
The activists squatted on the road for a while and raised slogans 
against the TRS. Vehicular traffic came to a standstill on the busy Karl 
Marx Road in the peak evening hours.
Terming the attacks on Lanco offices as unfortunate, Kankipadu MLA 
Devineni Rajasekhar advised Mr. Chandrasekhara Rao to keep a tab on his 
party activists. Former MLA Adusumilli Jayaprakash said that physical 
attacks would not solve any problems, but only complicate the issues. He 
demanded that the Government take necessary steps to protect the assets 
of the Lanco Group.
Dharna staged
Congress activists also sat on a dharna at Dabakotlu Centre at 
Ajithsingh Nagar and the Vijayawada-Hyderabad National Highway No. 9 at 
Ibrahimpatnam demanding action against TRS activists who resorted to the 
attacks.
Vehicles were stopped for over one hour on the National Highway and it 
took another half-an-hour for the police to ensure free flow of traffic.






http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/9/24/protesters-coming-to-dpr-and-ago-to-express-aspirations/

09/24/08 01:26
Protesters coming to DPR and ago to express aspirations

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The House of Representatives building at Gatot 
Subroto street, Central Jakarta, and the Attorney General`s Office at 
Sultan Hasanuddin street, South Jakarta, will have protesters coming to 
them today, Jakarta Metropolitan Traffic Police said here Tuesday.

According to their information, the first group of protesters are 
planning to express their aspirations in front of Parliament building, 
and the second in front of the Attorney General`s office as well as in 
front of the Corruption Eradication Commission building.

The protests will be launched at 10 AM.

However, the police did not elaborate on the identity and number of the 
protesters, as well as their aspirations.

On Monday (Sept 22), the parliament building had protesters from the 
Moslem Forum (FUI) who urged the House to change the name of the Porn 
Bill into Anti Pornography and Porn Action Bill.

Meanwhile on the same day, the Attorney General`s office was having 
protesters from the Indonesian Youth and Student Network who urged the 
Attorney General to bring to justice several Bank Indonesia Liquidity 
Support (BLBI)obligors.

If the Attorney General was unable to meet their aspirations, the 
protesters would ask the KPK to take over the BLBI case. (*)







http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/sep/sep22/news05.php

Protests continue at Basantapur area; President's programme cancelled
Dispute within two groups of Newar community has led to further tension 
at New Road area in Kathmandu Monday regarding closing ceremony of the 
Indra Jatra festival.
A group of people from Newar community resumed protests in Kathmandu 
today expressing dissatisfaction over the agreement reached between 
government and the Jatra organisers Sunday evening. With the assurance 
from the government to provide funding for Jatra and support to all 
rituals, the protests were called off after three days.
New Road and surrounding marketplaces remain closed down due the 
protests. The protesters say they were not involved in the negotiation 
process with the government and that proceedings have been closed with 
one-sided decision. They also complained that the police 'dismantled' 
the chariot at Basantapur.
The protesters vandalised a few vehicles in New Road and Jamal area. To 
end the dispute, both the sides have agreed to sit for talks.
Meanwhile, due to continued conflict, the programme of President Dr Ram 
Baran Yadav receiving tika from Kumari, scheduled for today, has been 
cancelled.
President Yadav is scheduled to fly to his hometown, Dhanusha, later 
today. nepalnews.com ia Sep 22 08






http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/sep/sep21/news07.php

Protests continue in thoroughfares of Kathmandu
People continued to organise protests, Sunday, in thoroughfares of 
Kathmandu including Basantapur, New Road, Bhotahity, Ratnapark and Jamal 
area demanding apology from the finance minister for not allocating 
funds for traditional festivals.

Protesting locals of Teku in Kathmandu clash with the police on the 
second day of protests organised by the Newar community against...

The protests were sparked, Friday night, after the people taking part in 
traditional Kumari Jatra turned violent and started demonstrating 
accusing that the 'government did not allocate budget for the 
traditional festival this time.'
The protests had affected transport movement in key areas of the capital 
city on Saturday and the same has continued on Sunday as well.
Angry protesters have burned tyres and vandalised vehicles.
The protests have continued even after the Home and Finance Ministry 
expressed regret and vowed to provide funds for Jatras. nepalnews.com 
Sep 21 08







http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=606809

________________________________________
Hungarian protesters clash with police
Posted: 2008/09/22
From: MNN


Far-right protests have become frequent since 2006, when Prime Minister 
Ferenc Gyurcsany admitted in a leaked speech that he lied about the 
state of the economy to win re-election. His remarks were followed by 
Hungary`s worst violence in decades.

(Reuters)

BUDAPEST - Hungarian police fired tear gas and clashed with more than a 
thousand anti-government protesters who attacked riot police with petrol 
bombs and cobblestones in Budapest on Saturday.

Protesters from the far-right gathered around a downtown monument to the 
Soviet Red Army, attacked police who guarded the memorial and chanted 
anti-government and anti-Semitic slogans.

Far-right protests have become frequent since 2006, when Prime Minister 
Ferenc Gyurcsany admitted in a leaked speech that he lied about the 
state of the economy to win re-election. His remarks were followed by 
Hungary's worst violence in decades.

On Saturday, police pushed hundreds of protesters, some of whom wore 
swastikas, through downtown streets, continuously firing tear gas.

The clashes came just hours after several liberal groups, including the 
Democratic Charta, founded in part by the Socialist prime minister, and 
a Roma organization gathered in Budapest to protest against far right 
organizations which they said were becoming increasingly powerful and 
menacing.

Gyurcsany, one of Hungary's most disliked politicians, has struggled to 
amass popular support after his government enacted hefty tax and price 
hikes in 2006 to reduce the biggest budget deficit in the 27-nation 
European Union.

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi) #







http://on221.com/2008/09/19/video-african-americans-protest-against-barack-obama/

[Video] African Americans Protest Against Barack Obama
Posted by Des on September 19, 2008
A group called “Blacks Against Obama” protested during a speech Barack 
Obama was delivering in Coral Gables, Fla. this afternoon. Almost a 
dozen African-Americans held up signs saying things like “what about 
black people?” before being calmly escorted out.
Obama asked if he could finish speaking before he addressed the group, 
though, they were escorted out of the venue. This isn’t the first time 
that this has happened to Obama. Another demonstration of similar 
sentiment showed a more assertive side of Obama as he demanded a group 
of hecklers to cease.








http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Top&set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080904055039345C625263

Chained bank protest pays off

September 04 2008 at 07:22AM


By Yusuf Moolla

An elderly Durban man demonstrated on Wednesday that making a loud 
noise, for long enough, can get results.

Banging a tin against the pavement, the man, identified only as W Maine, 
chained himself to a lamp post outside the Standard Bank Autobank 
Sentrum Centre in Dr Pixley KaSeme (West) Street in an attempt to get 
paid money owed to him by Standard Bank or The Liberty Group.

For several hours, Maine, 86, shouted that he wanted his money, all the 
while making a racket with his tin and drawing a small crowd.


'His annuity income has been paid to him with interest'
Protest boards and slogans on a brown paper bag on his head and on his 
clothes indicated that Standard Bank or Liberty had breached a contact 
since 2005 and had yet to pay him.

When The Mercury tried to speak to the partially deaf Maine, he said 
that he wanted to take the guilty party to court.

Asked about the reason for his actions, he replied: "You will know the 
real reason I am here when you come with me to court."

Police at the scene said that authorities were negotiating with Maine, 
adding that he was refusing to move unless a bank official spoke to him.

Subsequently Liberty chief executive Andre du Plessis said the matter 
had been resolved.

"We apologise for the distress caused to Mr Maine and can confirm that 
his annuity income has been paid to him with interest. We are looking 
into why Mr Maine appears to have received such poor service."

Maine was given a letter and proof that payment, with interest, had been 
made, in the late afternoon.

He then freed himself and said he would not be taking Liberty to court.

Liberty spokesperson Fiona Hannig said that the matter was being 
investigated.








http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7615154.stm

Sunday, 14 September 2008 11:03 UK
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Police praise Ashley protesters

Owner Mike Ashley did not attend the game
Police have praised the behaviour of thousands of Newcastle United fans 
who staged protests in the city against club owner Mike Ashley.
Supporters held demonstrations against the billionaire businessman 
before, during and after the team's 2-1 loss to Hull City on Saturday.
Fans are angry over the claims that manager Kevin Keegan was undermined 
leading to his resignation.
A total of 14 arrests were made for public order offences.
Ch Supt Paul Weir, Northumbria Police's match commander, said none of 
the arrests were in connection with the protests.
Banners displayed
He said: "I was satisfied that the arrangements made by police to 
facilitate lawful protest were successful.
"A number of groups came to the ground to carry out their lawful protest 
and I would like to praise those fans for the way in which they behaved."
Thousands of fans thronged outside the stadium's Milburn Stand 
directors' entrance to chant "sack the board" and "Ashley out" before 
and after the game.
Banners were displayed urging fans to boycott Ashley's businesses.
One fans' group led a march of hundreds of people through the city as 
the game kicked-off.
Owner Ashley, who bought the club in May last year, and his heavily 
criticised director of football Dennis Wise did not attend the match.
Keegan ended his second spell as Newcastle manager on 4 September citing 
interference in transfer policy.
Newcastle United has previously stated that Keegan was "allowed to 
manage his duties without any interference".






http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/2008/09/13/fuming-newcastle-united-fans-in-mass-protest-115875-20735563/
Fuming Newcastle United fans in mass protest
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By Brian McNally 13/09/2008

And the news that Ashley will sell-out will delight the mutinous Geordie 
fans.
After yesterday’s set-back thousands chanted for Ashley to quit outside 
St James’ Park.
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They were dispersed by mounted police an hour after the final whistle.







http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2008/sep/13/liverpool.newcastleunited?gusrc=rss&feed=sport

Anfield approach suggests Premier league doomsday is not far off
It is a sad indictment of English football that a game as big as 
Liverpool v Manchester United should be overshadowed by protest
Comments (62)

Liverpool supporters protest against the club's American owners. 
Photograph: Paul Thomas/AP
The doomsday theory says the Premier League will eat itself should the 
influx of overseas investors and the march of the global brand continue. 
The approach to Anfield this morning said we are already there.
For at least 1,000 Liverpool supporters, and it appeared far more when 
they congregated next to the Kop before kick off, the biggest game in 
the league calendar meant another protest march and another 
demonstration against the unfulfilled promises and debt-ridden reality 
of the club's American owners. The presence of George Gillett - and to 
be fair to the co-owner accused of ruling in absentia, he rarely misses 
a home game against Manchester United - thus ensured more eyes were 
trained on the directors' box than Dimitar Berbatov when these hated 
rivals took to the field at Anfield. Whatever happened to just meeting 
in the pub? To the escapism and, perish the thought, the fun? It is, for 
many, long gone.
Disillusionment and skewed priorities were not confined to events 
surrounding today's fixture, when Rafael Benítez's side overcame an 
ominous start superbly through sheer force of will. At Newcastle, 
thousands more will stage their own protest at the reign of Mike Ashley 
and the presence of Denis Wise, doing a conga around St James' Park as 
they go, while no less an authority that Mark Hughes believes Manchester 
City versus Chelsea represents the grandest fixture on show on account 
of their respective bank-balances. Not their combined total of three 
league titles in the past 40 years against the 21 championships and 
eight European Cups that Liverpool and United can boast between them in 
the same period, of course, just their projected cash flows. The sad 
thing is so many buy into the chilling ideas of Garry Cook, City's 
executive chairman, and barely raise an eyebrow when Peter Kenyon, 
Chelsea's chief executive, leads the team up to collect their Champions 
League runners-up medals.
Those who do recoil can be found on Liverpool's Breck Road and outside 
St James' Park today. And they will be drowned out if, or when, their 
club becomes awash with Arabian money and is able to talk seriously of 
fantasy transfers once again. Gillett at least cannot claim to be 
unawares of the depth of anger against himself and co-owner Tom Hicks 
following this weekend's protests, whether organised by the Spirit of 
Shankly group or otherwise.
Gillett and his minders are believed to have had to leave a Liverpool 
city centre pub on Friday night amid concern for the American's safety. 
Either that or they left in disgust at the early drinking curfew in Ye 
Cracke's beer garden. We've all been there. Gillett was sat four rows 
back in the director's box instead of at the front and directly behind 
those supporters straining to catch a glimpse, and pass on their 
thoughts, to Liverpool's co-owner. Meanwhile, out on the pitch, an 
enthralling game took place.







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Sunday, 21 September 2008 16:33 UK
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Rangers fans protest outside BBC

The group gathered outside BBC Scotland's Govan headquarters
A handful of Rangers football fans staged a protest outside BBC 
Scotland's headquarters in Glasgow.
The small group of 35 supporters held banners outside the broadcaster's 
base claiming recent media coverage over songs sung at matches was unfair.
BBC Scotland security staff said the protesters were quiet and 
good-natured.
The BBC last week reported that Irish diplomats had raised concerns with 
the Scottish Government over chanting at last month's Old Firm game.








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Manipur students protest dope charge against wrestler Monika Devi
________________________________________

ANI Thursday 11th September, 2008
Imphal, Sept 11 : Hundreds of students took to the streets here on 
Wednesday to demand a fair probe into the doping charges against 
weightlifter Monika Devi, who was denied a berth in the Indian squad for 
the Beijing Olympics.

Carrying placards, the protesters shouted slogans against the Sports 
Authority of India (SAI) charging it with discrimination against people 
hailing from the remote regions.

"We hope that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will enquire in 
a right manner. We hope to do some good things but, the main thing is 
that we want to stand united and we want to struggle against this kind 
of discrimination, especially sportspersons. We want to have full 
dignity," said Ashirjit, the president of the Democratic Students 
Alliance of Manipur.

The protesters felt that Monica was denied an opportunity to display her 
talent before the world.

"We feel very sorry for Monika because she was discriminated against in 
front of the world stage. She wasn't given a chance to participate or 
show her talent on the world stage. So, we feel discriminated against by 
the Government. That is why we are here to show that we don't agree with 
what the Government is doing with her," said Kanchana Laishram, a protestor.

Monika Devi was withdrawn from the Beijing Olympics after she failed to 
pass a dope test at home. The lifter pleaded her innocence. The Indian 
Weightlifting Federation also criticised the SAI, claiming that the 
doping test was faulty.

The Sports Ministry has ordered an internal inquiry to ascertain the 
truth and the CBI has registered a case following a demand to this 
effect by Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.








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Tamil Nadu

Protesting villagers lathicharged
Staff Reporter
Tiruvannamalai: People who staged road roko demanding the police to 
register a murder case in connection with the death of a person under 
suspicious circumstances, were lathicharged in Isukkazhi Katteri village 
near here on Saturday.
Velu (40), a farmer of Isukkazhi Katteri village, was found dead in the 
farm on Friday morning.
Villagers suspected it to be a case of murder. But police registered it 
as suspicious murder and sent the body for post mortem.
After getting the body back from post mortem on Saturday, villagers 
refused to cremate it demanding the police to register the case of 
murder and staged a road roko.
The police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the crowd.
Conciliatory meeting convened
However at the end of a conciliatory meeting convened following the 
lathicharge, villagers cremated the body.







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150,000 Mexicans take to the streets to protest a spate of murders and 
kidnappings
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:22 PM on 31st August 2008
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More than 150,000 Mexicans staged candelight protests to demand 
government action against a tide of killings, abductions and shootouts.
Only last week a dozen headless bodies were found in the Yucatan 
Peninsula, home to Mexico's most popular beach resort, Cancun.
Murders have surged as drug cartels battle for control of trafficking 
routes and stage vicious attacks against police nearly every day.
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Protest: People hold candles at Zocalo square in Mexico City on Sunday - 
more than 150,000 Mexicans dressed in white marched over the weekend=
A sea of 100,000 white-clad demonstrators filled Mexico City's Zocalo 
square, while tens of thousands overflowed into the surrounding streets.
Thousands more protested in other cities.
On Sunday President Felipe Calderon has announced a crackdown on drug 
crime, but there has been little improvement on the ground.
'The federal government renews its commitment with its citizens and 
precisely will step up efforts to eradicate this evil,' Calderon said in 
a nationally broadcast speech.
'It is urgent that all authorities and all people do their corresponding 
part to rid Mexico of crime,' he said, without offering specifics.
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Marching on: More than 13 anti-crime groups planned marches in all 32 
Mexican states, urging people to walk in silence with candles or lanterns
More than 2,300 people have been killed in drug murders this year 
despite Calderon's battle against gangs. He has sent 25,000 troops and 
federal police against cartels since taking office in December 2006, but 
killings have increased.
Long-used to violent crime, Mexicans were outraged by the kidnapping and 
murder of Fernando Marti, 14, whose body was found in a car trunk in 
Mexico City on Aug. 1, even though his businessman father had paid a ransom.
Mexico is one of the worst countries in the world for abductions, along 
with conflict zones like Iraq and Colombia.
Calderon, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard and state governors held an 
emergency crime summit last week and vowed to stamp out abductions and 
violent crime.
But the huge march put more pressure on Calderon for results. March 
organizers met with the president on Sunday to put forward their 
crime-busting proposals.

Night-time vigil: Demonstrators light candles as part of the protest, 
calling on the Mexican Government to do more to fight the kidnappings 
and killings
'Together, society and government, we can put an end to this cancer that 
damages and hurts our Mexico,' Calderon said after the meeting.






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Protesters at Faizabad block traffic for hours Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Muhammad Anis

Islamabad

Motorists and commuters travelling in public transport remained stranded 
in a traffic jam for at least two hours due to a protest demonstration 
near Faizabad Flyover here on Monday evening.

The roads in other parts of twin cities also remained blocked for hours 
due to this reason. The construction activity on the Islamabad Highway 
near Khanna Bridge added to miseries of motorists and those travelling 
in public transport.

“I want to reach home at the earliest to prepare for Namaz-e-Taraveeh,” 
Abdul Razzaq, one of the motorists stranded in traffic between Faizabad 
and Khanna Bridge, told ‘The News’.

A large number of activists belonging to the Imamia Students 
Organisation (ISO) staged a protest demonstration near Faizabad Flyover 
against the killing of people in a terrorist act in Parachinar the other 
day.

The protesters, carrying banners and placards, raised slogans and 
demanded immediate arrest of killers. They asked the government to take 
measures for preventing such incidents in future.

The protesters burnt tyres on the road, making it impossible for traffic 
to move on for more than two hours. “I have to take my wife to the 
hospital but I am trapped in the traffic mess for more than an hour,” a 
motorist, Faisal Shaikh, told ‘The News’.

The construction activity on the Islamabad Highway near Khanna Bridge 
also caused problems for motorists and public transport. Police did not 
intervene during the protest demonstration but they prevented 
demonstrators from crossing the Faizabad Flyover and their march

towards the Murree Road and Zero Point.

Motorists and commuters, trapped in the traffic mess on both sides of 
the Islamabad Highway, had no idea about what caused the blockade. The 
traffic load on Islamabad Highway increases after 6 p.m. due to heavy 
rush of office workers travelling between twin cities.







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March held in knife crime protest
Hundreds of young people have marched through Liverpool in a protest 
against knife crime.
Demonstrators left the Anglican Cathedral and marched through the city 
to Derby Square on Sunday.
The march was organised by Term-Time, a group which works for tougher 
sentencing on violent crime, and more funding for youth organisations.
Organisers said it had been organised in response to concerns from both 
parents and children.
Spokeswoman Harriet Stewart said: "The reason this is happening is 
because at local and national level people have got in touch with us.
"Mothers have been saying we fear for our son's life, we fear for our 
daughter's life.
"And youths themselves have contacted us and said it's scary, we're 
afraid to talk - even to our parents."






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Residents March In Protest Of Violent Crime
POSTED: 7:42 pm PDT September 8, 2008
UPDATED: 8:32 pm PDT September 8, 2008

GRESHAM, Ore. -- Some neighbors in the Rockwood area of Gresham took to 
the streets Monday morning to complain about crime.
Several shootings in the past week near 188th and Stark motivated them 
to march.
The mayor, some City Council members and business leaders urged 
neighbors to support the upcoming tax levy to hire more police officers.
The rally marched down Southeast Stark and Burnside streets, which is an 
area that has seen several shooting over the past week.
Neighbors said it's much safer to walk those streets before lunch than 
it is after dark.
Gresham police reported a disturbance in the area on Tuesday night in 
the area of 188th and Stark where about six shots were fired, one of 
which hit a car.
On Sept. 1, there was another shooting on 190th and Stark when a man 
shot at two other men, hitting a car but not causing any injuries.
"Any time you get violence you're going to get more. It starts out small 
and then it grows. I've seen it happen in many cities. Once it starts, 
they take over," neighbor Marion Haines said.
Neighbors in the area said they are hopeful that through a police 
initiative the crime on their streets can be eliminated.











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Protestors Set up Camp Outside Caylee Anthony's House
Posted By: Gary Detman Created: 9/22/2008 4:03:08 PM Updated: 9/22/2008 
4:09:41 PM
ORLANDO, FL (AP) -- Each night, a half dozen protesters plant lawn 
chairs across the street from the home of missing 3-year-old Caylee 
Anthony, demanding a confession from her mother and grandparents.
"Baby killer," one woman's sign reads. "My mommy did it!" reads another.
But all they get is silence: The child's family stays quiet night after 
night, their yard lined with yellow caution tape and "No Trespassing" 
signs, and a collage of the hazel-eyed child's photographs taped to the 
front door.
Three months after Caylee disappeared under mysterious circumstances, 
the protesters have joined the crowd of reporters and gawkers outside 
the family's suburban Orlando home, hoping to get what police so far 
have not: a statement that the little girl is dead. They believe the 
girl's 22-year-old mother, Casey Anthony, killed her and that her 
grandparents, Cindy and George Anthony, are covering it up.
The protesters taunt the family at all hours, some dressing up in 
costumes and even recording rock songs about the case. There has been a 
videotaped scuffle and even 911 calls, but the group is undeterred in 
its mission.
"It's putting pressure on them," said Cathy Harris, a mother of 10 
children who is among the group staking out the home.
Casey Anthony is "hiding something and she needs to be confronted until 
she tells everybody," said another protester, Richard Ellis Namey. In 
August, Namey drove a flatbed trailer carrying his son's rock band by 
the Anthony house as they played "Casey's Song (Wine Sick Mind)," a song 
they wrote about the missing girl's mother.
"You're the only one to blame ... can't wash away the pain, can't wash 
away the shame," the song goes.
After two months, there still is not an answer to whether or not the 
3-year-old with big eyes and brown bangs is dead or alive. The child's 
grandmother first called police in July to say Casey Anthony had told 
her the toddler had been missing for about a month and that her 
daughter's car smelled like death, although she later said she was 
mistaken and the smell was old pizza.
Casey Anthony told authorities that she had left her daughter with a 
baby sitter in June, and that when she returned after work, the two were 
gone. Anthony said she spent the next month trying to find her daughter 
on her own and didn't call authorities out of fear.
But investigators said the apartment where the baby sitter supposedly 
lived had been vacant for months and that Anthony lied about her job.
She was arrested and charged with neglect of a child, making false 
official statements and obstructing a criminal investigation. She is now 
under house arrest and facing 13 charges in all, most of them stemming 
from writing forged checks and illegal use of a friend's bank account.
Todd Black, a spokesman for Anthony's attorney, said Casey insists she 
left Caylee with a baby sitter. "Her position is, she never did anything 
to harm her daughter and she is not believing her daughter is dead," 
Black said.
Now protesters show up at all hours. It is not the typical, supportive 
vigil so often seen when a child disappears.
A recent early morning scuffle wound up videotaped and aired on national 
television. Cindy and George Anthony told police they were trying to 
sleep when they heard a loud bang on their garage door. They found a 
group of seven or eight protesters at the edge of the driveway who began 
yelling and screaming profanities.
A woman grabbed George Anthony's shirt, stamped with a picture of his 
missing granddaughter, and his wife said she got between them to stop a 
fight. "This can't keep happening," Casey Anthony said in a 911 call.
After the confrontation, the Guardian Angels showed up and began 
patrolling the well-manicured, middle-class neighborhood.
The neighbors are tired of the spectacle and are asking a court to move 
the protesters to a vacant lot. They are afraid to let their children 
outside and some can't sleep at night. The Orange County Sheriff's 
Office has been called to the Anthony home more than 40 times since 
Caylee was first reported missing.
"It was a nice, quiet neighborhood," said Bill Fulton, president of the 
neighborhood association. "It's changed."
In August, bounty hunter Leonard Padilla traveled from California to 
help bail Casey Anthony out of jail in hopes that they could work 
together to find her daughter. He said Anthony told him a variation of 
the story she'd given police, but said when he questioned it, she told 
him to leave.
Padilla eventually left Orlando, in part, because the situation outside 
the home had grown too hostile. "I've seen vigils held for missing 
people," Padilla said. "But I've never seen one go into an accusatory 
tone of that nature."
The protesters say they will keep coming until the case is solved. 
Harris recently brought along her teenage daughter, who was dressed up 
as Casey Anthony with a short bob wig and similar glasses.
"Like what she did was really, really wrong," Yulia Harris, 13, said 
over the phone. She said she and her mom are "addicted to this case. I 
don't know how to explain it. It's just wrong."






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Nawabshah woman attempts self-immolation in protest Sunday, September 
21, 2008
By our correspondent

NAWABSHAH: A woman attempted self-immolation here on Saturday when the 
police failed to apprehend the accused involved in an attack on her 
husband,who is a police constable.

Hanifan, 40, staged a demonstration in front of the Nawabshah Press 
Club. She was demanding the arrest of accused involved in the attack on 
her husband, Head Constable Abdullah Magsi.

Hanifan suddenly sprinkled kerosene oil on her and set herself on fire.

The people present on the occasion rescued her and shifted her to the 
Nawabshah Medical Hospital in critical condition. Doctors said she had 
sustained severe burn injuries. Her husband Abdullah Magsi is also 
admitted to another ward.

A sister of Magsi said his brother was going to his duty in police 
uniform when he was attacked.

She said the attacker hit him on his head with multiple strokes of 
hatchet and his two fingers were chopped off as he was trying to protect 
his head.

She said the police had registered a case but were reluctant to arrest 
the accused.

She said when the police failed to provide justice to a head constable, 
then how it could provide justice to a common man.

Former district Nazim and MNA Faryal Talpur has strictly directed the 
acting district Nazim, Abdul Haque Jamali, to pay a visit to Hanifan and 
tell her that the district government would bear all the expenses of her 
treatment here or outside the city.

She directed the police to conduct an inquiry into the issue. Meanwhile, 
two police officers have been suspended on the charge of negligence in 
the case.






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September 20, 2008
London knife crime protest as another victim dies
March ends in Hyde Park rally to demand action against a rising toll of 
stabbing deaths
Kevin Dowling
Thousands of Londoners alarmed by the city's rising toll of knife crime 
marched through the capital today, hours after a man in his 20s was 
stabbed to death outside a sports club in the city.
The victim, named as Lucan Gordon, 23, was attacked outside the Brixton 
Sports and Social Club in south London at 9pm Friday and taken to a 
nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Within a mile of the stabbing, families this morning set off on a march 
from Kennington Park into central London to join another group coming 
from Caledonian Road in the north of the city. They combined for a 
lunchtime rally at Hyde Park.
Several motorists beeped their horns in support of the marchers as they 
waited for them to pass, accompanied by a gospel choir and chants of 
“stop the knives, save lives”.
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Friends of Mr Gordon, laying flowers at the murder scene, said they had 
been planning to join the People’s March before they heard of his death.
They said Mr Gordon was originally from Jamaica and had celebrated his 
birthday the night before he was killed. His cousin Dwayne Parch, 20, 
said: “He was stabbed from behind while standing by the wall. He was 
stabbed in the left side of the neck.It’s always the good ones who go 
young. He didn’t stand a chance.”
The People’s March was the brainchild of two south London women sickened 
by the rising tide of deaths they read in the news.
After setting up a group on social networking site Facebook, Sharon 
Singh and Gemma Olway, both 26, joined forces with the families of young 
people murdered on the UK streets and the Damilola Taylor Trust.
Gary Trowsdale, director of special projects at the Damilola Taylor 
Trust, said: “We think this could be the moment for change. We are 
looking to stem the tide because this is ordinary people coming together 
and saying this has to stop.
Richard Taylor, whose son Damilola was stabbed at the age of 10 close to 
his home in south London as he walked home from school in 2000, said: 
“We are sending a message to young people that they have not been 
forgotten and that we care but we are also not happy with them resolving 
minor disputes and fighting over issues and then using a knife.”
The two marches, from north and south, erupted into deafening applause 
and cheers as they met at the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus.
Brooke Kinsella, actress and sister of murdered Ben Kinsella, met 
Damilola’s father Mr Taylor for the first time at the point where the 
two marches met.
Junior Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, who joined the rally at Hyde 
Park, said: “Obviously the Government has a real responsibility about 
this, but it is all of us, police, parents and schools, everybody 
standing together, that will tackle this. I just think that’s a really 
powerful message."
Barry Mizzen, father of Jimmy who was stabbed earlier this year in a 
bakery in south London, said: “I’m encouraged by the fact there are so 
many people here raising awareness of the issue."
The family of Oliver Kingonzila was also on the march. His death last 
week brought the number of teenage knife related deaths to 26 in the 
capital this year, equalling the total number for 2007 with more than 
three months of the year still to go.
Commander Mark Simmons, who has responsibility for knife crime in the 
Metropolitan Police, initially struggled to overcome a hostile reaction 
from the crowd when he began to speak.
“We have arrested over 3,000 people and every person we arrest we are 
prosecuting and we are putting them in front of the courts,” he said. 
“We will continue to do that. We want to work with you, we want to work 
with your communities and we will be absolutely relentless in our 
pursuit of people that use knives.”
A video message from Prime Minister Gordon Brown was also met with 
jeers. Mr Brown told the audience that part of the solution lay in 
“making sure that every young person has something to do with their time 
and isn’t just hanging around.”
No arrests have been made in relation to yesterday’s stabbing and the 
victim has not been formally identified.
Scottish protest: Hundreds of people marched against knife crime in 
Gourock, Inverclyde, today in memory of a teenager stabbed to death a 
year ago.
Darren Pyper, 14, died after being stabbed at a friend’s house in 
Gourock. William Brown, 64, from Gourock, was charged with Darren’s 
murder but died of suspected heart failure in hospital in November.
Today Darren’s friends and family organised a day of events to highlight 
the cost of knife crime. His mother Margo and younger brother Ryan were 
among those taking part.
Organiser, Kendall Gregory, 17, said: "We want to show people how hard 
it is for us one year after Darren died. We hope to send out a message 
so that, hopefully, other people won’t have to go through the same.”








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Saturday, August 30, 2008
When the Marines protest !!
We got in Egypt Marines ,but they are not related to anything military 
from any or far on the contrary their young men find their ways to 
escape the military service. The Egyptian Marines are the residents of 
the famous A class Summer resort “Marina” in the North Coast.Marine is 
the gathering place of the A Class from socialites,politicians, 
ministers,pop and film stars you name it.Yes there are other resorts in 
the north coast exclusive for the A Class but no like this one. To 
describe it better Marina now is like Ras Al-Bar pre-1952, I will not 
say Montaza because historically Montaza was a Royalty exclusive area.
Last week something strange or rather provoking thing in Marina happened 
, after further thought it is not that provoking or strange ,because 
this is what Marina is and this who the Marines are ,a class from the 
Egyptian society mostly isolated from the rest and the majority of classes.
A group of ladies led by a grand daughter of a free officers member and 
a daughter of a famous Businessman protested all over Marina against the 
Emam of Marina’s mosque after his attack on the Turkish TV series “Nour” !!
Yeah Nour again !! The Nour mania in Egypt , it is disgusting . The 
ladies wore T-Shirts with Mohand and Nour pictures and roamed all over 
Marina declaring their refusal to this viscous attack !! The Emam 
described the TV Series as a waste of Time !!
A protest for the blue eyes of Mohand !! I respect protesting and 
freedom of expression but this is too much , I never heard that someone 
protested because of a TV series ,it is not a cult TV series like a Star 
Trek for God sake !!
Strangely the Police and the interior ministry did not crack this 
protest as they usually do especially it is for a foreign person !! well 
may be they did not crack it because they want more of that sort of 
protests , if you remember from two years ago there was a similar post 
when Tamer Hosni was in Jail at Cairo !!
Have we reached to this level of inconsideration and isolation ??
This is even worse than pre-1952.
We have now Two Egypt , the rich Egypt and the poor Egypt and between 
them there is a middle Class losing more ground to the poor Egypt.
It is so sad and disgusting that this happens in the same country where 
some people protest from time to time to get clean water , bread and 
small raises to help them in Ramadan and schools time !!
It is so sad and disgusting !!
Famous Arabic Poet Al-Mutanabbi from Middle Century once described Egypt 
saying
Egypt got many things that can make you laugh , a laugh that is near to 
cry !!
Do you remember the wonderful Obey Giant Poster I posted from two days 
ago ??
THE LIMITS OF TYRANTS ARE PRESCRIBED BY THE ENDURANCE OF THEM WHOM THEY 
OPPRESS
Tyrants love shallow classes like this , because they are the leading 
classes many from lower classes look up trying to be like them , they 
like to make the people busy in anything other than resisting them.





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Manipur's sericulture department protest against militants' highhandedness
Imphal, Sept 12 : Protests against militancy continue in Manipur with 
people in the state coming out openly against the highhandedness and 
brutal activities of the militant groups.
The staff of the Sericulture Department recently held a demonstration in 
West Imphal against underground groups, which have been trying to extort 
money and threatening officials.

Staff of the Sericulture Department in Manipur is on a warpath against 
militants' highhandedness in the State.

The sericulture department at Lamphel in Imphal West was out in protest 
against the militant outfits, which have been demanding seven per cent 
of the department's annual budget, two per cent of the salary of each 
employee and Rs. 2 crore from the work undertaken by the department.

Such extortion has affected the functioning of the department very 
badly, which is entrusted with the task of imparting technical know how 
to the farmers and youth of the state.

While emphasising on the negative effect of militancy on growth, N.Jibon 
Singh, Principal, Sericulture Training Institute, Thoubal said, "If the 
training programs are hampered, the students will lag behind in 
technical knowledge. So we appeal to the concerned people not to do such 
things in these training centres."

P. Sushila Devi, a student at the Sericulture Institute, Manipur, says, 
"We are living by using the farm. We will not be able to live if they 
continue disturbing us frequently with such demands. With militant 
activities, our hopes are fading away."

The employees of the department fear losing out on the 134 crore rupees 
project that Japan Bank of International Cooperation has provided for 
the first phase of the sericulture project. The bank may stop funding 
the second phase if militants continue to get in the way of the 
implementation of the scheme. The project has given direct employment to 
at least 5,000 farmers and the extortion demands by the militant outfits 
have caused anxiety among farmers whose livelihood is linked to such 
projects.

Y. Tomba Singh, a Manipuri farmer, said, "We farmers are working for 
sericulture production in the state and this has given us employment. We 
are struggling to meet our daily needs and troubling us by making huge 
monetary demands is not good. If this goes on we will have nothing to 
live on. We appeal that such monetary demands should be stopped."

People fear that the Sericulture Department may be closed if militant 
activities continue. While expressing his anxiety, Gopal Sharma, another 
Manipuri farmer said, "When the militant outfits are targeting the 
Sericulture Department, making monetary demands and also creating havoc 
and disturbances here, we fear that in the long run we may lose the 
sericulture department. If it continues, it's possible that we might 
close down the department."

As the sericulture department has not given in to the demands of the 
militant outfits, a live bullet was handed over to the director at her 
residence and this led to the forcible shutting down of the project 
office and training centre located at Kwata.

Militants who claim to represent the interests of the people are 
harassing the common people and are hampering the growth and development 
of the State. The continuous extortion demands prove that militants are 
not guided by any ideology but by purely mercenary considerations.
--- ANI







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Bosnian Serbs in protest walk for Karadzic

July 26 2008 at 01:47PM

Pale, Bosnia-Hercegovina - Several thousand Bosnian Serbs joined in 
one-hour processions organised throughout the Serb-run entity at noon on 
Saturday in support of the arrested genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic.

The peaceful walks and lighting of candles were organised by the 
nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS) founded by wartime leader Karadzic.

Around 2 000 people gathered in Pale, his stronghold during Bosnia's 
1992-1995 war and where his family lives, headed by the SDS chief Mladen 
Bosic.

The Karadzic family could not be seen in the procession which stopped in 
front of the church where people lit candles in sign of prayers for 
Karadzic.

Supporters carried pictures of Karadzic reading "Don't touch," "We are 
with you," "Serb hero," and "The power of prayer," while some wore 
Tee-shirts with pictures of him and his wartime military chief Ratko Mladic.

They also waved flags of the entity of Republika Srpska and the SDS party.

In the administrative centre of Banja Luka around a thousand people took 
part in the procession to the city church.

Although the party urged the Orthodox Church to say masses for his 
health, its officials refused.

However, Bishop Grigorije of the southern Hercegovina region allowed 
priests to celebrate masses for Karadzic in Trebinje and other towns.

Karadzic, and Mladic who is still at large, remain heroes for many 
nationalist Serbs despite heavy charges against them.

Karadzic, on the run for more than a decade, was arrested by Serbian 
security forces in Belgrade on Monday and is expected to be transferred 
to the UN war crimes court in The Hague within days.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) 
indicted Karadzic for war crimes and genocide near the end of Bosnia's war.

The charges are mainly related to two of Europe's worst atrocities since 
World War II, the 44-month siege of Sarajevo which killed more than 10 
000 people and the Srebrenica massacre of some 8 000 Muslim males.






http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-10/2008-10-02-voa40.cfm?CFID=88655093&CFTOKEN=41066081

Serbs Protest EU Deployment in Northern Kosovo
By VOA News
02 October 2008

Serbs gather in the town of Gracanica, south of Kosovo's capital 
Pristina, to protest against deployment of EU rule of law mission in 
Kosovo, 02 Oct 2008
Several thousand Serbs have rallied in northern Kosovo to protest the 
deployment of a European Union police and administrative mission.

The demonstrators took to the streets Thursday in the ethnically divided 
town of Mitrovica. Smaller protests were held in other towns in Kosovo. 
No clashes or injuries were reported.

EU personnel are replacing a United Nations force that has operated in 
the former Serbian province since 1999. The deployment, opposed by 
Serbia and traditional ally Russia, is expected to be completed this year.

Mitrovica has been the scene of confrontations between ethnic Albanians 
and Serbs since Kosovo declared independence from Belgrade in February.

Serbian President Boris Tadic repeated this week that he considers 
Kosovo a part of Serbia. He said he would consider partitioning the 
province between its ethnic Albanian majority in the south and ethnic 
Serbs in the north.

The United States and 46 other countries have recognized Kosovo's 
independence. Serbia and Russia say Kosovo's declaration of independence 
is illegal.

Last week, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said the EU has 
failed to fully support Kosovo and its institutions. The group sharply 
criticized the long delays ahead of the EU mission's deployment in Kosovo.






http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/28/europe/EU-Serbia-Solana-Protest.php

Police arrest four people over anti-Solana posters

The Associated Press
Published: September 28, 2008

BELGRADE, Serbia: Serbian police have arrested four people for allegedly 
putting up posters containing faked death notices of the European 
Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
Police say the four, including two minors, will face legal action after 
they were arrested with about 100 posters in the capital Belgrade.
Nationalists in Serbia view Solana as anti-Serb because of his role as 
secretary-general of NATO when it launched a 1999 bombing campaign to 
stop a Serbian onslaught against Kosovo separatists.
Solana's unpopularity was cemented when most EU member states supported 
Kosovo's declaration of independence.
Serbian media reported that the notices, which also took a swipe at 
pro-Western Serbian media and political parties, first appeared early 
Sunday.








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Spanish vandalise Portuguese milk lorry in protest
27/9/2008
A Portuguese truck carrying 25,000 litres of milk produced in Portugal 
through the Spanish region of Galiza was accosted by a group of Spanish 
protestors who emptied its load onto a public road against the under-cut 
prices at which Spain buys its milk from Portugal.
José Oliveira, head of the Leicar milk-producers’ cooperative, expressed 
his disgust at the incident and confirmed that should it be repeated 
Portugal would take the same kind of action.
“But we would make them turn around,” he said, “We would never destroy 
milk like they did”.
The incident occurred when the fully filled truck made its way to the 
Spanish Peñasanta group’s headquarters in Lugo, based on accusations of 
‘dumping’ (selling at prices lower than production costs) and disregard 
for national produce.
Spanish authorities were informed of the incident as was the Portuguese 
Ministry of Agriculture, which has asked Spain to quickly rectify the 
illegality.
Various Spanish syndicates oppose the importation of Portuguese milk and 
accuse the regional milk industry of threatening Spain’s farmers by 
saying prices must be lowered or they will stop buying their produce and 
then purchase supplies from Portugal or France.
José Oliveira protested these accusations, claiming Portuguese-produced 
milk that is sold to the Spanish is slightly more expensive “as the 
quality is better”.
Commercial relations between Portugal and Spain within the milk industry 
are proving prejudicial to Portugal.
According to calculations from Leicar, every day 170,000 liters of milk 
are exported into Spain. But Portugal imports much more than it exports.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/03/stories/2008100353630300.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Ongole

Novel protest by Telugu Mahila against belt shops
Special Correspondent
ONGOLE: In a novel protest, Telugu Mahila activists swept the roads 
demanding the government to remove all unauthorised liquor outlets, 
called belt shops in villages.
The agitators submitted a memorandum to the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar 
and swept the road up to Miriyalapalem centre, over a distance of about 
200 yards.
Telugu Mahila leader T Aruna said they had been fighting against belt 
shops for the last one year with no result.
They observed relay fast on Gandhi Jayanti day last year and took to 
agitations since then in different forms to bring pressure on the 
government to close all belt shops and save the poor families from 
falling prey to the liquor evil ruining their economy in villages.
The number of belt shops has gone up in the last one year showing the 
indifference of the government to their demand.
She felt the need to intensify their agitation to compel the government 
concede their demand.
TDP senior leaders Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary and Karanam 
Balaramakrishna Murthi extended their support to Telugu Mahila wing in 
this regard.






http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=132262

PSP officers protest out-of-turn promotions Wednesday, August 27, 2008
By Salis bin Perwaiz

Karachi

Differences have erupted between the Police Services of Pakistan (PSP) 
and the Provincial Police Services (PPS) after the Sindh government 
moved a summary for the promotion of two PPS cadre officers to grade-20, 
a post of a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police. About 35 PSP 
officers wrote a letter to the federal government and said that the 
promotions were out-of-turn, sources said.

Sources said that the Sindh government had moved a summary of the 
federal government for the promotion of PPS cadre officers, SSP Mohammed 
Malik and SSP Dost Ali Baloch, for promotion to BPS-20, the rank of a DIG.

SSP Malik was a recruit of the Income Tax Department while SSP Dost Ali 
Baloch was a recruit of the Intelligence Bureau. Both were inducted in 
the Sindh Police a few years ago. They took out-of-turn promotions, 
sources said, adding that SSP Malik recently managed to stop his 
transfer orders three times from the Driving Licence Branch.

Former PPO Sindh Mohammed Shoaib Suddle had constituted an inquiry 
committee to stop out-of-turn promotions and directed the committee 
members to check if the grounds for the promotions were sound, and then 
revert the officers if necessary. Soon after Suddle’s transfer, however, 
the committee stopped its inquiry, sources said.

They maintained that PSP Officers were aware of the upcoming 
“out-of-turn promotion” of SSP Malik and SSP Baloch for a few days. They 
started conducting meetings and finally decided to move an application 
to the Interior Ministry, Home Minister, Chief Minister, and Civil 
Services Tribunal for justice. Some senior PSP Officers told The News on 
conditions of anonymity that these officers who were recommended for 
BPS-20 were junior to them and had not even appeared for any courses 
which were compulsory for promotion.

The PSP officers said that if the two SSPs were promoted, they would not 
work under them. They also demanded that if they absolutely had to be 
promoted, the government should “kindly transfer them to other 
provinces.” Some other officers recommended for promotion to BPS-20 are 
SSP Deen Mohammed Baloch, Mushtaq Mehar, Sanaullah Abbasi, Noor Ahmed 
Pascho, A.D. Khwaja, Abdul Aleem Jaffery, Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti and 
others. Sources said that they were promoted to the rank of a DIG.






http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127425

Protest Rally Against Sudden Eviction Orders

by Hillel Fendel

(IsraelNN.com) A protest rally is scheduled to be held Tuesday evening 
in the small town of Reut, just outside western Samaria (Shomron) near 
Modiin, against the abrupt eviction orders issued to three young Jews 
living in Samaria. The three were informed last week that they must 
leave their homes and not set foot in Judea or Samaria for the next 3-4 
months.

The orders, signed by IDF Central Commander Gen. Gad Shamni, state that 
the three "present a danger to the public order," but do not elaborate.

A petition has been signed by dozens of rabbis (see below), as well as 
Jonathan and Esther Pollard, demanding that the government rescind the 
evicition decree.

The sudden orders place a difficult burden upon the three evictees, all 
of whom have young families and earn their living in Judea and Samaria.

The three are Meir Bretler (two children, expectant wife) and David 
Libman (3-month-old baby ) of Adei Ad, near Shilo, and Akiva HaCohen 
(three children, age 4.5 and younger) of Yitzhar. HaCohen's wife 
Ayelet-HaShachar told IsraelNationalNews, "We are gratified and 
encouraged by this demonstration, which shows that people are refusing 
to accept what the establishment is doing and just allowing it to go 
unchallenged." Asked if she believes there is a chance the decree will 
be rescinded, she said she does not know of any developments to this 
end, "but we are praying that something will happen at the last minute."

The orders are to take effect on Tuesday evening at 7 PM - the hour at 
which the protest is to take place.

"The issue here is not a humanitarian one for me and my family," Akiva 
said last week, "but rather a national one." He said he believes the 
government has targeted him because of his activity on behalf of an 
intiative to hinder the army from evicting pioneer youth from hilltops 
in Judea and Samaria. "We have a system we call 'Mutual Responsibility' 
whereby whenever the army tries to evict Jews from one hilltop, Jews 
everywhere else do what they can to stop it, whether by standing in the 
roads with signs and the like. The police don't like when we show mutual 
responsibility, so they arrest us..."

Milling Tons of Wheat
The humanitarian issues loom large nonetheless. Ayelet-HaShachar said, 
"We are here working hard to mill five tons of wheat kernels before the 
edict goes into effect." Asked to explain, she said, "The last time we 
received a leave-home order, for several months, we lived in Kfar 
Gideon, just north of Afula, and we grew some 40 dunams [10 acres] of 
wheat. We had about 12 tons of wheat, we sold some, and then we had 5 
left. I don't do it; only my husband does. We have this electric mill 
that does about 100 kilograms an hour, and we're working to do as much 
as we can."

Mrs. HaCohen said she and her husband's housing plans for the next four 
months are not yet finalized: "We have a possibility for the next two 
months, but it is not certain." Regarding schools for her children, she 
said, "We are home-schooling them, which makes it both easier and 
harder. If we live in a city, it will be very hard to keep them cooped 
up at home all day..."

In addition, the HaCohens had plans to plant ten dunams of grapes next 
month, right after the end of the Shemittah year in which farming is 
Biblically prohibited. Their hopes to till the Land of Israel in that 
manner will apparently be dashed.

Mutual Responsibility
Women in Green co-chair Nadia Matar, an organizer of the protest, told 
IsraelNationalNews, "If they don't like how we display mutual 
responsibility one for another, we'll show them how we really do it. We 
will not accept this unlawful treatment, throwing young families out of 
their home without even formal charges or a trial. Just as we 
demonstrated outside the home of Shamni's predecessor when he issued 
orders like this until he finally ran away to study abroad, we will 
protest this injustice without tiring."

Nearly 100 Names Gathered in 3 Days
Among the nearly 100 signatories on the petition to the government in 
favor of the three young expelless are: Rabbis Dov Lior, Yaakov Yosef, 
Moshe Tzuriel, Shmuel Eliyahu, Uziyahu Sharbaf, Ido Elba, Yehoshu 
Shapira, Yosef Mendlevitch, Yosef Artziel, Shalom Dov Wolpe, and others, 
as well as several Knesset Members, Yossi Ben-Aharon, Ariel Zilber, Dr. 
Aryeh Morgenstern, Prof. Hillel Weiss, Moshe Rosenbaum, and many others.







http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/CanadaVotes/News/2008/09/25/6869871-cp.html

Pro-sovereignty protesters target Trudeau
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
2008-09-25

Members of Les Jeunes Patriotes du Quebec, a pro-sovereigntist group, 
demonstrate outside the office of Liberal candidate in Montreal Justin 
Trudeau Wednesday September 24, 2008. (Canadian Press)
MONTREAL - A crowd of pro-sovereignty protesters demonstrated outside 
Liberal candidate Justin Trudeau's campaign office in the Montreal 
riding of Papineau Wednesday.
Les Jeunes Patriotes du Quebec chose the official launch of Trudeau's 
campaign bid to denounce the eldest son of former Prime Minister Pierre 
Trudeau and his support for federalism and bilingualism.
"(Justin Trudeau) long refused to recognize Quebec as a nation," said 
the group's spokesman Francois Gendron. "We are a people and we are a 
nation."
Gendron said they targeted Trudeau because of his politics, his father's 
politics, and his popularity within English Canada.
"We had to chose a candidate and we chose Justin," said Gendron.
"If he's going to play rock star he has to deal with the consequences 
.We're giving his campaign a little colour."

Protester Jacques Fournier said he remembered that the senior Trudeau 
caused a lot of problems for Quebec over the years.
"We fear his son will follow in the father's footsteps, that's why we 
came out today," he said.
"As a whole, I don't like Liberal candidates, but Justin Trudeau 
particularly is a symbol of contempt."
Trudeau told the media that he didn't think the protest would affect his 
campaign but that he was glad to see young people get involved in politics.
"It's not them who will vote in Papineau," he said. "It's not their vote 
that will elect the next MP in Papineau."
He also responded to the protester's anger over a comment he made last 
February calling people who spoke one language "lazy."
"I believe bilingualism is better than unilingualism," Trudeau said.
"I think a society that doesn't promote bilingualism can be considered a 
little lazy. But I never accused anyone of being lazy for not speaking 
another language."
Meanwhile, Trudeau supporters, who outnumbered the protesters, spilled 
into the streets at the high-profile launch attended by prominent 
Liberals like Bob Rae and Denis Coderre.
Rae, introducing Trudeau, joked about the presence of the protesters 
outside the campaign office.
"It makes me feel at home," he said.
Papineau, in central Montreal, is the smallest federal riding in Canada, 
covering only nine square kilometres.
The Papineau riding is currently held by Bloc Quebecois MP Vivian 
Barbot. She's a former college professor and union leader, and was first 
elected into the traditionally Liberal riding in 2006.





http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=132534&CtNode=39

1st protest rally since Ma's inauguration ends peacefully
08/31/2008 (CNA)
Taipei, Aug. 30 (CNA) The first massive-scale protest rally in downtown 
Taipei since President Ma Ying-jeou's May 20 inauguration concluded 
smoothly and peacefully Saturday evening, with demonstrators calling for 
economic stimulus measures and more cautious policies toward China.

Tens of thousands of Ma's opponents from around Taiwan marched through 
major Taipei streets before rallying on Ketagaland Boulevard in front of 
the Presidential Office. They banged drums, waved "Taiwan Yes, China No" 
banners and chanted slogans appealing for a better livelihood, 
protection of national sovereignty and early passage of "sunshine bills" 
to wipe out corruption.

Organized by the pro-independence group Taiwan Society, the rally came 
amid worries among some people that Ma's efforts to boost Taiwan's 
sluggish economy with China's help could erode and threaten Taiwan's 
sovereignty.

The crowd included opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 
legislators, local officials and citizens from around Taiwan and 
offshore Penghu County.

Lo Chih-cheng, secretary-general of the Taiwan Society, said the number 
of participants was far larger than expected. "The crowd was more than 
10 folds of our original estimate," he added.

The protest, which coincided with Ma's 100th day in office, was also the 
first mass rally since the DPP lost power. An ongoing graft probe into 
former President Chen Shui-bian and his family didn't deter 
demonstrators, many of whom were staunch supporters of the DPP.

DPP Legislator Yeh Yi-jin said the cash-strapped DPP didn't give any 
financial support for the protest march and follow-up rally. "I was 
moved by enthusiastic support shown by grassroots supporters, all of 
whom have paid for travel fares out of their own pockets, " an emotional 
Yeh added.

DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen also took part in the parade from Lungshan 
Temple in western Taipei to Ketagalan Boulevard in central Taipei, 
receiving hearty welcome from thousands of DPP fans.

Addressing the rally, Tsai said she was pleased to see the street parade 
and rally proceed orderly and peacefully without any hitch.

Noting that the smooth proceeding of the demonstration signifies 
maturity of Taiwan's democracy, Tsai said she will lead the DPP to move 
into a brand new stage of development following the protest rally.

Before the rally, some ruling Kuomintang lawmakers speculated that the 
rally could be turned into an event to support what they called "corrupt 
A-bian" (the former president's nickname).

Tsai said she felt a relief from such worry as participants were all 
rational and adhered to the themes of the rally. She promised to give 
supporters a better DPP and work for a more democratic and prosperous 
Taiwan where "clean and sunshine politics" prevails. (By Sofia Wu)







http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=133337&CtNode=39

Activists protest Ma in Kinmen
09/08/2008 (Taiwan News)
Disgruntled activists were on hand to voice their dissatisfaction 
towards President Ma Ying-jeou's administration when he visited Wuchiu, 
Kinmen. A number hoisted banners proclaiming "Welcome Chief Executive Ma 
Ying-jeou" and "President Ma is worse, people are still hungry" and 
called out, "Chief Executive."
Chen Hui-ling (陳慧玲), chairwoman of the DPP's Penghu County branch, 
led more than a dozen protesters in criticizing the new administration, 
citing two incidents that she claimed illustrated how President Ma 
Ying-jeou's actions are more suited to a “Chief Executive of Taiwan”.
First of all, Wu Po-hsiung, chairman of the KMT, used the term "Mr. Ma 
Ying-jeou", rather than "President Ma Ying-jeou" while on a visit to 
China. And secondly, President Ma Ying-jeou has indicated that relations 
between Taiwan and China do not involve a "state-to-state" situation.






http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/story/1225629.html

Broughton students park their protest on the lawn
By T. Keung Hui - Staff Writer
Published: Sat, Sep. 20, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Sat, Sep. 20, 2008 03:37AM

RALEIGH -- Thirty-six years after Broughton High School students 
successfully fought a plan to pave its front lawn and put up a parking 
lot, their successors rallied for just such a convenience by parking on 
the grass.
The students are unhappy that some alumni and city officials are now 
keeping a lot from being built on the lawn. Holding signs saying "The 
Grass Is Already Brown, Don't Frown" and "Class Before Grass," about 75 
students Friday parked BMWs, Land Rovers, Acuras and other vehicles on 
the lawn.
"The people who are making the decisions aren't the ones who have to 
park here and get up early to find spaces," said junior Garrett Butler, 16.
Broughton did not tow the cars as Wake County school system policy requires.
The 79-year-old Broughton, on St. Mary's Street near Cameron Village, 
has less parking than new high schools -- 273 spaces, compared with 797 
on newer campuses. Drawing from some of Raleigh's oldest and most 
prominent neighborhoods, Broughton has students who file out at the end 
of the school day to off-campus parking lots costing as much as $400 a year.
A plan to pave the lawn and add 126 parking spaces has been rejected by 
the Raleigh Planning Commission. School officials have appealed to the 
City Council.
Paving the lawn isn't a new idea. But in 1972, students circulated 
petitions against it, saying they'd park on side streets and walk four 
or five blocks to save the lawn.
Today's students says the alumni are out of touch. "They had their time 
at Broughton," said senior Starr Rothrock, 16. "Why not let us have ours?"
Harold Tharrington, a 1955 graduate who has led the opposition to the 
lot, wasn't impressed.
"My guess is a few years from now they'll look back and regret this," he 
said.







http://www.wbay.com/global/story.asp?s=9117314

Kettle Moraine prison guards protest conditions

Associated Press - October 3, 2008 1:25 AM ET
PLYMOUTH, Wis. (AP) - Correctional officers picketed outside the Kettle 
Moraine Correctional Institution over what they called dangerous working 
conditions at the medium-security prison.
At Thursday's protest, union spokesman Terry Klumpyan said inmate 
assaults on guards have not been properly investigated, and the 
Department of Corrections hasn't made promised improvements.
Klumpyan is a union steward with Local 163 of the American Federation of 
State, County and Municipal Employees.
He noted that after a March 2006 disturbance, the state approved $1.4 
million for video surveillance and 12 secure work stations, but neither 
project has been started.
The department said in an e-mail that the prison plans to make the 
changes. Spokeswoman Rachel Krueger said the cameras have been delayed 
to make sure the right technology is used.
Information from: The Sheboygan Press, http://www.sheboygan-press.com






http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/10/04/police_protests_force_work_crews_to_abandon_sites/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news

Police protests force work crews to abandon sites
Officers upset over law curbing use of paid details
Mike Hornbrook, chief operating officer of the Massachusetts Water 
Resources Authority, faced demonstrators in Everett yesterday, one of 
two sites later abandoned by his work crew. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
By Brian R. Ballou
Globe Staff / October 4, 2008

Police union members upset with the governor's new rules allowing some 
roadway projects to go on without police details protested at two work 
sites yesterday, forcing state workers to abandon the projects on the 
first day under the new regulations.

A Massachusetts Water Resources Authority crew planning to do routine 
sewage work through a manhole in an Everett roadway decided to leave 
after some 30 protesters appeared with signs and said they would prefer 
that the crew not go ahead without a paid police detail.
The crew then went to another roadway work site in Revere, where 
protesters also appeared. One of the protesters, Revere police Captain 
James Guido, told Mike Hornbrook, the MWRA's chief operating officer, 
that the work site was a traffic hazard and that it was unsafe.
"I can't allow you to work here," Guido said. The four-man crew 
eventually departed.
The confrontations were the latest in a highly charged debate over 
police details that has raged for years and recently escalated when 
Governor Deval Patrick ruled the state would save millions by cutting 
back on the number of construction sites requiring police supervision.
The rule changes have been opposed by police, many of whom supplement 
their incomes with tens of thousands of dollars annually by keeping 
watch over and directing traffic at construction sites.
MWRA officials said they carefully reviewed the new guidelines before 
sending out the crew, believed to be the first to work under the new 
rules that went into effect yesterday. The new rules don't require 
flaggers or police details at most low-traffic, low-speed residential 
work sites, such as the ones where the crews yesterday tried to work. 
But Guido, whose police responsibilities include making sure all work 
sites in Revere meet municipal safety standards, said the work would 
disrupt traffic.
A bumper sticker placed by protesters over a manhole cover at the 
Everett site read: "Police Details Save Lives, Governor appointed 
flagmen don't."
Police unions have long tangled with administrations that tried to pry 
the perk away and in the past have prevailed. In 1992, Governor William 
F. Weld proposed replacing police details with civilian flaggers, but 
after hundreds of police officers picketed the State House, he scrapped 
the idea. Through the years, lobbying efforts have enabled police unions 
to hold onto the roadway details, which had paid as much as $40 an hour 
to State Police troopers.
But several months ago, Patrick, looking for ways to slice the state 
deficit, started backing the effort to use civilian flaggers rather than 
police details, saying the practice would not diminish public safety and 
would save the Commonwealth millions. On April 17, Patrick signed a 
transportation bond bill authorizing the Executive Office of 
Transportation to craft regulations on the use of flaggers at roadwork 
sites. Yesterday, the bill became law.
The new policy requires police details at the most dangerous roadway 
sites and civilian flaggers at some others. The least dangerous sites 
are not required to have either details or flaggers. The policy will 
mean annual savings to the state of between $5.7 million and $7.2 
million, according to administration estimates.
Police union officials - angry over what they say was unfair treatment 
during the administration's drafting of the law - said they are planning 
more pickets at state construction projects.
"There was no compromise. It was a one-way deal, a wrong deal that 
doesn't save any money," Guido said yesterday of the administration's 
drafting of the rule. Guido said that civilian flaggers will not be as 
quick as police to react to accidents or other public safety issues in 
and around roadwork sites.
Next week, the state highway department is scheduled to begin using 
civilian flaggers at roadwork sites throughout the state, said 
MassHighway Commissioner Luisa Paiewonsky.
"MassHighway is committed to implementing Governor Patrick's civilian 
flagger program promptly and safely, and we will have flaggers on 
certain projects that have been deemed safe this Tuesday," Paiewonsky said.
She said the agency has trained some 100 employees to be flaggers and 
has certified 14 trainers.
Kyle Sullivan, spokesman for Patrick, said the administration intends to 
hold firm on its commitment to the new rules. "We are confident these 
reforms will be implemented successfully and that the Commonwealth will 
realize significant savings," he said.
The new regulations will place civilian flaggers on nearly all state 
roads where the speed limit is below 45 miles per hour, and on 
low-traffic roads where the speed limit is higher. Civilians would also 
be used at sites where barriers are used to block off construction sites 
on a high-speed, high-traffic road. High-traffic roads with speed limits 
of 45 miles per hour and above would still rely on police officers.







http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1193366

Forces reject revised pay in protest
PTI
Friday, September 26, 2008 16:22 IST

NEW DELHI: Protesting against the "anomalies" in their new pay scales, 
the Defence Forces on Friday did not submit their revised salary bills 
to the ministry's accounts office.
By doing so, the Armed Forces have refused to implement the 6th Central 
Pay Commission (CPC) report as existing "disparities" affected personnel 
across all ranks.
"The Armed Forces have not raised their pay vouchers in the revised 
scales in accordance with the CPC notification and have submitted bills 
in the old pay scales," a Defence Ministry source said here.
On Saturday, the government agreed in principle the Services' demand for 
restoring 70 per cent "extant pensionary weightage" to jawans on the 
basis of their last drawn pay.
But the Armed Forces are cut up with the Finance Ministry over the 
rejection of their three other demands concerning officers.
The CPC had recommended that the jawans be given 50 per cent "pensionary 
weightage" and provided an option of lateral entry into paramilitary and 
central police forces.
The Armed Forces wanted the lateral entry scheme to be first approved 
and implemented by the government before the CPC recommendation on the 
50 per cent "pensionary weightage" came into effect.
"We have accepted salaries this month under the old pay scales, as we 
expect the government to take a quick decision on all our demands soon 
after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from his US visit on October 
1," a defence officer said.
In effect, over 50 lakh civilian government employees will take home 
higher pay packets along with the arrears announced in the CPC this 
month, but the 13-lakh-strong Armed Forces personnel would reconcile 
with the old salaries, to send a strong message to the government.
Defence Minister A K Antony and the three Services chiefs have already 
represented to the prime minister on the four "core issues" they have 
with the CPC notification.
Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta and Army chief General Deepak Kapoor 
met Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and PMO officials yesterday to 
apprise him of the "anger" among the 70,000 officers over their demands 
not finding favour with the bureaucracy.
They have also requested the country's top political leadership to 
decide on their CPC demands and to implement the pay commission 
notification in abeyance till the issues were resolved.
"It is just a matter of less than Rs 450 crore annually if the 
government accepts the four demands of the Armed Forces, which is not a 
huge burden on the exchequer," an officer said.
Among the other demands were placing Lt Colonels and their equivalents 
in the Navy and Air Force under Pay Band-4 instead of Pay Band-3, Grade 
Pay to officers from Captain to Brigadiers on par with their civilian 
counterparts, and placing Lt Generals in the Higher Administrative Grade 
(HAG) Plus pay scales as the Director Generals of paramilitary and 
police forces.





http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/25/europe/EU-Serbia-Army-Reservists.php

Kosovo war veterans in protest

The Associated Press
Published: September 25, 2008

BELGRADE, Serbia: Hundreds of Kosovo war veterans briefly blocked 
traffic in front of the Serbian government headquarters on Thursday, 
demanding back pay for participation in the 1998-99 conflict.
The demonstrators are former Yugoslav army reservists. They claim that 
the government owes them salaries for serving in the military during the 
war.
The government said after a session Thursday that it will look into the 
issue and resolve it within the next two months. The reservists then 
halted all protests.
Several reservists went on a hunger strike last week.
Some protesters claimed that police prevented hundreds of army 
reservists from southern Serbia from joining Thursday's protest.
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Serbia lost control over Kosovo in 1999 after it launched a military 
campaign in the province against Kosovo's ethnic Albanian separatists.
Then-President Slobodan Milosevic was forced to pull out of Kosovo after 
Serbia was bombed by NATO for 78 days in retaliation for its brutality 
against civilians in Kosovo.
Kosovo declared independence in February.








http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1221911223.75

Swiss police stop issuing fines in protest at unpaid Euro hours
20 September 2008, 23:12 CET
(LAUSANNE) - Police in Switzerland's Canton Vaud will not issue fines to 
motorists because of a dispute with the government over overtime 
payments during the European Football Championships, Swiss media 
reported Saturday.
"We will reprimand people, but we will not be issuing fines, like in 
cases of speeding or driving while using mobile phones," president of 
Vaudois police association APGV, Billy Warpelin told Swiss newspaper 24 
Heures.
Warpelin added to Swiss news agency ATS that the plan was intended to 
"hit the state where it hurts", as fewer fines would translate in less 
income for the state's coffers.
Police are seeking a 33 percent surcharge on top of payment for 17,000 
extra hours put in during the Euro. In addition, they want a special 
bonus of 1,500 francs.
Pascal Broulis, who is in charge of the state's finances, had said that 
canton Vaud had already offered a bonus of 700 francs, a sum which he 
described as "a lot of money".
He added that the canton was also ready to pay for the extra hours put in.
The government would be looking at the legality of the strike, he said.





http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/01/stories/2008100161110500.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Group clashes at Chintalbasti
Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD: Two persons sustained knife injuries while 20 others suffered 
minor bruises when two groups attacked one another after Monday midnight 
at Chintalbasti in Saifabad following controversy over erection of black 
flag mourning the death of a political party leader.
Trouble started when a group of youngsters tried to keep a black flag 
close to a ‘mandap’ while another group raised objection. After 
exchanging heated arguments, members of both the groups attacked each 
other with sticks and pelted stones. Meanwhile, members of one group 
allegedly attacked others with knives resulting in serious injuries to 
two persons. No arrests were made till late on Tuesday night.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/28/stories/2008092853100500.htm

Tamil Nadu - Salem

PDK, BJP workers clash
Staff Reporter
— Photo: E. Lakshmi Narayanan

Fallout of violence: A moped of a worker of the Periyar Dravidar 
Kazhagam was set ablaze near the venue of the BJP general council 
meeting in Salem on Saturday.
SALEM: Violence erupted near the venue of the BJP’s executive and 
general council meeting here on Saturday, when Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam 
workers attempted to stage dharna.
In the melee, BJP workers assaulted a PDK member and burnt his moped.
Tension prevailed when the PDK workers, led by Kolathur Mani, tried to 
stage dharna near the venue, protesting the conduct of the meeting, 
which was attended by BJP national president Rajnath Singh.
The police arrested the PDK workers and their leader when they attempted 
to block traffic on Steel Plant Road that leads to the venue. Another 
group of PDK workers attempted to enter the venue. This led to a clash. 
The police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
They have arrested 124 PDK workers.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/13/stories/2008091362350300.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Group clash at K.G. Halli
Staff Reporter
Bangalore: Tension prevailed at Subashnagar in K G Halli following a 
clash between two groups on Friday. The clash occurred when one group 
took up cleaning of a vacant land that belonged to the Railways in the 
area. This irked members of another group, who alleged that it was an 
attempt by the first group to encroach upon government land.
Tension
Tension prevailed in Jagjivan Ram Nagar on Friday night following a 
clash between m






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/06/stories/2008090658030300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Madurai

CPI(M) cadres stage demonstration
Staff Reporter
MADURAI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres, led by the party 
MP, P. Mohan, staged a road roko at Simmakkal on Friday afternoon 
protesting against the damage to party flags caused by a former 
Corporation councillor, Ganesan.
The flags were tied around the statue of freedom fighter, V.O. 
Chidambaram, where the MP. along with Madurai East MLA, N. Nanmaran, and 
party leader, P. Sampath, had paid respects in the morning, on the 
occasion of the freedom fighter’s birth anniversary.
Later, on hearing that the flags had been removed, the party leaders 
rushed to Simmakkal and blocked vehicular traffic demanding arrest of 
the accused.
“The flags were disrespected in the presence of police personnel. This 
is the second time our party flag has been damaged in the city,” Mr. 
Mohan charged.
Stones were pelted at the protestors forcing the police to chase them 
away. Later, Mr. Ganesan was arrested and let on bail, the police said.
The CPI (M) will organise a demonstration in the city on Saturday to 
condemn the incident.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093060400600.htm

Tamil Nadu - Madurai

AIADMK stages demonstration
Staff Reporter
— Photo: G. Moorthy

UP IN ARMS: A section of AIADMK cadres who participated in a protest in 
Madurai on Monday.
MADURAI: Cadres of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam staged a 
demonstration at Tirupparankundram near here on Monday in protest 
against alleged poor state of Parithimar Kalaingar memorial at Vilachery.
The party literary wing’s State secretary, Vaigai Selvam, led the 
protest. Speakers flayed the State Government for “neglecting” the 
memorial house of Tamil scholar, V.K. Suryanaryana Sastri, who gave the 
first call to declare Tamil as a classical language.Party rural district 
secretary R. Jayaraman, MLAs C. Durairaj, R. Samy, A.K. Bose and I. 
Mahendran, and former MP V.V. Rajan Chellappa participated in the protest.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/19/stories/2008081953170300.htm


Tamil Nadu - Udhagamandalam

VHP members stage demonstration
Special Correspondent
Photo: M. Sathyamoorthy

Members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad staging a demonstration in 
Udhagamandalam on Monday. —
Udhagamandalam: A demonstration to condemn the action of an 
international school near here was staged by the Nilgiris unit of the 
Vishwa Hindu Parishad here on Monday.
The demonstration organised opposite the Collectorate was led by the 
president of the district unit, B.K. Kumaran, and among those who 
participated were members of the district BJP unit.
Giving details pertaining to the provocation for the demonstration, Mr. 
Kumaran told ‘The Hindu’ that P.C. Thomas, the founder of the Good 
Shepherd International School (GSIS), at Muthorai Palada had filed a 
defamation case against him for staging a demonstration near the school 
on October 25, 2007 in protest against the demolition of the compound 
wall of a Muneeswarar temple nearby.
Stating that the wall was on land belonging to the Highways Department, 
he claimed that the action was part of a plan to demolish the very old 
temple. He also claimed that in his notice, Mr. Thomas had described VHP 
cadres as goondas, hired hands and anti-social elements.
In a memorandum submitted to the Collector, Mr. Kumaran regretted that 
Mr. Thomas had tarnished the image of the VHP. However, Mr. Thomas 
rebutted the allegations and said that Mr. Kumaran was targeting a 
minority institution. Stating that as part of its corporate 
responsibility the school had helped the local community by renovating 
the temple and provided facilities like a vocational training centre, he 
said that the institution was known for its secular outlook.
Since questionable remarks against him and his institution had been made 
by Mr. Kumaran, the defamation case had been filed. If regret is 
expressed, “I will not mind withdrawing the case,” he added. However, if 
a confrontationist approach is pursued, the school will go ahead with 
the case.




http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/27/stories/2008092756620400.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Kadapa

Congress, TDP activists clash with bombs
Special Correspondent
KADAPA: Rival groups of Congress and Telugu Desam Party functionaries 
hurled bombs at each other in Narepalle village in Vemula mandal in 
Pulivendula mandal around Thursday midnight over a raging dispute on 
compensation for lands taken over for Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi 
canal and a fair price shop dealership. Fifteen bombs exploded and six 
unexploded bombs were recovered but no casualties were reported, police 
said. A Telugu Desam Party leader Ramana Reddy and Congress leaders 
Sudha Venkata Reddy and Bandi Gopal Reddy clashed. Kadapa Superintendent 
of Police D.S. Chauhan visited the village around midnight and took 
stock of the situation. A large posse of police force searched all 
households to detect bombs and firearms if any. Incidentally, rival 
groups hurled bombs a day after Pulivendula circle inspector G.V. Ramana 
counselled them and advised them to seek police assistance to resolve 
any problem.







http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092453220300.htm

Other States - Uttar Pradesh

Students clash with armymen
Bhagalpur: For the second time in four days, students forced their way 
into a passenger train in Bihar and got into a scuffle with armymen, 
breaking window panes and injuring nearly a dozen passengers.
Scores of students boarded a sleeper class coach of Guwahati-Delhi 
Brahmaputra Mail at Kahalgaon station and got into heated arguments with 
some armymen and passengers over seat-sharing which soon escalated into 
a fight.
When the train reached Bhagalpur, the students got down and began 
throwing stones at the train, smashing window panes of a number of 
coaches, official sources said.
Around a dozen people, including some passengers, received minor 
injuries in the incident, the sources said.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/22/stories/2008092261780300.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Groups clash during idol immersion procession
Staff Reporter
— Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.

tension: Policemen trying to restore peace following a group clash 
during a Ganesha idol immersion at Chandra Layout in Bangalore on Sunday.
BANGALORE: Areas surrounding Gangondahalli Main Road in Chandra Layout 
remained tense through Sunday evening following clashes between two 
groups during a Ganesha idol immersion procession.
Around 5.30 p.m. a religious procession, which was taking five Ganesha 
idols to be immersed in a nearby tank, met with resistance. The police 
said that when the procession crossed a place of worship, those praying 
inside took objection to the “disturbance” caused by the procession.
The members reportedly threw stones and allegedly threw some pieces of 
meat into the procession.
The police said that three persons were injured. Members of the 
procession refused to continue on their journey and stayed put at the 
spot of violence, as they demanded immediate action from the police.
Following the incident, there were heated exchanges between both parties 
and some members resorted to dharna by sleeping on the pavement until 
the matter was resolved.
The police received reports that some persons were involved in breaking 
into people’s homes and assaulting them, as a consequence of this clash. 
Senior police officers rushed to the spot and tried to resolve the 
issue. When the policemen met with resistance from the processionists, 
who refused to leave the premises, the police had to resort to lathicharge.
Subsequently, the crowd dispersed and the immersion was carried out. The 
police have registered a case.






http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=150557

24 September 2008

Chiefs condemns inter-political clashes
NEW. Watch live television from Ghana plus the latest Ghanaian movies 
plus OBE TV.
Nkoranza (B/A), Sept. 24, GNA-Nana Agyeman Kudom IV, President of the 
Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs has condemned the clash of 
political party supporters at Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region. He said 
the clash reported to have been between supporters of the New Patriotic 
Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was not what 
Ghana was looking for and that the action was barbaric and above the 
cultural practices of Ghana and that such an action should not rear its 
ugly heads into the body politic of the country. Nana Kudom was speaking 
at his palace in Nkoranza when Mrs. Lordina Mahama, wife of Mr. John 
Mahama, NDC running mate paid a courtesy call on him.

Mrs. Mahama is on a one week NDC campaign tour of parts of the Brong 
Ahafo region. Nana Kudom said party politics does not mean to regard 
opponents as enemies but an issue of choice by the electorate from the 
policies of political parties which would lead to the development of the 
nation. Nana Kudom said what was important was that the Electoral 
Commission should ensure that the ballot boxes got to the polling 
stations on time and there should be no shortage of voting materials and 
that polling agents should do their work diligently and with vigilance. 
He said" it must be transparent and without blemish so that it does not 
give room for confusion. Mrs. Mahama asked parents to talk to their 
children into making peace.

She said when conflicts happened, it is mothers who suffered the most 
and pleaded with political party supporters not to do anything untoward 
to ruin the future of the youth. She asked for prayers and the blessings 
of God to prevail in this year's election and that the winner should 
lead the country peacefully. Mrs. Mahama, who was given a rousing 
welcome interacted with market women, drivers and visited the St. 
Theresa's Hospital, Nkoranza where she presented gifts to the patients.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/03/stories/2008090354470300.htm

Kerala - Kannur

CPI(M), IUML workers clash
Special Correspondent
KANNUR: Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Indian Union Muslim 
League (IUML) workers clashed at Sreekantapuram here on Tuesday. Nearly 
15 people were injured in the violence.
The trouble started in the morning when Students Federation of India 
(SFI) area secretary Jinu George was beaten up by a group of Muslim 
Students Federation (MSF) at the bus stand at Sreekantapuram. The attack 
was believed to be a sequel to the clashes between SFI and MSF workers 
following college and school parliament elections. In a retaliatory 
attack, IUML supporter and headload worker in the bus stand identified 
as Muneer (28) was manhandled by suspected CPI(M) workers at around 
11.30 a.m.
The police said that the town became tense when CPI(M) and IUML workers 
assembled in two groups and started pelting stones at each other.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/15/stories/2008091553640400.htm

Kerala - Alappuzha

11 injured in clash
Staff Reporter
ALAPPUZHA: Eleven persons, including two women, were injured as clashes 
broke out between two groups owing allegiance to the Communist Party of 
India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya Janata Party at Thakazhi near the 
district headquarters late Saturday night.
One person was arrested and produced in court, Ambalapuzha Circle 
Inspector C.K. Uthaman said. The attack was reportedly in retaliation to 
an attack on certain BJP activists in the panchayat earlier this week. 
The police said BJP activists allegedly attacked the CPI(M)’s Thakazhi 
local committee office around 9 p.m. Tension gripped the locality after 
the attack, and a few houses in the vicinity too were attacked later in 
the night.
A huge posse of policemen led by Deputy Superintendent of Police T.P. 
Dileep is camping on the spot.
In the meanwhile, the local unit of the Vyapari Vyavasayi Association 
called for a hartal at Thakazhi on Monday





http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=56230

Published On: 2008-09-24
National
1 killed, 45 hurt in Netrakona clashes
Our Correspondent, Netrakona

One person was killed and 45 others were injured in a five-hour-long 
clash at Bogajan village under Kalmakanda upazila in the district on 
Monday night.

The dead was identified as Tiachand, 33, son of Khacha Mia of village 
Bogajan.

The clash followed a land dispute between Tiachand group and Joynal 
group of Bogajan village during the last few days, police and locals said.

At about 5:00pm on Monday, Joynal and his men went to the disputed land. 
Hearing this, Tiachand and his men rushed to the spot and attacked the 
opponents with sharp weapons. Joynal group also reorganised and made a 
counter attack.

As over two hundred people got involved in the five hour-long clash with 
sharp weapons, Tiachand was killed on the spot and at least 45 people 
were injured, locals said.

On information, police went to the spot and brought the situation under 
control.

Seriously injured Joynal, Mahbub, Ali Ahamed, Rupchand and Rukon were 
sent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.

Tense situation is prevailing in the area. Additional police have been 
deployed.





http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/09/stories/2008090954500400.htm

Kerala

Six injured in clashes
KASARAGOD: Six persons were injured in separate clashes between workers 
of the Hindu Aikya Vedi and the CPI (M) at Poochakkad, Pallikkara, here 
on Sunday night. The injured are K.Sudhakaran (31), K.P Balakrishnan 
(28) and K. Anil Kumar (27), all workers of the Hindu Aikya Vedi, and 
CPI (M) workers K. Ranjith (24), Rajesh (26) and Sasidharan (32). All 
the injured have been admitted to various hospitals in Kanhangad. The 
area had witnessed tension earlier following clashes during Sri Krishna 
Jayanthi celebrations. Police personnel have been deployed in the area 
to maintain peace. — Staff Reporter







http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/26/stories/2008082652930300.htm

Other States

Three killed in clash
Mahoba: Three people were killed and as many injured in a clash between 
two groups over a property dispute in Makrai village in Uttar Pradesh on 
Sunday night, police said.
They said the two groups of different caste clashed over property 
dispute and used fire arms.
One of the deceased included Gram Pradhan Naresh Paliwal, police said, 
adding the injured have been hospitalised.
Additional police force has been deployed in the village, the police added.






http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/26/stories/2008082651510300.htm

Kerala - Kozhikode

25 injured in Perambra clashes
Staff Reporter
Victory march after school polls turns violent
________________________________________
Three policemen, teachers among the injured
Strong posse of police deployed in the area
________________________________________
KOZHIKODE: At least 25 persons, including three policemen and a few 
teachers, were injured in a series of clashes between activists of the 
Communist Party of India (Marxist)-Democratic Youth Federation of India 
(DYFI)-Students Federation of India (SFI) combine and Youth Congress and 
Muslim Youth League workers in and around Perambra town for over three 
hours on Monday evening. The clashes were the aftermath of the results 
of an election held at a higher secondary school.
The injured persons were admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College 
Hospital, E.M.S. Hospital at Perambra and Government Hospital at 
Perambra. Among those who sustained grievous injuries are E.T. Aziz, 
school teacher of Nochard Higher Secondary School, Muslim Youth League 
leaders K.Siraj and T. Nazar, and a CPI(M) activist K. Shiju. Two head 
constables attached to the Perambra police station, K. Gopalakrishnan 
and T. Baburaj, were admitted to Perambra Government Hospital.
The clashes broke out at Velliyur Junction at 4.30 p.m. when activists 
of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), an affiliate of the Congress, and 
Muslim Students Federation (MSF), of the Indian Union Muslim League, 
which swept the Nochard Higher Secondary School polls took out a victory 
procession.
A group of persons allegedly belonging to the DYFI attacked the teacher 
and the procession resulting in clashes between DYFI workers and 
activists belonging to the Youth Congress and Muslim Youth League. A few 
teachers sustained minor injuries in the clashes.
Within a short time, the clashes spread to Chalikkara and Perambra town, 
as rival groups assembled with sticks and weapons. Several persons, 
including policemen, caught in the crossfire were injured. Stones were 
hurled at the Congress committee office at Perambra during a march taken 
out by the SFI later.
A posse of police personnel has been deployed in the area. Vadakkara 
Deputy Superintendent of Police K.S. Gopakumar is also camping at Perambra.
The SFI had won 23 out of the 25 seats it contested in the high school 
elections held last week. However, the KSU-MSF combine won a majority of 
seats in the higher secondary school election held on Monday. The SFI 
won only two seats.





http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/29/stories/2008082952980300.htm

Kerala

Five hurt in clash
KASARAGOD: Five persons were injured and several houses and vehicles 
damaged in clashes between CPI(M) and IUML workers at Uduma here on 
Thursday.
Three IUML workers and two CPI(M) workers were injured in the clashes. 
Five houses were also damaged in stone-throwing. Miscreants damaged 
three shops and two vehicles also. A strong police force is camping in 
the area. The clashes are a sequel to the clashes between workers of the 
SFI and the Youth League at Uduma Government Higher Secondary School on 
Wednesday.
— Staff Reporter





http://www.indiaenews.com/politics/20080828/141218.htm

Thursday, August 28, 2008
12 injured in political clashes in Kerala
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 From correspondents in India, 02:31 AM IST
Twelve people were injured Wednesday in clashes between activists of the 
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Indian Union Muslim 
League (IUML) at Nadapuram town near here, police said.
Clashes erupted in the evening when the two parties were taking out 
processions in Nadapuram, about 70 km from here. Members of the two 
rallies started attacking each other with stones and country-made bombs, 
a police official said.
Police had to use teargas to disperse them.
Nadapuram and surrounding areas have been tense after an IUML panchayat 
secretary was injured in an attack Tuesday night. The party alleges that 
Kerala's ruling CPI-M was behind the attack.
The IUML had observed a shutdown in Nadapuram and nearby areas earlier 
Wednesday to protest the assault on their leader.





http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/409159/cs/1/

Clashes in Nepal over move to stop animal sacrifice
Toronto Telegraph
Sunday 21st September, 2008
(IANS)
Kathmandu, Sep 21 (DPA) Large parts of the Nepali capital shut down 
Sunday following clashes between police and protestors demonstrating 
against a government decision not to finance traditional animal sacrifice.

Thousands of protestors, mostly from the Newar community - considered 
the original inhabitants of Kathmandu Valley - forced shops, educational 
institutions and main markets to shut down and prevented transport from 
operating in the Old City area.

Police said at least a dozen vehicles that defied the strike were 
vandalized by the demonstrators.

They also burnt tyres to set up road blocks and clashed with police in 
several parts of the city.

The government deployed hundreds of extra police to prevent the violence 
from spreading, but were facing difficulties controlling the crowd.

'The government is trying to interfere with our culture and is 
attempting to undermine it,' said Pabitra Bajracharya, president Newar 
National Association. 'The government must apologize and correct its 
decisions.'

The protests first flared up Friday night during Indra Jatra, one of the 
most important festivals of Newar community.

The protests and clashes stopped the chariot procession of the living 
goddess Kumari, and prevented Nepali president Ram Baran Yadav from 
receiving blessing from her.

It was the first time the tradition has been broken since it began 
nearly four centuries ago.

As part of tradition, the head of state receives blessing during the 
five-day festival in a symbolic gesture to rule the country for another 
year.

Until last year, the blessing was received by king, but president as the 
head of state took up the cultural duties after the country abolished 
the monarchy earlier this year.

Last week, the government said it would not provide funding for the 
animal sacrifice that is considered essential for several Hindu 
festivals across Nepal, calling it necessary to cut government expenditure.

Local media said the government decision to cut the funding would affect 
all major festivals across Nepal.

Last year, the government spent nearly 12.3 million rupees ($166,000) on 
animal sacrifices. It spent another 54 million rupees organizing and 
funding various festivals, reports said.








http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/02/stories/2008090256971400.htm

International

100 die in Shia-Sunni clashes
Nirupama Subramanian
ISLAMABAD: More than 100 people were killed in two days of clashes 
between Shia and Sunni tribes battling for supremacy of a tribal agency 
on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
The clashes brought the death toll in four weeks of fighting in the 
Kurram tribal agency to well over 400, with many more injured.
Kurram has been in the grip of sectarian unrest since April 2007 widely 
attributed to the Taliban’s efforts to gain a foothold in the agency. 
The Sunni tribesmen are said to be backed by the Taliban which wants to 
take control of the agency, one of the seven in Pakistan’s Federally 
Administered Tribal Areas, to gain unhindered access over the routes 
into Afghanistan.
The government has been a mute onlooker to the pitched battles, unable 
even to break a nearly year-long economic blockade by Sunni tribesmen of 
Parachinar, the main town in Kurram and a Shia majority area. The road 
between Parachinar and Peshawar has remained cut off since November 2007.
All-out retaliation
The clashes over Sunday and Monday between the Shia Turi tribe and the 
Sunni Bangash tribe were particularly bloody.
They began after the Bangash ignored a unilateral ceasefire by the Turi 
to launch attacks on them. It led to an all-out retaliation by the Turi 
against the Sunni tribe’s stronghold in a village called Bagzai and both 
sides used heavy weaponry.
The day-long battle on Sunday was reportedly also marked by two suicide 
attacks on the Turi, which the Shia tribesmen are underlining as 
evidence that the Bangash have been taken over by the Taliban. Over 90 
people were killed in Sunday’s fighting alone, after which the Turi 
claimed to have taken control of Bagzai.
Nine more people were killed in clashes that continued in the agency on 
Monday until six Sunni tribes assembled in the evening for a jirga and 
declared a unilateral ceasefire. But the Shia tribesmen said the Sunni 
tribes were powerless to enforce the ceasefire as they were controlled 
by the Taliban.
Meanwhile, in Bajaur tribal agency, the government halted military 
operations from midnight on Sunday for the month of Ramzan raising 
concerns that it would allow the Taliban to regroup in the agency. No 
ceasefire has been announced in Swat yet.
The Daily Times commented that it was a “weak-kneed response to the 
challenge of internationalised terror”.
Ramzan package
“In fact, the enemy will strike most effectively during Ramzan because 
Muslims are not willing to be active during the fasting month. Let us be 
frank. The Muslims who kill fellow Muslims have a poor record as far as 
observing the holy month is concerned,” it said in an editorial headline 
“Ramzan package for terrorists?”
But thousands among the estimated 3,00,000 people displaced by the 
aerial bombardment of Bajaur in the operations have started returning to 
their homes from refugee camps in cities across North West Frontier 
Province despite apprehensions that fighting may erupt again.
Analysts are linking the suspension of military operations in Bajaur to 
Saturday’s presidential election, which PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari 
is favoured to win. The suspension made it easier for the Jamiat-e-Ulema 
Islami to announce its support for Mr. Zardari over the weekend.






http://www.myantiwar.org/view/162085.html

One killed, five injured in Kurram clashes
PARACHINAR: Clashes between rival tribesmen continued in various parts 
of Kurram Agency on Sunday, leaving one person dead and five injured, a 
political administration official said. Toori and Mangal tribesmen 
clashed in Inzari, Tangi, Pewar and Bagh Zani areas, he said. There were 
reports that Toori tribesmen had vacated their trenches in the restive 
Pewar village near the Pak-Afghan border and handed them over to the law 
enforcement agencies. Efforts were underway to convince the Mangal and 
Kharwoti tribes to vacate their trenches as well in order to bring peace 
to the violence-hit agency, the official added. app
.





http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=53048

Published On: 2008-09-03
National
10 hurt as AL rivals clash in Pabna
Our Correspondent, Pabna

At least 10 people including the president of Sujanagar upazila unit 
Chhatra League were injured when two rival groups of Awami League in 
Sujanagar upazila clashed at Dulai market in Sujanagar upazila on Monday 
evening.

The clash occurred between the followers of Sujanagar upazila unit AL 
President Abul Kashem and Secretary Abdul Wahab, both of whom are 
aspirants in the proposed upazila polls, sources said.

Abdul Wahab told this correspondent yesterday that he along with some of 
his followers were holding a meeting at Dulai market about the upcoming 
upazila election when supporters of Kashem group attacked them, leaving 
five people injured.

Sujanagar upazila AL president Abul Kashem, on the other hand, blamed 
their rivals for attacking them and injuring five people including 
president of upazila Chhatra League.






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Panday predicts clash in Square
Ria Taitt Political Editor

Friday, September 12th 2008

ALL SET: A pedestrian walks past tents at Woodford Square, Port of 
Spain, yesterday. -Photo: STEVE McPHIE
UNC-A Political leader Basdeo Panday last night urged his party's 
supporters not to go to Woodford Square, Port of Spain, today, where it 
is expected that supporters of his party and those of the ruling PNM 
could clash while assembling to support their respective parties.
The PNM supporters are congregating to support their leader, as 
Parliament debates the UNC-A's no confidence motion against Prime 
Minister Patrick Manning.
Last night, in a press release, Panday told supporters, "Having regard 
to the belligerent statement made by Mr Jerry Narace and others about 
tomorrow's planned PNM demonstration, the United National Congress is of 
the view that our members should not gather at Woodford Square in Port 
of Spain, as it is likely there may be a violent clash."
He added, "I shall not subject my people or expose them to this kind of 
violence. In the circumstances, I am instructing all UNC supporters not 
to go to Woodford Square tomorrow.
"We also have information that workers of Unemployment Relief Programme 
and CEPEP have been told that if they do not go to Woodford Square to 
demonstrate support for Patrick Manning, they will not get paid."
But neither the PNM nor the UNC-A has applied to the Mayor of Port of 
Spain, Murchison Brown, or the acting Police Commissioner, James 
Philbert, for the use of Woodford Square.
Brown said yesterday that he had given permission to a cultural group 
called the "Friends of Port of Spain" for a rally in Woodford Square, 
which must end by 1 p.m. However, he admitted that Woodford Square is 
the "people's square".
Parliamentary authorities said yesterday that the established rule is 
that after 1.30 p.m. on a Friday, no assembly of any sort, particularly 
where there would be sound amplification or huge crowds, is permitted, 
once it is confirmed that the House of Representatives would be sitting.
Numerous groups have asked in the past and they have all been turned 
down, sources said. "Once something can potentially create a disturbance 
which could interrupt the proceedings of the House, it is something that 
the law prohibits," parliamentary experts stated yesterday.
Sources predicted that the House Speaker Barry Sinanan and the police 
would have to intervene to put a stop to any demonstrations or rallies 
in the square once they go on after 1.30 p.m, the scheduled starting 
time of Parliament.
Earlier yesterday, however, Health Minister Jerry Narace and Panday both 
confirmed that they had mobilised their supporters to go to the square.
Told that people were nervous about the prospect of UNC-A and PNM 
supporters assembling in the same venue, Panday said: "Yes, well, that 
is what the Prime Minister wants, isn't it? We went to the Parliament, 
using the democratic process in order to preserve our democracy. He 
decides to use thuggery by bringing out the CEPEP and URP workers. Don't 
you think we have a right to bring out our supporters as well?"
So do two wrongs make a right?
"If you tell the Prime Minister not to use State funds to force workers 
to come there to demonstrate support for him, then we are prepared to 
call off our people too," Panday replied, adding: "The ball is in the 
PNM's court."
Told that Narace stated that it was only after the UNC-A called out its 
supporters that the PNM supporters spontaneously decided to come out as 
well, Panday said the UNC-A had evidence that this was not true.
"They are giving out jerseys, telling people where to meet and to sign a 
register when they get on the bus. We know what they are doing. I don't 
care what the hell they say, they are doing it (mobilising), as you will 
see tomorrow."
Asked whether he believed that the supporters would be kind to each 
other under these conditions, Panday responded: "Maybe not, so why 
doesn't the PNM call off theirs."
However, he subsequently changed that tone in his late press release.
Sources confirmed yesterday that the PNM had been mobilising persons and 
that early this week, circulars went out seeking to collate information 
on the persons being canvassed.
Sources also said many of these persons were indeed URP and CEPEP 
employees.
But Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Works, with 
responsibility for CEPEP, URP and Laventille West MP, Nileung Hypolite, 
denied that any instruction or directive was given to workers to 
participate in any rally.
"I don't know where these reports are coming from. But if anyone, bank 
worker, policemen, store worker wants to go to Woodford Square of their 
own volition, what is wrong with that?" he asked.
"I think that if PNM and UNC supporters meet in the square they would 
embrace one another because we are a loving people," he said, dismissing 
any fears of a possible clash.
PNM officials yesterday expressed doubts that UNC-A supporters would 
leave the sanctuary of Central Trinidad to come to Port of Spain, which 
is perceived to be PNM heartland.
"The UNC leadership may be serious, but would the supporters follow," 
PNM observers said.
All Government MPs are coming prepared to defend the Prime Minister and 
the policies and achievements of the Government.
Opposition MPs are expected to criticise the PM.
Opposition Chief Whip Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj said the Prime Minister's 
actions with respect to UDeCOTT and the UDeCOTT Commission of Enquiry 
would form the basis of his contribution.
This raises the question of what the PNM's most powerful debater, Dr 
Keith Rowley, would say.
"I will be present in the Parliament and monitoring the debate; and if 
and when it becomes necessary, I will speak," was all Rowley would say 
yesterday.
The motion is expected to be defeated by the Government majority. But 
given the posture being adopted by both sides, it is left to be seen 
which side would regret the day that the motion was raised in Parliament.







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Uganda: One Killed, Two Injured in Land Clashes
Daniel Edyegu
10 September 2008

Kampala — ONE person was hacked to death and three others sustained 
serious injuries during land clashes between the Bagisu and Bagwere over 
Namatala wetland.
The wetland borders Mbale and Budaka districts. The regional Police 
commander, Alphonse Mbuga, on Tuesday said the unidentified body of a 
man was retrieved from the wetland, while the injured, including Mustafa 
Kesasi, were admitted to Mbale Hospital.
"The deceased and the injured are Bagwere from Kamonkoli sub-county in 
Budaka. One of them sustained three deep cuts on the head, while the 
other had his left arm almost chopped off," Mbuga said.
He said the Bagisu fled when the Police arrived at the scene in Nasenyi 
village, Budaka.
Mbuga said the Police had been deployed to maintain calm.
"We are making arrangements for the local leaders from the two districts 
to meet and settle this matter. This bloodshed shouldn't continue 
unchecked," Mbuga stated.
Meanwhile, a mob armed with sticks, stones and pangas hurled insults at 
policemen at Kamonkoli Police post.
They claimed that the Police just looked on as the Bagisu attacked their 
colleagues.
"These Police officers are corrupt. The man (deceased) screamed for help 
but you could not shoot in the air to disperse the Bagisu, claiming that 
you are waiting for orders from above!" an angry man yelled at the Police.
The mob carried away the body from the station before a postmortem 
examination was done.
The conflict over the wetland started in 2004 when Budaka was still 
under Pallisa district.
The Bagisu from Mbale and the Bagwere of Budaka use the wetland to 
cultivate yams, rice and sugarcane.
But last year, three Bagwere were hacked to death and four injured 
during clashes with the Bagisu over the wetland.
Local leaders from the two districts resolved to demarcate the 
boundaries of the wetland.
Samuel Mulomi, the Budaka chairman, said each district contributed 
sh1.5m and the money was given to Justine Bwogi, the surveys 
commissioner, to demarcate the wetland.
"He (Bwogi) told us that he would put concrete pillars measuring 100 
feet on either side of the stream running through the wetland that would 
act as a buffer zone between the two districts and farmers were not 
supposed to cultivate in it. But he only erected the pillars on the 
Budaka side and disappeared without explanation," Mulomi said.
He said this aggravated the conflict because the Bagisu dug a trench at 
Nasenyi, about 4km inside Budaka district.






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Two killed in tribal clash in Kandhkot Saturday, September 06, 2008
By our correspondent

JACOBABAD: A man and his wife were killed in a tribal clash between the 
Sawand and Sabzio clans in Kandhkot, district Kashmore, on Friday. The 
Kandhkot police said some armed men of the Sabzio tribe attacked the 
house of Datar Sawand in Gulshan Mohalla and started firing 
indiscriminately. Datar Sawand and his wife Kanwal Khatoon died on the 
spot.

Later, the armed men escaped from the scene. The clash took place in the 
limits of the A Section police station of Kandhkot of District Kashmore. 
Police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the Kandhkot Civil 
Hospital for autopsy. According to the police, the incident took place 
due to some old enmity between the two tribes. No case was registered 
till the filing of this report.






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Kenya: Herders Killed in Clashes
Oscar King'ori
16 September 2008
________________________________________
Nairobi — Four people were killed and five others suffered gunshot 
wounds after pastoralists clashed near Kom trading centre in Isiolo 
District on Tuesday.
Two Samburu children are reportedly missing, while more than 20 cattle 
were killed in the crossfire.
Reports indicate that the fighting started after a community from Isiolo 
raided Samburu herders on Monday at dawn at Ortum grazing lands, 20 
kilometres from Kom trading centre.
Isiolo police boss Marius Tum said police were combing the Kom area for 
more casualties, but said they were investigating claims by a ward 
councillor in Samburu East that four Samburu herders and three other 
people from Isiolo had been killed in the clashes.
He said 500 head of cattle had been recovered in the Merti Division of 
Isiolo District.
The two communities have a long-running feud, which often results in 
cattle raids on their common border.
They are also constantly bickering over the scarce pasture and water at 
Sabarwawa in Kom location in Isiolo District.
The mainly Cushitic communities comprising of the Borana, Somali and 
Gari accuse the Samburu of stealing thousands of their livestock since 
December last year.
Restore calm
Two weeks ago Isiolo peace and conflict resolution chairman, Mr Hassan 
Galma and his Samburu East counterpart Mr Job Lalampaa clashed at an 
inter-district peace meeting at Kom trading centre attended by district 
commissioners from Isiolo, Samburu East and Laisamis districts.
Mr Galma accused leaders and Provincial Administration officials from 
the two Samburu districts of reneging on a peace agreement and failure 
to honour a promise to return stolen animals from Isiolo and Meru districts.
By late Tuesday, police had managed to restore calm in the area.
(Daily Nation)






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KENYA: Hundreds displaced in “drought” clashes

Photo: John Nyaga/IRIN

The drought in northern Kenya has led to death and displacement as 
herders fight over grazing land and wate
ISIOLO, 18 September 2008 (IRIN) - At least six people have been killed 
and hundreds displaced following days of fighting over water and pasture 
along the Isiolo and Samburu district border as drought-related conflict 
escalated in northern Kenya.

"We have so far managed to find six bodies but still suspect that more 
bodies might be lying in the bush," Marius Tum, a senior police 
superintendent in Isiolo, told IRIN. The bodies were riddled with bullets.

"More attacks were reported last night ... the animals that were too 
weak to be moved were also shot," Raphael Lekilua, a local Samburu 
leader, said. The fighting was between Borana and Samburu herders.

The conflict has also led to population displacement. "People have moved 
away from Kom and Sabarwaiwai, which are the only available grazing 
areas," Lekilua said. The two areas are reserved for grazing when there 
is a drought.

The livestock will die if the government does not help [those who have 
fled] return, he said, adding that at least 200 Samburu families have fled.

"The fighting is a struggle over water and pasture, nothing else. Each 
group is trying to uproot the other from the area," Ahmed Mohamed, an 
official of a local NGO, the Nomadic Support and Rehabilitation 
Programme, told IRIN.

Mohamed said at least 1,000 people had been displaced in Isiolo. "They 
require urgent assistance to return to the field, which must be shared 
by all the nomadic pastoralists in the region."

The fighting, he said, was also causing food shortages as livestock milk 
production had dropped.

Security personnel have been deployed to the affected areas of Kom and 
Sabarwaiwai.

The northern Kenya region is experiencing severe drought, which has led 
to an escalation of conflict over scarce resources among the 
predominantly pastoralist population.

At least 13 people were recently killed in inter-clan clashes over water 
in the neighbouring region of Mandera.

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Armed clash leaves seven SU students injured Saturday, September 20, 2008
By our correspondent

DADU: Seven students were injured after an armed clash between two rival 
groups at the University of Sindh on Friday, creating panic among the 
faculty and students.

The clash occurred after a student of the Department of Information 
Department, Ahmed Brohi, was injured by some armed youth. In 
retaliation, supporters of the Ahmed Brohi attacked the rival group and 
left six students, Abid Palah, Rafique Dahani, Khalil, Nadeem and Amajd, 
injured.

The clash created panic in the university and teachers and students, 
especially girls, ran for cover. Later, the university students staged a 
demonstration against the deteriorating situation at the campus and 
demanded strict action against saboteurs.







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Published On: 2008-09-14
Metropolitan
Teacher dies, 52 hurt in Sirajganj clash
Unb, Sirajganj

A schoolteacher was killed and at least 52 people were injured in a 
fierce clash over appointment of a teacher at Agbair village in Sadar 
upazila last night.

Shahjahan, 50, assistant teacher of Agbair non-govt primary school, died 
on the spot. A spear pierced through his chest.

Police and witnesses said the clash broke out between two groups -- one 
led by Jamsed master and another by Yakub master, at about 9:15pm in 
dispute over appointing a teacher of the school. Shahjahan belonged to 
Jamshed Master group.

Two houses were damaged during the clash when both the groups used 
lethal weapons.

On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation 
under control.

Of the injured, 27 people were rushed to Sadar Hospital and local clinics.







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8 killed in I Coast clashes
2008-09-08 16:13

Abijan - At least eight people have been killed and more than 20 wounded 
in inter-ethnic violence in the north of Ivory Coast, news reports said 
on Monday.
Several hundred ethnic Lobis attacked Koulango villagers on Friday in 
Bondoukou district some 500km north of Abidjan. The Lobis used old 
rifles and machetes in the attack on the village of Marahui, several 
newspapers reported.
The Lobis were seeking to avenge the death of one of their tribesmen at 
the hands of the Koulango, the papers said.
Police were deployed, but were unable to prevent the assault, the 
dailies reported, adding that most of the victims were women and the 
elderly who were unable to flee.
Fighting between the groups left 13 dead in the same village in 1993.
Ethnic clashes, mainly over land ownership, are frequent in Ivory Coast, 
which is home to some 60 ethnic groups.
- SAPA






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Nigeria: Four Policemen, Three Civilians Feared Killed in OPC-Drivers' Clash
Tunde Sanni
29 August 2008

Ibadan — A violent clash between Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and men of 
the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ibadan, last 
night, left four policemen and three civilians dead.
Police Spokesperson, Olabisi Okuwobi, however confirmed the death of one 
policeman with three other policemen injured in the bloody fracas, 
adding that it was not possible to confirm the casualty from the OPC 
side, as injured OPC members were evacuated from the troubled zone by 
their colleagues.
Vehicles belonging to some identified OPC members were set ablaze by the 
aggrieved drivers. The actual number could not be ascertained, but two 
of them were sighted when newsmen visited the scene around 7p.m. yesterday.
Identified victims in the melee, according to eye-witnesses account, 
included one Jamiu and one Guusi from the NURTW side, while four 
policemen were believed to have been felled in the gun battle.
Sources told THISDAY that trouble started when OPC members in a bus 
heading to Osogbo from Lagos, for the annual Osun Festival ran into a 
traffic snarl at the Iwo road end of Ibadan/Ife road.
It was learnt that one of the female occupants of the OPC bus alighted 
from the bus to control traffic, and in the process, the vehicle had a 
slight brush with an unmarked NURTW bus, which degenerated into hot 
altercations.
In the process, the OPC woman reportedly slapped a member of the NURTW, 
leading to reinforcement from the workers union to repel OPC attack.
One of the OPC members reportedly pulled a gun and shot into the air to 
disperse the drivers who had increased in number, and pave the way for 
their escape.
Luck, however, ran against the OPC team, as the drivers, showing their 
knowledge of Ibadan terrain, ambushed the OPC bus at the Wema Junction 
of the Ife Road, abducting five of them.
An attempt by the OPC members to free their abducted members and escape 
from the trouble spot was foiled by the drivers, with the attendant 
traffic jam.
Caught up in the gridlock was a bullion van coming from Ikire end of the 
road, with its police escort firing several warning shots to scare away 
hoodlums.
Stray bullets from the policemen reportedly hit some people, which 
either killed or injured them.
Unable to contain the bloody face-off, police at Egbeda and Testing 
Ground police stations requested for reinforcement, leading to arrival 
of another batch of policemen in a Hilux van who, on arrival, started 
shooting into the air.
(ThisDay)







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Uganda: Jopadhola, Banyole Clash Over Wetland
Moses Nampala
25 August 2008
Kampala — TWENTY people have been left homeless and rice fields 
destroyed in a tribal clash involving the Jopadhola and Banyole.
The area of conflict is a wetland covering about 4,000 acres between 
Paya sub-county in Tororo district and Butaleja sub-county in Butaleja 
district which is occupied by the Banyole.
Over the weekend, several homes were burnt and vast rice fields slashed 
down in the skirmish between the two tribes.
Rice farmers in Butaleja attacked the Adhola community on Tuesday night, 
setting homesteads on fire and driving families out. They accused the 
Adhola of encroaching on their land.
The following day, the enraged Adhola in revenge raided rice fields 
belonging to the Banyole community and slashed them down.
The violence prompted leaders of both districts to hold an impromptu 
meeting at the disputed wetland on Thursday.
Both resident district commissioners, Mpimbaza Hashaka (Tororo) and 
Richard Gulume (Butaleja), condemned the violence and urged restraint.
Tororo LC5 chairperson Emmanuel Osuna accused the Butaleja leaders of 
failing to address the problem before the violence.
"You shouldn't allow such acts of violence to happen in your courtyard 
because it's likely to spark off a genocide," an angry Osuna said.
The Butaleja LC5 chairperson, Richard Waya, said: "I wish to apologise 
to the affected Adhola community living in Butaleja. I request all of 
them to calm down, return to their respective homes as we find ways to 
assist them reconstruct the houses razed down during the skirmish."
(NewVision)






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APMSO-IJT clash results in four deaths at KU University to remain closed 
for two days

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
By Perwez Abdullah

Karachi

A bloody clash on Tuesday between activists of the All-Pakistan 
Muttahida Students Organisation (APMSPO) and the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba 
(IJT) claimed at least four lives and injured 14 at the University of 
Karachi (KU).

The IJT’s current and former information secretaries, Osama Bin Adam and 
Abdul Jabbar Baloch, were among those who died. The APMSO claimed that 
two casualties were of activists that belonged to their organisation.

Osama Bin Adam was a student of BS final year in the Department of 
Computer Science (DCS), while Abdul Jabbar was a second-year student at 
the Department of Political Science.

Tension had prevailed since morning on the campus, but clashes began at 
about 11:00 am when students of two groups got involved in a fist fight 
in the Arts Lobby. Some students informed The News that about 100 to 150 
students belonging to APMSO entered the university through the Maskan 
gate at 06:30 pm and started indiscriminate firing at IJT activists who 
were sitting in front of the Administration building. Osama Bin Adam 
died on the spot while Abdul Jabbar later succumbed to his injuries at 
the Liaquat National Hospital (LNH). Osama Bin Adam’s body was taken to 
the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

The bodies of 20- to 22-year-old Muhammad Ramish, an APMSO activist, and 
30- to 30-year-old Abdur Rehman, a security guard at the university, 
along with four injured people were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital 
(ASH).

KU Students’ Advisor Dr Nusrat Idrees said that she tried to pacify the 
two groups but they would not listen to her entreaties. She claimed that 
some IJT activists forced their way into the Administration building by 
climbing over the railing and entered her office while she was in a 
meeting with two members of the Students Advisory Council, Dr Sadiq Ali 
Khan of DCS, and Dr Saleem Shahzad, the Admissions committee Chairman.

“They beat up Dr Khan and Dr Shahzad, and even I was hit when I tried to 
rescue them. I am very disappointed,” she said.

IJT Karachi Information Secretary Riaz Ahmed Siddiqui denied the charges 
and said that Dr Idrees had fabricated them. “It is shameful that a 
teacher is advocating the cause of a party. She has taken sides openly 
and is now crying foul. Here we are with the dead bodies of two students 
but the Student Advisor is more concerned with inventing stories,” he 
claimed.

Campus Security Advisor Dr Khalid Iraqi echoed the words of Dr Nusrat 
Idrees and claimed that he had no information about dead students.

The News called up the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters 
Nine-Zero to seek the APMSO’s version. An official at the news section 
there said that MQM leaders were engaged in a political press conference 
and they would fax a press statement later. No faxes were received till 
the time this report was filed.

Meanwhile, the tragic incident at KU has again brought to the surface 
the role of the Rangers who have been stationed there for more than 20 
years. They occupy the hostels, roam around the campus, and lounge 
around in the Arts Lobby and other parts of the university. After the 
clashes on Tuesday, they shut down all three gates of the university, 
and did not allow students to leave the campus.

Students’ parents and relatives gathered at the university gates Tuesday 
evening were very critical of the Rangers. “They did nothing to avert 
the death of so many students. Now they are not allowing the students to 
come out. Why are they here,” they said. They wanted The News to place 
this question before the KU Vice-Chancellor.

The KU administration has announced that the university will remain 
closed for two days (Wednesday and Thursday).







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Charikot tense after clash between student groups
Dolakha district headquarters Charikot has been shut down Thursday 
following a clash between student organisations affiliated with CPN 
(Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN (UML).
At least 12 students have been injured in the clash that occurred this 
morning after Nepal Student Union and All Nepal National Free Student 
Union (ANNFSU) attempted to open the a local college padlocked by 
Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent Student 
Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R).
After the clash, ANNFSU and NSU have called for closure of the district 
headquarters Charikot. The injured students have been taken to Tsho 
Rolpa Hospital treatment.
The college was padlocked by ANNISU-R a month ago due to dispute with 
the college management over the recruitment of new teachers but other 
two organisations have been demanding opening of the college. 
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Published On: 2008-08-25
Metropolitan
Death of Outsider
8 medical students hurt in clash with locals
Our Correspondent, Barisal

At least eight students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College were injured in 
a clash between students and local people yesterday following death of 
an outsider after indiscriminate beating by students on the campus.

The victim is Murad Ahmed, 24, son of Ashraf Ali of Dakkhin Alekanda 
Refugee Colony adjacent to Zamilur Rahman Pappu Hostel. Students beat 
him up on the campus in the morning suspecting him a thief. Later, he 
succumbed to his wounds in the afternoon. During the clash, locals 
damaged several rooms of the hostel of the medical college.

Hundreds of people of the colony swooped on students at the hostel in 
protest against death of Murad, witnesses said.

During the clash, both the clashing groups chased and counter chased 
each other.

Murad's father identifying his son as a mosaic labourer said he went to 
the hostel in the morning for taking his wage in exchange of repairing a 
bathroom of the hostel. At that time, students beat him up 
indiscriminately leading to his death, he said.

But a student named Akhter Hossain said Murad fell in wrath of students 
when they found him stealing a pipe from the bathroom.

Prof Habibur Rahman, head of Forensic Department also echoed a similar view.

The assistant commissioner of police, Hayatul Islam said students and 
locals locked in clash for over half an hour. On information, police 
rushed there and brought the situation under control, he said.

Being informed, Barisal City Mayor Showkat Hossain Hiron rushed to the 
spot and demanded proper investigation into the incident.







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Immigrant clashes in Athens injure 13
31/08/2008
ATHENS, Greece -- Thirteen people were injured early Saturday (August 
30th) in clashes between immigrants in downtown Athens. Witnesses say 
hundreds of passers-by were forced to flee the region of the Omonia 
Square where African street vendors armed with knives, axes and metal 
rods fought for territory. One police officer was hurt in the clashes 
and was forced to shoot his gun, injuring one immigrant and one 
passer-by. The clashes ended early in the morning after special police 
forces were deployed. A total of 56 people were arrested. (BTA, 
Kathimerini - 30/08/08)






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Rival supporters clash in Zim
2008-09-15 16:01

Harare - Riot police restored order on Monday after supporters of 
Zimbabwe's political rivals clashed outside the venue of the signing of 
a power-sharing pact.
An AFP correspondent saw police separating hundreds of supporters of 
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF and Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for 
Democratic Change (MDC) along a driveway leading to the hotel where the 
agreement was signed.
Wearing T-shirts and sarongs with their respective party symbols, they 
had gathered to welcome their leaders from the signing ceremony.
Witnesses said the two groups started singing songs insulting each 
other. The insults degenerated into stone-throwing, prompting the riot 
police to intervene and restore order.
Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, head of a smaller MDC faction, 
signed the power-sharing deal at a ceremony attended by leaders from the 
southern African region.
The three pledged to put their differences behind them and join forces 
to resolve the country's economic crisis.
The accord brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki provides for 
Tsvangirai to become prime minister while Mugabe remains head of state.
The MDC will have a greater number of government ministers than Zanu-PF, 
reflecting the majority it won in June elections.
- AFP






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RMC closed till Oct 10 Violent BCL-JCD clash leaves 20 students injured


The students of Rajshahi Medical College are leaving
the dormitories following clash between two groups of
students yesterday. The College was declared closed for a
month. FocusBangla
Rajshahi Correspondent

The Rajshahi Medical College has been closed till October 10 following a 
clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal 
activists last night that left 20 students injured.

The RMC authority also asked the students to vacate their dormitories by 
6:00pm on Friday.

The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the academic council 
of RMC held at the college yesterday morning with Principal Prof Dr 
Fazlur Rahman in the chair.

Police said a group of JCD workers ransacked room No 205 of Dr Pinku 
Hostel of the college Thursday night following an altercation with the 
BCL activists over possession of a seat in the hostel.

As the news spread, BCL men locked the main gate of the hostel and 
vandalized room No 008 at about 11:00pm that led to the clash.

A chase and counter chase also took place between the activists of the 
two students' organisations during the half an hour clash, leaving 20 
students, including college unit JCD president Mahmudul Haque Raju injured.

At one stage, BCL activists drove out the JCD workers and ransacked JCD 
occupied rooms No 201, 202, 204, 218, and 223. Later, the BCL men also 
left the hostel. On information, police rushed to the spot at midnight 
and brought the situation under control. Additional police force was 
deployed on the campus to fend off further violence.







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Published On: 2008-09-13
Metropolitan
Eight injured in Bagerhat clash
Unb, Bagerhat

Eight people, including a Sramik League leader, were injured in a clash 
between two groups of villagers at Bagdia village in Bagerhat Sadar 
yesterday.

Supporters of two groups, one led by Nurul Islam and another by Intaj 
Sheikh, attacked each other with homemade lethal weapons following an 
altercation between two group leaders over the sale of a domestic animal 
of Nurul.

One of the injured, Intaj Sheikh, general secretary of Baroipara

union Sramik League, was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital in 
critical condition.

Seven other injured from both sides were admitted to Sadar Hospital and 
Khulna Medical College Hospital.







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Groups skirmish during Rizieq trial

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2008

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta -- Members of two
organizations clashed outside the Central Jakarta
district court building Thursday as Rizieq Shihab's
trial continues.

Supporters of the Islamic hardline group Islam
Defenders Front (FPI) and a group of men clad in T-
shirts emblazoned with the word Banser -- a
paramilitary group tied to another Islamic
organization, Nahdlatul Ulama -- came to blows
during the trial's midday break.

Thursday was the ninth day of hearings in Rizieq's
trial. He is charged with allegedly inciting his
supporters to riot by attacking a rally promoting
religious tolerance at National Monument (Monas)
park June 1.

Four people wearing Banser T-shirts and three FPI
supporters were injured during the Thursday fracas.
Sultan, a witness, said both sides had also thrown
stones at each other. Both sides claimed that the
other party had been the aggressor.

In the afternoon session of Rizieq's trial,
immediately after the clash, Rizieq told presiding
judge Panusunan Harahap that his FPI members were
attacked by a group of "paid thugs".

He asked the prosecutors directly whether they were
responsible. "Did you bring the thugs in? There
were 33 of them. My members were injured during the
attack!" Rizieq said loudly, adding that the
"thugs" had been carrying sharp weapons, including
a sickle.

He said a third party might have been trying to
create havoc between Banser and FPI since the
apparent "thugs" were wearing Banser T-shirts.

M. Guntur Romli denied Rizieq's suggestion of third
party involvement on his part. Guntur is a member
of the National Alliance for the Freedom of Faith
and Religion (AKKBB), organizers of the June 1
rally.

"It was not a clash! We were attacked and none of
the Banser members carried weapons. They came to
the district court to show support for us. They're
members of Gus Nuril's Banser," he told The Jakarta
Post.

He said the 33 men wearing Banser T-shirts came
showed up to support him and other witnesses in the
June 1 Monas ambush case. The witnesses had planned
to hand out a letter stating that they were
boycotting the trial because they had not gotten a
safety guarantee from court authorities.

"Just as we were about to stop public buses in
front of the Pelni building, about 300 meters from
the district court building, we were attacked,"
Guntur said.

After the clash, three FPI supporters who suffered
minor injuries and a man named Ali came to city
police headquarters to report the attack and
related threats.

Ali said he reported Guntur for threatening him as
he passed through the court's entry gate. "Guntur
said he would kill me," he said.

Guntur denied Ali's statement, and said Ali had
been the man who had threatened him during his
previous court appearance Monday.

"I was meeting my friend in front of the gate when
a man approached me and said 'How dare you come
again here?' and I replied, 'Why should I be
afraid? I come as a witness.' "

During the day's sessions, prosecutors called nine
police officers from the city police headquarters
who had interrogated FPI defendants as a response
to FPI claims that police had intimidated them
during questioning.

All eight FPI defendants -- including Agus Bambang,
Fahrurrozi, Subhan, Sudiran and Sunarto --
retracted their signed dossiers during a hearing
earlier this month.

Most said they were questioned until 3 a.m. and
were verbally coerced into signing the dossiers.
Police officers who testified at the hearing denied
the accusation.

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Fueding PNG students sign peace accord
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Updated August 26, 2008 15:39:02
Days after feuding high school students in Papua New Guinea signed a 
peace accord, primary school students have been fighting in the streets.

Oure reporter Nasya Bahfen says the students came from primary schools 
in the Hohola district of the capital Port Moresby.

They were involved in a fight near the market area, after classes 
finished in the afternoon.

Residents and motorists intervened, urging the students to go home.

Following clashes in recent weeks between secondary students, PNG's 
department of education has developed a policy to address student violence.

The draft of the policy is being circulated for comments among PNG 
education stakeholders.

Last Friday students of Port Moresby's De La Salle and Gordon high 
schools signed a truce ending a string of fights between the students.