Clashes broke out again late Tuesday when demonstrators protesting poor housing conditions threw rocks at police in the Algerian capital of Algiers in a second day of violence.
Violence broke out when demonstrators protesting poor housing conditions clashed with the police in the Algerian capital of Algiers on Monday in a rare display of social discontent.
French farmers briefly blocked the Champs Elysées on Friday amid a nationwide wave of protests against falling prices. The main farmers' union has urged the government to provide an aid package and press the European Commission for better regulation.
About 100,000 people demonstrated in Rome to defend press freedom against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's grip on the media. Berlusconi has filed a series of lawsuits against newspapers reporting on his scandal-plagued private life.
The apparent rape and murder of two young Muslim women and subsequent cover-up by Indian authorities in Kashmir has sparked fury in the restive region, where the Muslim majority sees Indian troops as occupying forces.
As the violence in the wake of the elections continues in Iran, we ask what history can teach us about this type of uprising. What are the potential outcomes of this turbulent period?
Ahmadinejad has been declared the winner of the Irannian elections with 60% of the vote. However, opposition leader Mouvasi's supporters cry foul. So was the election rigged or is the Mousavi camp simply stirring up trouble?
Chinese authorities clamped down Wednesday, securing Tiananmen Square on the eve of the 20th anniversary of its deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests there in 1989.
