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December 10, 2011 Tens of thousands of Russians gathered peacefully in central Moscow on Saturday to shout “Putin is a thief” and “Russiawithout Putin,” forcing the Kremlin to confront a level of public discontent that has not been seen here since Vladimir V. Putin first became president 12 years ago. The crowd overflowed the square where it [...]

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4:11 PM EST     Tuesday December 6th, 2011 Dozens of protesters staged sit-ins in front of lawmakers’ offices Tuesday and several hundred more camped out on the National Mall as part of a new movement calling itself “Take Back the Capitol.” U.S. Capitol Police said one person was arrested for unlawful entry at the [...]

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November 27, 2011       12:43 pm Police officers were laying the groundwork Sunday morning for moving in to remove campers and demonstrators from the Occupy L.A. site around City Hall — an action that could take place just after midnight. Two officers circulated through the 1.7 acres of green space Sunday morning, handing out fliers [...]

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November 2, 2011 I am honored to share this occasion with you. No one beyond your collegial inner circle appreciates more than I do what you have stood for over these 40        years, or is more aware of the battles you have fought, the victories you have won, and the passion for democracy that still [...]

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October 26, 2011      3:16 pm An Occupy Oakland protester injured in the clash with police Tuesday night showed off a massive bruise Wednesday that she said she received in a direct hit from a rubber bullet. Tasha Casini, 22, had been among the protesters camping at Oakland’s central plaza since Oct. 13. Police said they [...]

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October 29, 2011 When Jean Quan was an undergraduate, she once sat for 10 hours inside Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, demanding better treatment for minority students. As a community activist, she helped unionize hospital workers and organized parents in a poor neighborhood of West Oakland. At another time, Ms. Quan, the [...]

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5:44 PM EST     Tuesday October 11, 2011 A group of union-backed organizations joined the loosely defined Occupy Wall Street movement again Tuesday, leaving behind the confines of New York’s financial district for the posh neighborhoods that dot Manhattan’s Upper East Side, according to multiple group representatives. Crowds also swelled in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, where [...]

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October 26, 2011      3:30 pm Occupy Oakland organizers are planning to hold a peaceful vigil Wednesday afternoon for Scott Olsen, 24, a former Marine who was injured during protests Tuesday night. Olsen served two tours of duty in Iraq and was hit in the head Tuesday by what may have been a tear gas canister, [...]

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October 20, 2011      1405 GMT For 42 years, Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya with an iron fist, a mercurial leader who inspired fear in Libya and beyond. But for the past two months he has been on the run, hunted by rebels who made a lightning advance into Tripoli. The rebels overran Gadhafi’s compound and scoured [...]

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October 15, 2011     7:15 am She is standing alone with her dogs with an early frost on the grass, staking her claim as part of the 99%. “Occupy the Tundra,” says the sign she holds, hand-lettered on an old piece of cardboard. Thousands of Americans are occupying Wall Street and various plazas, parks and [...]

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August 29th, 2011 – 22:08 For U.S. intelligence services, the man who led the rebel assault on Tripoli, and is now the de facto military governor of the capital, is an old acquaintance. The CIA had tracked down the accused jihadist, and eventually captured him in Malaysia in 2003. The agency is believed to have [...]

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June 16, 2011 — Updated 1315 GMT Mona Seif is deep in a crowd of thousands, her cell phone camera held high overhead. She is streaming live video and pushing for a better shot of a protest in Tahrir Square, the spiritual heart of the Egyptian revolution. It is Friday in downtown Cairo, and people [...]

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