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Four year anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto - Lahore

Supporters of Peoples Party, PPP, recite the Holy Koran in remembrance of Benazir Bhutto during a ceremony on the occasion of the four year...

by PPI images in Pakistan on 27/12/2011

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Germans commemoration the Night of Broken Glass - Munich

Commemoration day of the Night of Broken Glass is held in Germany. Night of Broken glass was a series of attacks against the Jewish people by Nazis...

by Peter Scholz in Germany on 09/11/2011

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Youths in Kenya protest death of Muammar Gaddafi

Youth take to the streets to protest death of Muammar Gaddafi. Nairobi, Kenya. 31st October, 2011

by Daniel_Irungu Mwangi in Kenya on 31/10/2011

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27/12/2011 - Four year anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto - Lahore - Pakistan - Supporters of Peoples Party, PPP,...
09/11/2011 - Germans commemoration the Night of Broken Glass - Munich - Germany - Commemoration day of the Night of...
31/10/2011 - Youths in Kenya protest death of Muammar Gaddafi - Kenya - Youth take to the streets to protest...
07/10/2011 - Rally in honour of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya - Russia - Russian attend a rally in honour of...
23/09/2011 - Jafferia student organization protests against Shia killings - Karachi - Pakistan - Pakistani Shiite Muslims shout slogans...
16/09/2011 - Candlelight Vigil on 11th Anniversary of Georgiy Gongadze's Murder - Ukraine - On the 11th anniversary of the late...
03/09/2011 - Man survives gangland assassination attempt - Toronto - Canada - In what is being described as a gang-...
12/07/2011 - Afghan commandos respond to the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai - Afghanistan - Afghan commandos respond to the...
24/05/2011 - Burial of Netanyahu's "A Place Under The Sun" - Israel - Right-wing activists lead by Knesset...
19/05/2011 - Minority rights and religious tolerance in Pakistan panel - London - United Kingdom - The assassination in January 2011 of...

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Co-founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party Hayat Khan Sherpao remembered
People come together for the anniversary of the death of the elder brother of ex-Interior Minister of Pakistan, Aftab Sherpao. Hayat Sherpao was assassinated in 1975, in a bomb explosio...
Thousands of people march for Hrant Dink in remembrance - Istanbul
Thousands gathered in İstanbul's Taksim Square to mark the fifth anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink's murder as outrage grows over a trial that failed to sh...
Museum of the Underground Prisoners - Jerusalem
Museum of Underground Prisoners is a museum in Jerusalem, Israel, commemorating the activity of the Jewish underground - Haganah, Irgun and Lehi - during the period leading up the estab...
Pasban Protest on Civil Rights Day
Supporters of Dr. Afia Siddiqui protest against US human rights policies and a refusal of America's Civil Right's Day in America. Karachi, Pakistan. 16th January 2012
Martin Luther King Day celebrated at St Paul's London
Dr Martin Luther King's birthday was celebrated at the steps of St Paul's London at a rally. London, UK. 15th January 2012
Tripura gears up to welcome Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Tripura security personnel takes a rehearsal ahead of the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Vice President of India Hamid Ansari at India’s northeastern capital of A...
Kiro Gligorov buried in the Alley of the Great City Cemetery -  Skopje
Kiro Gligorov, first President of the independent Republic of Macedonia, was buried today in the Alley of the Great City Cemetery in Butel. 3rd January 2012
Four year anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto - Hyderabad
Activists of Civil Society light candles in memory of the Peoples Party, PPP, Chairperson Benazir Bhutto four years after her assassination. Pakistan. 27th December 2011
Four year anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto - Lahore
Supporters of Peoples Party, PPP, recite the Holy Koran in remembrance of Benazir Bhutto during a ceremony on the occasion of the four year anniversary of her assassination. Pakistan. 2...
Anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto
People gather at Station Road to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan. She was assassinated. Hyderabad, Pakistan. 26th Decem...
Salah Hamouri is released in prisoner swap
The French Palestinian, Salah Hamouri, aged 26, is released as part of the second stage of a deal with Hamas in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Dahiyat al Bareed. Pa...
Commemoration of the assassination of The Last Prince of Wales
Welsh patriots commemorate the assasination of the last Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd who ruled Gwynedd and most of Wales for 36 years from 1246 to 1282 until his treachorous de...
Delhi Muslims Observe Ashura
Muslims of all ages gathered near the Kashmiri gate Police Station in New Delhi pray on the occasion of Muharram and observe the annual Ashura which commemorates the death of Imam Husai...
Students riot with Police in memory of Alexis - Athens
A student demonstration is held in commemoration of the assassination of Alexis Grigoropoulos, a 15-years-old student who was killed by a Police officer on December 6th, 2008. 6th Decem...
15M Indignados protest violence against women - Madrid
15M Indignant group organise a protest on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. UN 54/25 resolution established 25 November to commemorate the assassinati...
Israelis convene at Rabbi Meir Kahane's memorial
Hundreds attended a memorial of Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defence League in the United States and of the right wing Kach movement in Israel. Kahane was assassinated by an...
Rabbi Meir Kahane remembered in Israel
Followers of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane (1 August 1932 – 5 November 1990), founder of both the Jewish Defense League (JDL) and "Kach", an Israeli political party, pray at his ...
'El Gasca' arrested in crackdown on the Knights Templar Drug Cartel
Juan Manuel Orozco Favela ​​"El Gasca", an drug cartel leader of the 'Knights Templar' is arrested by the Mexican army in Morelia, State of Michoacan after an intens...
Germans commemoration the Night of Broken Glass - Munich
Commemoration day of the Night of Broken Glass is held in Germany. Night of Broken glass was a series of attacks against the Jewish people by Nazis in Germany and Austria from Nov. 9th ...
Activists protest at PM's home on anniversary of Rabin assassination
Left-wing activists holding banners and signs in front of the PM's residence in Jerusalem. This evening Israel will commemorate the16th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin...