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Nepalis Protest Rising Fuel Prices

As in the international market, the fuel prices in Nepal rose enormously. Long queues in front of gas stations have become a daily occurrence....

by André Baumgart in Nepal on 20/01/2012

Politics

Gasoline shortage in Egypt

There has been an improvement in gasoline distribution in Egyptian gas stations. Giza, Egypt. 18th January 2012

by Adham Khorshed in Egypt on 18/01/2012

Environment

Labour MP Barry Gardiner urging to drop Dow sponsorship in Olympics

A protest is organized to give pressure to the London Olympic Organizing Committee to drop the Dow Sponsorship, on the occasion of 200 days to go...

by B Sharma in United Kingdom on 09/01/2012

BREAKING NEWS

20/01/2012 - Nepalis Protest Rising Fuel Prices - Nepal - As in the international market, the...
18/01/2012 - Gasoline shortage in Egypt - Egypt - There has been an improvement in...
09/01/2012 - Labour MP Barry Gardiner urging to drop Dow sponsorship in Olympics - United Kingdom - A protest is organized to give pressure...
06/01/2012 - Youth fuel subsidy removal protest underway - Abuja - Nigeria - Youths protest against the removal of...
06/01/2012 - Libyan workers battle to keep oil and gas supplies online - Libya - While inter-militia rivalry and...
06/01/2012 - Libyan workers battle to keep oil and gas supplies online - Libya - While inter-militia rivalry and...
06/01/2012 - Jamaat-e-Islami hold a protest against petrol price hikes - Pakistan - Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami hold a...
05/01/2012 - Labor Party protest against petroleum and gas prices - Lahore - Pakistan - Supporters of Labor Party (LPP) hold...
03/01/2012 - Nigeria fuel subsidy protests begin - Lagos - Nigeria - The removal of fuel subsidies has...
02/01/2012 - Protesting against non-supply of Sui gas - Hyderabad - Pakistan - Residents of Ghareebabad gather at the...

Latest News

Popular Resistance against Israeli occupation in Qaryut, West Bank
The Palestinian village of Qaryut held its first protest against the forced closure of one its main roads by the Israeli army. Since the beginning of the year, many new protests have be...
Private and public sector unions go on strike - Athens
Private and public sector unions go on strike and demonstrate against new austerity mesures including salary reductions under heavy rain. Greece. 7th Febuary 2012
Labor Unions strike and demonstrate in the rain - Athens
Private and Public Sector Unions go on 24hr strike, protesting against new upcoming austerity measures imposed by the troika and the Greek Government. Athens, Greece, 7th February 2012
Ukrainians say 'Release Hunger Strikers' at embassy - London
Protesters at the Ukrainian Embassy call for the immediate release and fair treatment of Somali refugees on hunger strike in the Lutsk Detention Centre who have been beaten and intimida...
Continued sporadic clashes At Mohamed Mahmoud Street
Egyptian protesters react to tear gas as they gather at a barricade erected against the riot police near the central Tahrir square, where deadly clashes raged into a fourth day. Cairo, ...
Riot near the Ministry of Interior
Protesters gathered against the deaths of over 70 people in Port Said. Demonstrators threw bricks at the police; the police threw tear gas canisters to disperse the crowds. Cairo, Egypt...
Night clashes in downtown Cairo
Protests continue in Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the Ministry of Interior following the Port Said incident in which more than 70 Ultras Ahly fans died during a riot. Police were using r...
Night clashes in downtown Cairo
Protests continue in Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the Ministry of Interior following the Port Said incident in which more than 70 Ultras Ahly fans died during a riot. Police were using r...
Weekly protest in the village al-Nabi Salih results in injuries
Demonstrators hold a weekly, non-violent protest in the village of al-Nabi Salih. Several injuries were reported, including that of a French citizen who was struck in the neck by an Isr...
Clashes between security forces and Egyptian demonstrators
Egyptian police fire tear gas as thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protest the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 peo...
Egyptians mark second day of mourning following Port Said catastrophe
Protesters of the Port Said football catastrophe demonstrate at the Interior Ministry, where hundreds were injured from tear gas on the second day of a three-day mourning period for tho...
Protests on Dakar streets against upcoming presidential elections
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for a third term, light street fires in Dakar. Police opened fire with tear gas on demonstrators and left at least one person dead...
Students Protest against Fuel Hikes
Student unions strike in Kathmandu in a morning protest against fuel hikes that will reduce the amount of fuel they can get. This will cause a drop in attendance to university for some....
Scarcity of diesel fuel hits Kendari
A shortage of both petrol and diesel in the city of Kendari is still ongoing. Long lines of vehicles is a routine sight at gas stations in the city of Kendari. Indonesia. 27th January 2...
Remembering the Holocaust in Sachsenhausen concentration camp
The 27th January is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Germany. This year Brandenburg officals and holocaust survivors made a commemorative event for the victims at former concentration camp ...
At least seven killed in gas blast in Peshawar
At least seven people including four children were killed when the top of a house collapsed from a gas blast in Peshawar, Pakistan. 25th January 2012
Kuwaiti Bedoons call for official Kuwaiti citizenship - London
A small group of Kuwaiti Bedoons living in the UK gathered outside Downing Street to implore the British Government to use its influence and help them in their bid for official Kuwaiti ...
Tear gas breaks up Kizza Besigye rally in Namungoona
The opposition group Activists for Change have been given the green light from the police to go on with their planned rallies, although a rally descended into chaos when police fired te...
Romanian austerity cuts protest at London embassy
Around 200 Romanian nationals protested outside their embassy in Kensington to demonstrate their anger and frustration at recent austerity cuts imposed on the Romanian people by the gov...
Italian taxi drivers in strike over Mario Monti 'competition' proposal
Thousands of miles of Italian roads were crippled, with truckers blocking accesss to much of the Italy's highways, as a wave of fresh strikes kicked off over government plans to in...