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Moldova students raid parliament By: BBC News, April 7, 2009 Students in Moldova have attacked the country's parliament in protest at the victory of the governing Communist Party in Sunday's general election. Witnesses say crowds poured into the building through smashed ground-floor windows and shortly after hurled furniture out and set it alight. Read full article... Czech Republic: The Nonviolence Movement welcomes Obama to Prague By: Scoop, April 6, 2009 Members of the Nonviolence Movement have hung a banner from one of Prague's bridges just hours before planned visit of US President Barack Obama. The banner read "Yes, we can - say no to U.S. military base" in reference to Obama's election campaign slogan. Read full article... Police, protesters clash in France at NATO summit By: LA Times, April 4, 2009 Black-clad protesters attacked police and set a hotel and a customs station ablaze today near a bridge linking France and Germany that served hours earlier as the backdrop for a show of unity by NATO leaders. AP photographers saw other protesters storm a nearby Ibis hotel, setting fires and pilfering alcohol from its bar. An AP reporter saw intermittent scuffles between police and demonstrators in black as they gradually made their way back from the Europe Bridge and tried to enter the city center. Read full article... G20 protest footage: police vs. demonstrators in UK By: Paul Lewis, Guardian, April 3, 2009 Police surveillance at this week's G20 demonstrations was all-encompassing. Officers with long lenses and video cameras were perched on buildings and behind lines of riot police, and evidence they captured of criminal activity will - quite rightly - help find and prosecute the small number of troublemakers. Of course, we also now know that information gleaned about protesters - even those who were peaceful and law-abiding - will find its way on to a police database. Read full article... Thousands take part in massive anti-government demonstration in Ukraine By: RTT News, April 3, 2009 Thousands of opposition supporters took part in a massive anti-government demonstration in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Friday, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The massive demonstration, which was attended by over 20,000 opposition activists, was held in Kiev's in Independence Square and was led by Viktor Yanukovych, former PM and leader of the Regions Ukraine Party. Read full article... Russia losing hearts and minds in Tajikistan By: Alexander Sodiqov, CACI, March 26, 2009 On 24 February, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with Tajikistan's Emomali Rahmon to rebuild relations that recently deteriorated to their worst level in a decade. Putting aside their disagreements over water and energy issues in Central Asia, the two leaders went fishing and hunting at Medvedev's residence in Zavidovo. Although there was almost no public information about the outcomes of the meeting, analysts suggest that it has reinforced Moscow's control over Dushanbe. Read full article... Share this article: 
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