Police, Peddlers Clash in Venezuelan City
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Police and National Guard troops fired tear gas and plastic bullets at crowds of angry street vendors in Venezuela's capital Wednesday as officers tried to remove merchants from zones where they are barred from selling their wares on the street.
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ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Venezuelan police swooped down on an ambulance used by robbers escaping a bank siege on Tuesday, arresting all four men and freeing a group of captives to end a two-day hostage standoff.
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Police in Istanbul have clashed with Turkish right-wing demonstrators protesting against what they describe as concessions to Orthodox Christians.
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Congolese government forces clashed  with rebels at a town near the border with Rwanda for a third  day Wednesday as the two countries traded heated accusations  over who was involved in the fighting.
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Venezuelan and Colombian police set aside diplomatic tensions to help a woman give birth on a bridge spanning their frontier.
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SANTIAGO -- Police used tear gas, water cannons, and clubs against demonstrators staging nationwide protests yesterday over government social and economic policies. More than 370 people were detained, officials said. About 50 protesters and 18 police officers were injured, none seriously. Senator Alejandro Navarro, who joined the demonstration against the government's free-market policies, was clubbed in the head by a ...
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Sacked Ecuadorean legislators clash with police, amid an escalating power struggle with the president.
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The authorities in Nepal say that several opposition protesters angered by fuel price rises have been injured in clashes with the police.
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Political standoff erupts into violence as police use live rounds and teargas to snuff out protest plans
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At least 18 people are reported killed in fighting between police and gangsters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Indian security forces backed by army helicopters clashed with Maoist rebels on Sunday in the east of the country after the insurgents killed 13 police there, officials said.
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By Hugh Bronstein and Pascal Fletcher BOGOTA/CARACAS  - A top Colombian guerrilla wasprotected by Venezuelan officials before his capture, an actionthat has triggered the worst dispute in years between theAndean countries, Colombia said on Sunday.
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Venezuela dispatched extra troops as part of an effort to tighten security along its border with neighboring Colombia, but officials on Monday denied that the move was linked to a heated dispute over the capture of a rebel leader in Caracas by bounty hunters paid by Colombia.
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Violence erupted Friday in the Haitian capital, a day after three police officers were killed in a clash with protesters demanding the return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the ousted president.
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A patrol of the Venezuelan armed forces were ambushed by presumed Colombian guerrillas in the border zone with Colombia, leaving seven dead, local press reported Saturday.
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Crime has soared in Venezuela. Yet President Hugo ChÃ¡vez appears headed to re-election on Sunday.
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A UN peacekeeper and a Haitian policeman were injured Saturday in a clash with loyalists of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince.