Somalia police arrest demonstrators
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Police fired into the air and arrested several people demonstrating Friday in support of an Islamic group that is vying for authority in Somalia and against calls for the deployment of peacekeepers here.
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Zimbabwean riot police arrested the country's top opposition leader on Sunday as they suppressed a planned prayer rally in a crackdown on protests against President Robert Mugabe.
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Zimbabwe riot police arrested more than  200 opposition activists and officials on Saturday during a  meeting they were holding at their party headquarters, an  opposition spokesman said.
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Police in Barcelona arrested a number of suspected Islamic militants Wednesday in a series of pre-dawn raids, a police spokesman said.
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Police arrest dozens of protesters demanding help for victims of Nepal's conflict, activists say.
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Egyptian police detained dozens of Muslim  Brotherhood members on Wednesday, security officials said,  escalating a crackdown against the country's strongest  opposition group ahead of local elections in April.
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The Kenyan police seemed to be ratcheting up the pressure against demonstrators, arresting several journalists and shooting tear gas.
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Somalia's PM says the local head of the World Food Programme, detained on Thursday, is being "investigated".
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Police crack down on opposition protests after president declares himself victorious in disputed poll
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Armed police broke up a prayer meeting planned to protest government policies on Sunday, arresting Zimbabwe's country's main opposition leader and dozens of others, witnesses said.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb. 28 -- Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as pro-democracy activists defied a police ban on demonstrations and took to the streets to protest growing repression and economic hardship in Zimbabwe.
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Somali police raid a mosque, as the main market in the capital opens after an arms dispute closed it for five days.
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Heavily armed police killed a protester and arrested the leader of the main opposition party as they broke up a prayer meeting protesting government policies Sunday.
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Egyptian police have arrested 72 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in nationwide dawn raids as the government escalated its crackdown against the country's main opposition movement.
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Security forces conducted sweeps through Shiite villages in Bahrain on Saturday, arresting several protesters involved in a week of demonstrations against the Sunni-led government, witnesses and opposition groups said.
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Italian police arrest six Sardinian protesters after clashes over the delivery of 500 tonnes of rubbish there.
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Pakistani police have detained around 350 opposition party activists in the latest attempt to muzzle criticism of embattled President Pervez Musharraf, officials said Wednesday.