Venezuela Troops Fire on Protesters
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At least three students are injured after Chavez takes a television station off the air
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Venezuelan troops are cracking down on the smuggling of food and gasoline along the border with Colombia, seizing truckloads of contraband amid a bitter feud between the two countries' governments.
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Police fired water-cannon and tear gas on Friday at the protestors who turned out in the tens of thousands. Many of the activists had marched peacefully in the police-authorised demonstration through Santiago
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Troops fired shots over the heads of a large crowd in central Yangon on Wednesday, sending people scurrying for cover as a crackdown intensified against the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years, a witness said.
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Supporters of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Sunday, demanding respect for Venezuela's sovereignty following U.S. criticism and Colombia's acknowledgment that it paid a bounty to capture a rebel on Venezuelan soil.
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Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched through the capital Friday, commemorating a failed coup attempt he led as an army officer 13 years ago.
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Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups.
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Gunfire echoed through the streets of Port-Au-Prince on Thursday as supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide battled police whom residents have accused of executing at least 13 people two days earlier.
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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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CARACAS, Venezuela &#151; Supporters of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Sunday, demanding respect for Venezuela's sovereignty following U.S. criticism and Colombia's acknowledgment that it paid a bounty to capture a rebel on Venezuelan soil.
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Lebanese prosecutors charge three army officers and 19 soldiers for shooting protesters during a riot.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Summoned by bugle calls and firecrackers, millions of Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office.    Lines snaked for blocks in upscale neighborhoods, where suspicion is high that the leftist leader plans a Cuba-style dictatorship, and in the slums, where support for his "revolution for the poor" is fervent...
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Soldiers with automatic rifles fired into crowds of anti-government demonstrators Thursday, killing at least nine people in the bloodiest day in more than a month of protests demanding an end to military rule.
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BISSAU : Heavily-armed Guinea Bissau troops took to the streets of the capital of the former Portuguese colony, killing two officers, in a protest to demand payment for their tours of duty as UN peacekeepers.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Caracas on Saturday to back opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales as he closed his campaign against President Hugo Chavez, who is favored to win the December 3 vote.
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Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons Thursday to beat back crowds of protesters heeding an opposition call for a "million-man" rally that many fear could worsen the violence that already has killed 300 people
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Venezuelan police on Sunday used water cannons and what appeared to be tear gas to break up thousands of demonstrators protesting the government's decision to close the country's most-watched television station.