Thousands of Taiwan People Protest U.S. Arms Deal
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Thousands of protesters marched through  Taiwan's capital on Saturday, urging the government to scrap a  big U.S. weapons package they said would trigger an arms race  with China and squeeze social welfare.
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Taiwan's Foreign Minister warned  lawmakers on Wednesday that ties with Washington would be hurt  if parliament failed to approve an $18 billion budget to buy  advanced U.S. weapons.
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The deployment of USAF F-22 jets to a base on Japan's Okinawa island prompts protests from residents.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan  - Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union to lift a 15-year Embargo on weapons sales to China - the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island.
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Taiwan said on Saturday it regretted  U.S. comments criticizing the island's planned referendum on  U.N. membership and hinted that Washington should not to give  in to pressure from China on the matter.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (é³æ°´æ) said yesterday a controversial arms deal was part of the government&#39;s attempts to deter any attempt by rival China to invade the island.
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Some 15,000 Serbs protested outside  the U.S. embassy in Belgrade on Tuesday to denounce a  Western-backed plan to give independence to the Albanian  majority of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province.
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Tens of thousands of supporters of Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian are set to march in Taipei in a show of strength just one day after 300,000 people angrily called for his resignation.
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Thousands of Italians gathered  under heavy police guard on Saturday to protest against the  expansion of a U.S. military base that has aroused strong  opposition and divided the center-left government.
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Demonstrations calling for Taiwan's president to resign continue with thousands gathering in Taipei.
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Tens of thousands of people marched through the northeastern Italian city of Vicenza under heavy police guard on Saturday to protest a planned U.S. military base expansion.
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Banners and flags are seen during a demonstration in Vicenza. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Vicenza, Italy, to protest the planned expansion of a US military base here, a divisive ...Comment
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Tens of thousands of Taiwanese protestors are expected to again fill the streets of Taipei in a bid to step up the pressure on embattled President Chen Shui-bian to step down.
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International agitators join mass protest
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 15 -- After six years of hesitation, Taiwan's legislature voted Friday night to approve only a small portion of an $18 billion arms package suggested by the Bush administration as the best way to gird the self-ruled island against any attack by China.
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Peace campaigners rally outside a Suffolk airbase to protest at US military facilities.
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About 150 members of the Service Employees International Union staged a boisterous demonstration outside the Carlyle Group's District headquarters yesterday to protest the private-equity firm's proposed acquisition of nursing-home giant Manor Care.