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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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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Hundreds of security forces made a show of force in two Saudi cities yesterday to ward off protests against the royal family, chasing a few would-be demonstrators in the streets and arresting several others, after a dissident called for a day of marches.
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A top aide of Bangladesh's ex-PM Khaleda Zia is arrested for trying to lead a street protest, police say.
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Barcelona police said they had made two arrests following violent skirmishes with a group of youths at an unauthorised demonstration outside the eastern Spanish city's Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Bangladesh security forces on Friday arrested five university professors who were allegedly active in protests that erupted into clashes with police and prompted a curfew in six cities, officials said.
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Police crack down on opposition protests after president declares himself victorious in disputed poll
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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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Police used tear gas against protesters who hurled stones at the annual gay rights parade in the Romanian capital Saturday, officials said.
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Nigerian police arrest the leader of a Muslim Shia sect and 100 of his followers after clashes in the northern city of Sokoto.
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Bahrainis flocked to the polls in the small Gulf state's national elections on Saturday, amid tension between the government and the Shi'ite Muslim opposition which boycotted the vote in the pro-Western kingdom in 2002.
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MANAMA, Bahrain -- Bahrain's king ordered the immediate release of a human rights activist who was convicted of inciting hatred of the government and sentenced to one year in prison yesterday in a case linked to criticism of the prime minister.
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Police detained about 200 protesters who took part in an illegal demonstration Saturday against the World Economic Forum, which starts next week in eastern Switzerland.
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Belarussian police beat and arrested dozens of protesters at rallies held in Minsk this week to challenge the results of a referendum allowing President Alexander Lukashenko to extend his rule, prompting two opposition parties on Thursday to call off
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Police armed with batons broke up an anti-government protest march in Dhaka yesterday, injuring more than 30 demonstrators and arresting at least 100, police said.
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Thai soldiers apprehend hundreds of men after demonstrators clashed with police outside the Tak Bai police station in Thailand&#39;s Narathiwat Province, nearly 1150 km (715 miles) south of Bangkok in this picture taken October 25, 2004.
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At least 100 people are reportedly arrested in Oman amid rumours of a planned attack on a festival.
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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.