Sheehan, Nine Other Protesters Are Arrested
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Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and nine other protesters were arrested in a House office building yesterday outside the room where Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker were testifying before Congress.
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About a dozen war protesters were arrested Tuesday morning during a peaceful demonstration against President Bush's speech before the U.N. General Assembly.
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Two Presbyterian ministers were among 71 people arrested during a series of peaceful protests against the Iraq war Tuesday, said a spokeswoman for a group participating in the protests.
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Police arrested nine people on a remote Australian island on Saturday after about 200 islanders protesting against the death of a man in custody burnt down a police station, police residence and a courthouse.
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Hungarian authorities say 57 people were injured and 98 arrested when protesters clashed with riot police for a second night.
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After Saturday's raucous antiwar rally near the U.S. Capitol led to the arrests of 192 demonstrators, police at the Rayburn House Office Building yesterday braced for a confrontation with protesters who showed up to deliver written rebukes to members of Congress who support President Bush's Iraq ...
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Vietnam has arrested seven ethnic  minority people in the past week for attempts to organize  unrest in the restive Central Highlands, state-run media said  Thursday.
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Human rights and anti-globalization activists gathered in the Finnish capital after police detained more than 100 people at an anarchist protest.
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Nine people, suspected of involvement in "the largest sham marriage network in the UK", are arrested.
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A march by thousands of protesters demanding an end to the Iraq war turned chaotic yesterday afternoon near the Capitol, where hundreds sprawled on the ground in a symbolic "die-in." Police arrested 189 people, including 10 who organizers said were veterans of the war.
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Three people suspected of being members of a dissident group opposed to the Northern Ireland peace process were arrested in Ireland and were being questioned under anti-terrorist laws, police here said.
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Police in southern Nigeria arrested three activists of a minority rights group who were protesting against the activities of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, the group's spokesman said.
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Prosecutors dropped charges Wednesday against 227 protesters arrested at an anti-war march during the Republican National Convention.
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TEHRAN -- Tensions between law enforcement officials and human rights activists ahead of today's annual commemoration of International Women's Day have led to dozens of arrests in the capital. The days around the commemoration have been a perennial rallying point for critics of government policies viewed by rights activists as sexist or discriminatory. This year, the conservative government of President ...
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Police arrested trade union leaders and blocked streets and the main square of the capital to thwart an anti-government march, and the main labor federation apparently called off a planned nationwide strike at the last minute.
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About 200 people have been arrested during a day of protest against President George W Bush in the city of New York. Police say most of the arrests were for disorderly conduct and occurred away from the march.
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Hundreds of protesters arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention were held for up to six times longer than those arrested on charges unrelated to the convention, according to city documents made public Thursday.