Guinea MPs terminate martial law
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Guinea's parliament votes against a request from President Conte to extend martial law.
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BEIJING - Martial law was declared in a town in central China after at least four people died in rioting, residents said on Monday.
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China declared martial law in part of a central province after several people were killed and numerous houses set on fire in clashes between minority Muslims and ethnic Han Chinese, residents and officials said on Monday.
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BEIJING: At least 20 people have been killed in ethnic clashes between the Muslim Hui minority and the Han majority in central Chinaâs Henan province and martial law has been declared in the area, local residents said on Monday.
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The African Union has condemned Guinea's President Lansana Conte for a &quot;disproportionate use&quot; of military force to quell civil unrest that has rocked the west African nation for weeks.
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13 September 2004 -- Aid workers were leaving Afghanistan&#39;s western city of Herat today after bloody clashes in recent days sparked by the dismissal of a powerful local governor.
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President Lansana Conte declared a state of emergency in Guinea on Monday, saying he had ordered the army to "take all necessary measures" to restore order after three days of violent protests. At least 27 people have been killed.
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China declared martial law in part of a central province after at least seven people were killed, 42 injured and numerous houses set ablaze in clashes between minority Muslims and Han Chinese, officials said on Monday.
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Guinea's military enforced draconian martial law measures across the West African state on Tuesday, quashing protests and arresting curfew-breakers to halt a widening revolt against President Lansana Conte.
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BAGHDAD, July 17 -- The political bloc of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ended its month-long boycott of the Iraqi parliament, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday, a political advance amid sectarian violence that included the slaying of 29 Shiites overnight by men dressed in military uniforms.
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The head of the armed forces and the army spokesman in Guinea-Bissau have been killed during an army mutiny. The soldiers were apparently revolting over unpaid wages for peacekeeping duties in Liberia.
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Guinea, one of the last bastions of one-man rule, now seems on the verge of insurrection.
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Soldiers who staged a mutiny last week  in Guinea-Bissau agreed on Sunday to return to their barracks  after striking a deal with the government to end a five-day  standoff in the West African country.
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Ivorian government forces withdrew from rebel positions yesterday, easing fears of a resumption of all-out civil war, as France and other countries continued to fly out thousands of foreigners.
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Protesters take to the streets in several Guinea towns angry at the president's declaration of martial law.
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Somalia&#39;s transitional parliament passed a no-confidence motion Saturday against the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Gedi and his Cabinet, which amounts to a sacking of the new administration.
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The Chinese government declared martial law in the central province of Henan yesterday after some of the worst ethnic violence in recent memory left at least seven people dead.