26 protesters arrested at House building
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About 100 demonstrators protesting the Iraq war marched past the Capitol carrying mock coffins Wednesday and lay down in front of doorways at a House office building, where 26 were arrested.
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Hundreds arrested near presidential palace as protesters clash with riot troops.
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Police in Dhaka baton-charged thousands of opposition supporters in violent clashes outside the Bangladesh prime minister's office that left at least 110 people injured, officials said.
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The arrest of Margaret Thatcher's son last week is the latest example of a crackdown on overthrows.
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Police detained up to 300 people Saturday after violent clashes broke out during a protest against court rulings to evict a group of squatters from a downtown Copenhagen building, witnesses and officials said.
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Nearly 40 protesters gathered Saturday at the home of the chief financial backer of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, whose ads criticize Democrat John Kerry's military record.
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Nearly 250 bicyclists were arrested during a mass protest that passed Madison Square Garden Friday night, the first major police crackdown on demonstrators just days before a wave of activists were expected to descend for the Republican National Convention.
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Pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi spent her fifth consecutive birthday under house arrest Tuesday, as authorities beefed up security around her residence and supporters rallied at her party's headquarters demanding she be freed.
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About 200 people protesting against the death of a man in custody have burnt down a police station, a house and a courthouse on a remote Australian island, before police reinforcements flew in to restore order.
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Police wrapped demonstrators and an entire midtown Manhattan block in orange netting Tuesday to control anti-GOP protests, arresting more than 270 people across the city as activists massed in the streets for a march to the site of the Republican convention.
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At least 20 people were arrested Sunday while protesting a U.S.-run military school for Latin Americans, some of whose graduates they claim later committed civil rights abuses including murder.
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More than a dozen activists who rallied in support of Georgia outside the country's embassy and accosted counter-protesters with taunts and eggs were arrested on Saturday.
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Nearly 1,000 protesters were arrested across Manhattan on Tuesday as swarms of activists massed in the streets for marches to the site of the Republican convention &#151; by far the biggest day of arrests since the demonstrations began last week.
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Pakistani authorities have detained hundreds of opposition party activists in advance of a day of protests against the government this week, opposition party officials said on Tuesday.
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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.
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More than 300 demonstrators were  arrested in the Danish capital on Saturday after violent  clashes between police and youths who were protesting against  the planned closure of a youth center in the city.
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Police and security forces raided an apartment where members of an opposition youth group were meeting Sunday and detained some 30 people, an activist said.