VIOLENCE, BOYCOTT MAR ELECTIONS IN BANGLADESH
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi policemen stand guard as a man walks by on a street during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a…
Political and civil unrest
BANGLADESH VOTE UNLIKELY TO STEM WAVE OF VIOLENCE
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi policemen check passengers riding on a rickshaw during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections…
EGYPT AIRS WHAT IT CLAIMS IS TERROR CONFESSION
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. An Egyptian judge says…
CAMBODIAN POLL PROTESTERS JOINED BY WORKERS AGAIN
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy, center right, and his party Cambodia National Rescue Party’s Vice President Kem Sokha, center left, wave during a mass demonstration at the on the main…
EGYPT: 3 KILLED AS POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Egyptian security forces fire tear gas to disperse supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi as they protest at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.…
THAI ARMY CHIEF URGES CALM, DOESN’T RULE OUT COUP
By JINDA WEDEL Thailand’s army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha answers a question during a news conference at army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Prayuth urged both sides…
PUSSY RIOT STILL WANT TO TOPPLE PUTIN
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian punk band Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks during their news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Two Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova…
THAI POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN CLASHES IN BANGKOK
By PAPITCHAYA BOONNGOK An anti-government protester throws a rock at riot police near a sport gymnasium in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Protesters trying to halt preparations for elections…