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May 30, 2007 4:24 AM CDT

14 Die in Indian Race Riots

Minority group pushing for affirmative action clashes with police

(Newser) - An ethnic minority in Northwest India clashed with police yesterday during a demonstration, leaving 14 people dead. The Army has been called into Rajasthan to restore order, after tens of thousands of Gujjars blocked a key highway and fought with police trying to break up their protest.

Moscow Gay Rights Activists Arrested After Bloody Melee

May 28, 2007 7:06 AM CDT

Moscow Gay Rights Activists Arrested After Bloody Melee

Activists were petitioning for the right to hold a gay-pride parade

(Newser) - Gay-rights protesters petitioning the mayor of Moscow to lift the ban on gay-pride parades yesterday were punched and kicked by anti-gay extremists shouting "death to homosexuals." About 20 protesters were detained by police.

Fewer March for Immigration

May 1, 2007 4:05 PM CDT

Fewer March for Immigration

(Newser) - Thousands turned out across the country today to rally in favor of a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. But with immigration reform off the table in Washington, their numbers marked a sharp decrease from the 650,000 who congregated last year in L.A. alone.

Million Turks Rally for Secularism

Apr 30, 2007 6:35 AM CDT

Million Turks Rally for Secularism

(Newser) - Secular Turks staged an enormous rally yesterday amid a constitutional crisis over the election of the next president, the BBC reports. As many as a million protesters turned out in Istanbul to oppose ruling-party candidate Abdullah Gul, who they're afraid is orchestrating an Islamic coup in the country even as...

Anti-American Protests
Mark Iraqi Anniversary

Apr 9, 2007 6:49 AM CDT

Anti-American Protests Mark Iraqi Anniversary

Al-Sadr demonstrations draw tens of thousands

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Iraqis converged today on the southern city of Najaf, a Shia shrine, to mark the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. Waving Iraqi flags and chanting anti-U.S. slogans, demonstators marched from Kufa to neighboring Najaf. AP reports that two cordons of Iraqi...

Chocolate Christ Show Cancelled

Mar 31, 2007 5:54 PM CDT

Chocolate Christ Show Cancelled

New York gallery pulls sculpture after Catholic outcry

(Newser) - A nude chocolate Christ, sans loincloth, was pulled from a midtown Manhattan gallery yesterday after torrent of complaints from offended Catholics . Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, which orchestrated the protest, said the sculpture, intended for display during Holy Week, was "one of the worst assaults...