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Protesters in front of the Supreme Court. (Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

New Anti-Demonstration Rule at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds.

2013/06/13

A demonstrator is detained by police during a demonstration in Kizilay square in Ankara on June 9, 2013. (credit: MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)

Turkey Protests Uniting Fans Of Istanbul’s 3 Rival Soccer Teams

The protests in Turkey have accomplished the seemingly impossible: uniting fans of Istanbul’s three bitterly rival soccer teams.

2013/06/11

Violence, Massive Protests Worsen In West Bank Ahead Of Secretary Kerry Peace Talks

The violence comes ahead of a visit to the region this weekend by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who hopes to find a formula for restarting peace negotiations in the coming months. President Barack Obama has decided to make a new attempt to revive talks after largely ignoring the Israel-Palestinian issue during his first term.

2013/04/04

Preparations at the reviewing stand continue for the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Jan. 15, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Tight Security, Protests Expected at Inauguration

Tea Party fervor has surged and waned in the past four years, Occupy encampments are long gone from parks in the nation’s capital, and the crowd for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration figures to be significantly smaller than the record-breaking turnout of 2009.

2013/01/16

Walmart employees protest outside their store in Capital Plaza. (Credit: WNEW reporter John Domen)

Nationals Protests Did Nothing To Curb Customer Spending at Walmart

Hundreds of Walmart employees protested at Capital Plaza in Landover Friday and thousands at locations nationwide, but shouting storefront voices did nothing to slow maddening sales.

2012/11/23

Pakistani Sunni Muslims torch a U.S. flag during a protest against an anti-Islam movie in Lahore on Sept. 17, 2012. (credit: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Administration Walking Diplomatic Tight Rope Over Anti-Islam Film

While the man behind an anti-Islam movie that ignited violence across the Middle East would likely face swift punishment in his native Egypt for making the film, in America the government is in the thorny position of protecting his free speech rights and looking out for his safety even while condemning his message.

2012/09/18

Damage inside the burnt US consulate building in Benghazi (Photo credit: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Obama’s Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By American Media

As the liberal American press and ultra-liberal bloggers inundate the Internet and newsprints with criticisms of what Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential challenger to President Barack Obama, said about Obama during the Libyan attacks and murders, throngs of foreign press and few American outlets tell the real story involved with the White House’s role in the incidents that we now know could have been prevented.

2012/09/17

Muslims shout anti-US slogans during a protest against an anti-Islam movie in Karachi on September 15, 2012. The Pakistani Taliban on September 15 issued a call to young Muslims worldwide and within the country to rise up against an anti-Islam movie. (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/GettyImages)

Feds Interview Calif. Filmmaker Tied To Anti-Islamic Movie

A Southern California filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic movie inflaming protests across the Middle East was interviewed by federal probation officers at a Los Angeles sheriff’s station but was not arrested or detained, authorities said early Saturday.

2012/09/15

PHOTOS: Unrest in Middle East
Police used tear gas as they clashed with a crowd protesting outside the US embassy in Cairo against a film mocking Islam. (credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GettyImages)

US Identifies Anti-Muslim Filmmaker Blamed for Attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence […]

2012/09/13