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Pastor Seeking to Protest at Mosque Briefly Jailed
By not in system - AOL NewsDEARBORN, Mich. -- A Florida pastor's planned demonstration outside a Michigan mosque was scuttled Friday after a jury determined the protest would constitute a breach of the peace and he was briefly jailed for refusing to pay what authorities called a "peace bond." The Rev. Terry Jones, whose past rhetoric against Muslims has inflamed anti-Western sentiment in Afghanistan, said he refused to pay the $1 bond because to do so would violate his freedom of speech. He later paid it and was released. Jones had planned a demonstration Friday evening outside the Islamic Center of America in ...
Syrian Leader to Address Nation Amid Protests
By not in system - AOL NewsDAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar Assad is to address the nation Wednesday for the first time since unprecedented protests erupted in this tightly controlled Arab country, a speech seen as a crucial test for his leadership and one that may determine Syria's future. Assad is expected to announce constitutional amendments and sweeping reforms, including an end to nearly 50 years of widely despised state of emergency laws that give the regime a free hand to arrest people without charges. On Tuesday, Assad fired his Cabinet in another move designed to pacify the anti-government ...
Can Iron-Fisted Syria Withstand Wave of Rebellion?
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsJust two months ago, Syrian President Bashar Assad boasted to The Wall Street Journal that his country was "stable" and that -- unlike the soon-to-be-toppled tyrants in Tunisia and Egypt -- his regime was immune to the threat of a pro-democracy uprising. It's unlikely he'd make such a bold statement today. For the past six days, anti-government protests have been raging in the southern city of Daraa. Thousands of locals have taken to the streets, demanding greater political freedom and an end to corruption and state-organized repression. Assad's ruling Baath party has responded to these ...
Protests Spike in Greece as Government Weighs Support of Attack on Libya
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece -- Demonstrators took to the streets of the capital today to protest international air strikes against military assets of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as Greece weighed its support of the allied offensive. Toting anti-war banners and shouting slogans against the bombing raids, hundreds of leftist protesters -- mainly high school and university students -- gathered in central Athens, setting off on a protest march to the Parliament. Similar protests also took place on the island of Crete, where hundreds marched to the U.S.-controlled Souda Bay naval base, which provides ...
Topless Feminists Protest 'Win a Wife' Competition
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsA feminist group in Ukraine has protested a radio station competition to "win a wife" in the most eye-catching way possible -- by removing clothes. The Femen Movement is angered by a contest organized by a New Zealand radio station that offered a listener the opportunity to travel to Ukraine and meet women. Nine women protested in wintry Kiev by going topless and holding aloft banners that claimed "Ukraine is not a brothel" and "Welcome to hell." "Femen warns the lucky winner of the New Zealand competition that he can expect an unhappy ending in Ukraine," activist Olexandra Shevchenko ...
Wisconsin Protests: Far From the Madison Crowd
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Bahrain Quieter Than Libya, but Protests Are Spreading
By Sarah A. Topol - AOL NewsMANAMA, Bahrain -- Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched through the streets here today toward the capital city's financial center in an effort to expand their demonstration beyond Pearl Square and force the government to heed demands for political change. The uprising does not match the intensity of what's going on in Libya, but some of the protesters say they drew inspiration from the rebellion there. "It has a big influence on everyone. If Gadhafi falls, our government will fall directly," Ameena Sabah, one of the Bahrainian protest organizers, told AOL News. Meanwhile, Stars ...
Gadhafi Leaves Libya. Destination: Dictator Island
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