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Worldwide, people are protesting issues. Some protesters facing police weapons, such as tear gas and pepper spray ,often arrange for their own action or street medics.

Ten years ago, on November 30, 1999, 40,000 protesters, including religious groups, workers unions, environmentalists, and anarchists, kept WTO members penned in hotels.

Thousands protesting the G20 meetings in Pittsburgh, PA, were attacked by American police, military and national guard as world leaders discussed global economic issues.

Security guard training and a passed criminal background check are all that's needed to get a California guard card and begin a career as a private security officer.

Amidst the political gathering of delegates, politicians and other figures present at the Republican National Convention, there existed another convention.

Why on May 4, 1970, were thirteen students shot by Ohio National Guard troops during during a Viet Nam anti-war rally.

One year after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, police from the European Union, backed by NATO peacekeepers, fire tear gas and stun grenades at Serb protesters.

Tensions have risen again in both Indian and Pakistan administrated Kashmir after Indian police shot dead a prominent separatist leader on Monday 11th August.

Tensions between the federal government and Muslim majority in the Kashmir Valley have remained high since the awarding of land to a Hindu pilgrimage group in June.

A brief look at why writing affects people as they read, and how being an author allows one to manipulate the reader's emotions.

Far from being violent terrorists, most modern anarchists are progressive activists interested in peace, justice, and social change.

Renegade military officers walked out of a court hearing on their 2003 Oakwood Hotel mutiny, took over the Peninsula Hotel, and demanded President Arroyo's resignation.

Secret Service agents arrested Raymond Geisel for threatening presidential candidate Barack Obama. What did he do wrong, was there a crime?

On April 22, 1915, Canadian troops held the line in the Ypres salient when the Germans used poison gas for the first time in WW I.

Desperate people looting and killing to fill their empty bellies. Times have changed. There is no cheap food anymore. Can oil $ fix the world's food shortage?

Hooliganism has seen thousands of people killed and even more injured in the shadow of our 'beautiful game'. The violence isn't just resigned to one country however.

Sixty years ago, a deeply disturbed man embarked on a carefully planned killing orgy in Camden, New Jersey; he just died of old age.

In custody for leading a 2003 mutiny, Trillanes was elected to the Senate last May, then led the Nov 29th coup attempt. His escapades have precedents in the Philippines.

Rajneesh feels threatened and arms himself and his colony. His coffers are low so he recruits homeless people to do his bidding.

From the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 to the Iranian election protests of 2009, students continue to be at the centre of political demonstrations worldwide.

When Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in 1968, Albert Turner drove him to his grave in a mule-drawn wagon.

Animals have evolved a variety of chemicals for defence and attack. From the ant to birds and snakes, the arsenal available to the animal world is diverse.

An independent judicial watch group and their attorneys recall the "Search Warrant Trick" then Atty. Gen. Janet Reno used in changing Elian's family custody.

Herbert Hoover's background as a self-made man and international humanitarian qualified him to lead the nation but events swiftly neutralized his leadership competence.

When NHL President Clarence Campbell suspended Rocket Richard in 1955, he, and the Montreal police, got a lot more than they bargained for - An angry mob.