Posts Tagged ‘Clear’
Police burn protest tents to clear Cairo’s Tahrir (AP)
AP – Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in the middle of Cairo’s Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least four protesters were killed.
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Flames in Tahrir as police try to clear protesters (AP)
AP – Egyptian soldiers and police set fire to protest tents in the middle of Cairo’s Tahrir Square and fired tear gas and rubber bullets in a major assault Sunday to drive out thousands demanding that the military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government. At least three protesters were killed.
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Police clear out downtown Occupy Oakland camp (AP)
AP – Riot-clad law enforcement officers cleared out a weeks-old anti-Wall Street encampment in Oakland just before dawn Monday after issuing several warnings to Occupy demonstrators.
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Occupy: Police clear OR park, CA action possible (AP)
AP – Police drove hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators from weeks-old encampments in Portland and arrested more than 50 of them, as authorities in Oakland, Calif., warned Occupy campers that a similar crackdown was coming.
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Vigils for injured vet, police clear Tenn. protest (AP)
AP – Anti-Wall Street demonstrators held vigils for an Iraq War veteran seriously injured during a protest clash with police in California as some Occupy encampments came under growing pressure from authorities to abandon sites in parks and plazas.
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Riot squads clear Wall St. protests in 2 cities (AP)
AP – Police guarded newly-cleared plazas early Wednesday in Atlanta and Oakland, Calif., after clearing Occupy Wall Street protest camps in both cities. Dozens of demonstrators were arrested in swift crack-downs by riot squads after local authorities lost patience with the rallies.
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For Obama, finding one clear foil may take a while (AP)
AP – Maybe even more than the Republicans, President Barack Obama is looking forward to the GOP picking a candidate to challenge him.
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