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Harvard University Faces Off With Student Protesters As MIT Clears Camps
Harvard University threatened suspensions for pro-Palestinian protesters if they don't leave a campus encampment, escalating tensions in an impasse that's left the school as one of the few elite colleges that hasn't forcibly removed demonstrators.
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1,500 Arrested In Brazil As President Lula Condemns "Acts Of Terrorism"
Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and arrested 1,500 people as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned "acts of terrorism" after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital.
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Sri Lanka Protest Camp Cleared After 4 Months Amid Action Against Leaders
Protesters in Sri Lanka who brought down the previous government announced they were dismantling their main demonstration site near the president's office on Wednesday in the wake of a crackdown against their leaders.
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New Zealand Police Adopts "Hands-Off Approach" For Anti-Vaccine Protests
New Zealand police ruled out forcibly clearing anti-vaccination protesters camped around parliament in Wellington on Friday, saying they did not want to provoke violence on the streets of the capital.
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In Arvind Kejriwal vs Lieutenant Governor, A 7-Hour Protest By Over 40 Lawmakers
In another big confrontation Aam Aadmi Party legislators camped at Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's house, asking him to sign off on files including one that okays the construction of Mohalla Clinics, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's pet healthcare project for Delhi. They left in the evening after spending over seven hours there.
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Hong Kong Leader Declares Occupy Protest 'Over' as Last Site Cleared
Hong Kong's leader declared an end to more than 11 weeks of sit-in protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police Monday cleared the last remaining camp and arrested a handful of peaceful protesters.
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Hong Kong Police Clear Last Pro-Democracy Protest Site in Retail Hub
Hong Kong authorities started to clear the last of three pro-democracy protest sites on Monday, marking the end of demonstration camps in the city that have blocked streets for more than two months.
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Hong Kong to Shut Down Last, Smallest Protest Site
Hong Kong police said Saturday that they would clear out the third and final pro-democracy protest camp next week, putting an end to demonstrations that have blocked traffic in the southern Chinese city's streets for 2-and-a-half months.
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Hong Kong Police Start Clearing Main Protest Camp
Hong Kong authorities cleared barricades today from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months.
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Police Prepare to Clear Hong Kong Protest Sites
The clearance of Hong Kong's main pro-democracy protest camp will begin Thursday when bailiffs move in, authorities said, but some demonstrators vowed to stand their ground after more than two months of rallies.
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Scuffles Break Out as Hong Kong Clears Part of Protest Site
Scuffles erupted as Hong Kong authorities cleared part of a pro-democracy protest camp in the bustling district of Mong Kok today following a court order to reopen a road, with several demonstrators taken away in police vans.
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Hong Kong Clears Part of Protest Site, As Students Stand By
Hong Kong on Tuesday started to clear part of a protest camp in the heart of the city that has been occupied by pro-democracy demonstrators for nearly two months, leaving most of the main protest site intact.
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Protesters to Face Arrest, Warns Hong Kong Official
Pro-democracy protesters camped out on main streets in Hong Kong for more than six weeks face arrest after a court authorized police to help bailiffs clear them from occupation sites, a senior government official warned on Tuesday.
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Threatens to Clear Protesters Camped in Capital
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, weakened by weeks of demonstrations calling for him to resign, threatened on Wednesday to clear a protest camp established more than a month ago outside government offices in Islamabad.
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Egyptian police kill at least 30 in protest crackdown: Brotherhood
Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, his Muslim Brotherhood movement said.
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Harvard University Faces Off With Student Protesters As MIT Clears Camps
Harvard University threatened suspensions for pro-Palestinian protesters if they don't leave a campus encampment, escalating tensions in an impasse that's left the school as one of the few elite colleges that hasn't forcibly removed demonstrators.
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1,500 Arrested In Brazil As President Lula Condemns "Acts Of Terrorism"
Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and arrested 1,500 people as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned "acts of terrorism" after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital.
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Sri Lanka Protest Camp Cleared After 4 Months Amid Action Against Leaders
Protesters in Sri Lanka who brought down the previous government announced they were dismantling their main demonstration site near the president's office on Wednesday in the wake of a crackdown against their leaders.
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New Zealand Police Adopts "Hands-Off Approach" For Anti-Vaccine Protests
New Zealand police ruled out forcibly clearing anti-vaccination protesters camped around parliament in Wellington on Friday, saying they did not want to provoke violence on the streets of the capital.
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In Arvind Kejriwal vs Lieutenant Governor, A 7-Hour Protest By Over 40 Lawmakers
In another big confrontation Aam Aadmi Party legislators camped at Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's house, asking him to sign off on files including one that okays the construction of Mohalla Clinics, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's pet healthcare project for Delhi. They left in the evening after spending over seven hours there.
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Hong Kong Leader Declares Occupy Protest 'Over' as Last Site Cleared
Hong Kong's leader declared an end to more than 11 weeks of sit-in protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police Monday cleared the last remaining camp and arrested a handful of peaceful protesters.
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Hong Kong Police Clear Last Pro-Democracy Protest Site in Retail Hub
Hong Kong authorities started to clear the last of three pro-democracy protest sites on Monday, marking the end of demonstration camps in the city that have blocked streets for more than two months.
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Hong Kong to Shut Down Last, Smallest Protest Site
Hong Kong police said Saturday that they would clear out the third and final pro-democracy protest camp next week, putting an end to demonstrations that have blocked traffic in the southern Chinese city's streets for 2-and-a-half months.
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Hong Kong Police Start Clearing Main Protest Camp
Hong Kong authorities cleared barricades today from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months.
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Police Prepare to Clear Hong Kong Protest Sites
The clearance of Hong Kong's main pro-democracy protest camp will begin Thursday when bailiffs move in, authorities said, but some demonstrators vowed to stand their ground after more than two months of rallies.
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Scuffles Break Out as Hong Kong Clears Part of Protest Site
Scuffles erupted as Hong Kong authorities cleared part of a pro-democracy protest camp in the bustling district of Mong Kok today following a court order to reopen a road, with several demonstrators taken away in police vans.
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Hong Kong Clears Part of Protest Site, As Students Stand By
Hong Kong on Tuesday started to clear part of a protest camp in the heart of the city that has been occupied by pro-democracy demonstrators for nearly two months, leaving most of the main protest site intact.
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Protesters to Face Arrest, Warns Hong Kong Official
Pro-democracy protesters camped out on main streets in Hong Kong for more than six weeks face arrest after a court authorized police to help bailiffs clear them from occupation sites, a senior government official warned on Tuesday.
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Threatens to Clear Protesters Camped in Capital
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, weakened by weeks of demonstrations calling for him to resign, threatened on Wednesday to clear a protest camp established more than a month ago outside government offices in Islamabad.
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Egyptian police kill at least 30 in protest crackdown: Brotherhood
Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, his Muslim Brotherhood movement said.
