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Frustrated Lebanese depositors turn rage on crisis-hit banks
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Frustrated Lebanese depositors turn rage on crisis-hit banks

BEIRUT (Reuters) — As cash runs short at Lebanon’s banks, so has the patience of depositors. Hit by restrictions on…
India protests rage on as death toll rises to 24
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India protests rage on as death toll rises to 24

Thousands of people joined fresh rallies against a contentious citizenship law in India on Saturday, with 24 killed so far…
Finger-wagging Muslim women become Indian protest symbols
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Finger-wagging Muslim women become Indian protest symbols

A group of Muslim women who formed a barricade around a male student being attacked by baton-swinging police have become…
Protests rage as US, UK warn on travel to northeast India
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Protests rage as US, UK warn on travel to northeast India

Protests against a divisive new citizenship law raged Saturday as Washington and London issued travel warnings for northeast India following…
Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill
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Protests rage in northeast India over citizenship bill

Protestors in northeast India set fire to tyres and cut down trees to block roads on Tuesday in a shutdown…
Iraqi officials raise toll to 25 killed in Baghdad bloodshed
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Iraqi officials raise toll to 25 killed in Baghdad bloodshed

BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters wielding a blood-drenched flag returned to Baghdad’s central plaza on Saturday after a night of…
Unrelenting transport chaos as French strike bites
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Unrelenting transport chaos as French strike bites

Public transport in France was crippled for a fourth day Sunday as the government prepared to respond to anger over…
No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited
World

No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited

France was on Saturday expecting its most serious nationwide strike in years to paralyse the country over the weekend, with…
Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit
Middle East

Iraqis keep up anti-regime demos despite PM’s vow to quit

Iraqis kept up anti-government protests in Baghdad and the south on Saturday, unsatisfied with the premier’s vowed resignation and insisting…
Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests
Middle East

Iraq PM says will resign after bloody protests

Iraq’s embattled premier announced Friday he would resign in keeping with the wishes of the country’s top cleric, as renewed…
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