Moscow police quash anti-Kremlin demonstration, briefly detain 15 protesters

October 12th, 2009 Officials: UK Parliament protest has endedLONDON — Protesters and police say that a group of environmental activists have ended their eye-catching demonstration atop Britain's Parliament. The environmental campaign group Greenpeace says the 31 remaining members of a group that scaled central London's neo-gothic legislature are now in police custody.

September 17th, 2009 Iranian regime's forces warn opposition over rallyTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian regime's elite Revolutionary Guard is warning opposition protesters against holding a new anti-government demonstration. Opposition activists have called for protests to coincide with government-sponsored demonstrations marking Quds Day, dedicated to condemning Israel and expressing support for the Palestinians.

August 31st, 2009 Vietnam police detain dissident bloggerHANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese blogger who criticized the Communist Party's policies has been detained by police, his close friend said Monday, days after another popular blogger was fired from his job at a state-controlled newspaper. Bui Thanh Hieu, who writes his blog under the pen name "Nguoi Buon Gio" or "Wind Trader," was taken into police custody in Hanoi on Thursday, said a close friend, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

July 29th, 2009 Russia wants second base in KyrgyzstanMOSCOW — Russian news agencies are quoting a top Kremlin adviser as saying Moscow aims to build a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, where the United States also has a major air base. The RIA-Novosti news agency cited Sergei Prikhodko as saying Wednesday that Kyrgyz and Russian officials have agreed in principle on putting a base in Kyrgyzstan's South.

July 29th, 2009 Kyrgyzstan police disband opposition ralliesBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Police broke up opposition rallies protesting the outcome of Kyrgyzstan's recent presidential election on Wednesday, detaining dozens of demonstrators. Opposition activists accuse the government of rigging last week's vote, during which President Kurmanbek Bakiyev won a second term with 76 percent of the ballots.

July 13th, 2009 Abortion protesters whisked out of hearingWASHINGTON — Anti-abortion protesters briefly disrupted Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination hearing on several occasions Monday. The first outburst came during Sen.

July 7th, 2009 Nearly 40 arrested at anti-G8 protests in RomeROME — Police arrested 38 activists Tuesday during clashes at protests in Rome against this week's Group of Eight summit in central Italy. At one impromptu demonstration early in the day, protesters with covered faces and helmets blocked roads and set fire to garbage bins and tires near one of the capital's universities.

July 7th, 2009 36 arrested at anti-G-8 protest in RomeROME — Police arrested 36 activists Tuesday after clashes at a Rome demonstration against this week's Group of Eight summit in central Italy. Protesters with covered faces and helmets blocked roads and set fire to garbage bins and tires near one of the capital's universities.

July 6th, 2009 US first lady, daughters tour KremlinMOSCOW — Russia's first lady Svetlana Medvedev took Michelle Obama and her two daughters on a low-key tour of the Kremlin just hours after they arrived in Moscow on Monday. They set out on their tour as President Barack Obama began talks with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev elsewhere in the Kremlin on arms control and other issues.

June 25th, 2009 Lawyer: Politkovskaya murder aquittal overturnedMOSCOW — Russia's Supreme Court has thrown out the acquittal of three men tried for the murder of journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya. Defense lawyer Murad Musayev told The Associated Press that the court reached the decision Thursday and ordered a new trial in the case.

June 11th, 2009 Kremlin wants closer US-Russian anti-terror tiesMOSCOW — A top Kremlin official said Thursday that Russia is ready to expand cooperation with the United States in combating international terrorism. Anatoly Safonov, the Kremlin's top envoy on the issue, said President Barack Obama's visit to Russia in early July should help boost joint U.S.-Russian efforts to combat terrorism and prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

May 31st, 2009 Police detain would-be anti-Putin protestersMOSCOW — Russian police thwarted opposition plans for a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in central Moscow on Sunday, detaining a prominent Kremlin critic and more than 30 other government opponents in a show of force. Banned National-Bolshevik Party leader Eduard Limonov was among at least 10 people seen being grabbed by police and dragged into buses as they tried to protest in Triumph Square.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ten people were Tuesday detained from outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence here for trying to stage a protest against his remark that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots 'cannot be kept alive forever'. According to senior police officers, the people, reportedly belonging to the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), sat on a demonstration outside the prime minister's 7 Race Course Road residence around 3 p.m.

April 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 50 Sikhs were Tuesday briefly detained after they tried to break police barricades and march to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence here to protest the detention of a journalist who chucked a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram.

January 18th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree banning exports of military and dual-purpose products to Georgia, the Kremlin press service said Monday. Under the document, valid until Dec 1, 2011, the government is to develop ways to restrict military cooperation with countries supplying Russian or Soviet-made arms to Georgia.