Police break up second day of anti-IMF protest in Istanbul

October 6th, 2009 Police break up anti-IMF protest in IstanbulISTANBUL — Turkish police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray on Tuesday to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held in Istanbul. Dozens of masked protesters shattered the windows of a McDonald's restaurant and several banks, also damaging vehicles as they ran into the streets behind Istanbul's Taksim Square, which is less than a kilometer (half a mile) from the venue of the IMF and World Bank meeting.

October 1st, 2009 ISTANBUL - A protester threw a shoe at the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday and tried to storm the stage at a Turkish university. IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was holding a townhall-style meeting at Bilgi University in Istanbul, where the IMF and World Bank are holding their annual meetings this week and next.

October 1st, 2009 Turkey: student protester hurls shoe at IMF chiefISTANBUL — A student journalist threw a shoe at IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday and ran toward the stage shouting "IMF get out!" as the finance official answered questions at a university in Istanbul. The white sports shoe bounced off another student's head but missed the IMF chief before landing beside him on the speaker's platform.

October 1st, 2009 Protester throws shoe at IMF director in IstanbulISTANBUL — A student journalist threw a shoe at IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday and ran toward the stage shouting "IMF get out!" as the finance official answered questions at a university in Istanbul. The white sports shoe missed the IMF chief and landed on the platform.

October 1st, 2009 Protester throws shoe at IMF director in IstanbulISTANBUL — A protester threw a shoe at IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn but missed during a conference at an Istanbul university Thursday. The man threw his white sports shoe and ran toward the speakers platform shouting "IMF get out," but he was blocked by security guards.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - Anti-Islam demonstrators plan to protest outside one of London's largest mosques on Friday (September 11), the eighth anniversary of 9/11 attacks in the United States, raising the prospect of violence. Large numbers of anti-fascists also intend to descend on the site of the new Harrow central mosque to show solidarity with Muslims, The Times reports.

August 31st, 2009 Moscow police quash anti-Kremlin rally, detain 15MOSCOW — Riot police briefly detained about 15 people trying to hold an anti-Kremlin demonstration in central Moscow on Monday to defend Russians' constitutional right to assembly. Camouflage-clad police grabbed the protesters as they arrived at the square near the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and hustled them into buses, carrying some by their arms and legs.

August 15th, 2009 Report: 1 killed in explosion in IstanbulANKARA, Turkey — News reports say an explosion inside a trash container in Istanbul has killed one person and injured one other. Private NTV television says the explosion occurred late Friday in the low-income Gaziosmanpasa neighborhood.

August 15th, 2009 1 killed in explosion in IstanbulANKARA, Turkey — An explosion inside a trash container in Istanbul has killed one person and injured one other, police and news reports said Saturday. Istanbul Police Chief Huseyin Capkin said the blast late Friday in the low-income Gaziosmanpasa neighborhood killed a night watchman guarding a nearby building.

July 5th, 2009 Greek, Russian Orthodox leaders show unityISTANBUL, Turkey — The spiritual leaders of the Orthodox Christian churches in Istanbul and Russia led Sunday prayers together in a show of unity after years of jostling for influence. Istanbul Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said the two churches must overcome differences, though he stressed his church's status as "first among equals" with the historic role of coordinating between the various Orthodox branches, of which Russia's is the largest.

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 6th, 2009 Several said injured in Georgia clashTBILISI, Georgia — Police armed with truncheons have beat opposition leaders during a protest in Georgia. It appeared to be the most serious outbreak of violence in more than three weeks of demonstrations calling for President Mikhail Saakashvili's resignation.

May 1st, 2009 Anti-abortion activist arrested at Notre DameSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry has been arrested while protesting against President Barack Obama's upcoming commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame just hours after he was ordered off school grounds.

April 30th, 2009 TORONTO - The protest by Tamil people living in Canada, who want the West to broker a ceasefire between the Sri Lankan Army and the separatist Tigers, entered its fourth day on Wednesday with police refusing to break up the protest as long as it remains peaceful. Hours later demonstrators tried to push their way north of University Avenue.

April 27th, 2009 Reports: Turkish police in shootout with militantsANKARA, Turkey — Turkish television reports say police in Istanbul are involved in a shootout with leftist militants following a raid on a safe house in a residential area that has wounded at least six policemen. Television footage shows police units surrounding an apartment building in the Bostanci district of the city on Monday.