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A backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi helps evacuate an injured riot-police officer during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. — OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images

A backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi helps evacuate an injured riot-police officer during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. — OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images

Palestinian demonstrators run from tear gas during a protest again Israeli separation barriers in the West Bank village of Bilin. — NY Times

Palestinian demonstrators run from tear gas during a protest again Israeli separation barriers in the West Bank village of Bilin. — NY Times

Alongside bargain retailers, cheap restaurants, debt collectors and bankruptcy lawyers, a midsize factory in Siberia is promoting a product that it hopes is just the thing for hard times. Employees here call it the “anti-democracy truck,” a modified fire truck fitted with a water cannon and designed to quell riots. — NY Times

Alongside bargain retailers, cheap restaurants, debt collectors and bankruptcy lawyers, a midsize factory in Siberia is promoting a product that it hopes is just the thing for hard times. Employees here call it the “anti-democracy truck,” a modified fire truck fitted with a water cannon and designed to quell riots. — NY Times

Dozens killed in latest Madagascar protest Security forces in Madagascar fired on a crowd of protesters outside a presidential palace in the capital over the weekend, with several reports saying that more than 25 people had been killed. The violence was another deadly episode in a struggle for power between President Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina, the elected mayor of Antananarivo, the capital. — International Herald Tribune

Dozens killed in latest Madagascar protest

Security forces in Madagascar fired on a crowd of protesters outside a presidential palace in the capital over the weekend, with several reports saying that more than 25 people had been killed.

The violence was another deadly episode in a struggle for power between President Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina, the elected mayor of Antananarivo, the capital. — International Herald Tribune

Anti-forum protest turns violent in Geneva Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at bottle-throwing leftist demonstrators in Geneva who protested Saturday against the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss Alps. Police chased after black-clad protesters through the narrow streets of what is known as the “city of peace,” as Saturday shoppers took refuge in bars and cafes. An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw a few minor injuries. — Associated Press

Anti-forum protest turns violent in Geneva

Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at bottle-throwing leftist demonstrators in Geneva who protested Saturday against the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss Alps.

Police chased after black-clad protesters through the narrow streets of what is known as the “city of peace,” as Saturday shoppers took refuge in bars and cafes. An Associated Press reporter on the scene saw a few minor injuries. — Associated Press

In the first such strikes since the inauguration of President Barack Obama, suspected U.S. missile barrages today killed at least 18 people in the lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said… …Pakistani tribesmen in Islamabad protest against military operations in tribal areas. More than 1,000 hard-liners demonstrated in the capital, saying there would only be peace in regions close to the Afghan border if the government severs its ties with the United States. — LA Times

In the first such strikes since the inauguration of President Barack Obama, suspected U.S. missile barrages today killed at least 18 people in the lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said…

…Pakistani tribesmen in Islamabad protest against military operations in tribal areas. More than 1,000 hard-liners demonstrated in the capital, saying there would only be peace in regions close to the Afghan border if the government severs its ties with the United States. — LA Times