Protesters Denounce APEC Summit in Chile
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A cloud of tear gas surrounds a demonstrator during clashes with Chilean police as protesters stage a rally against the upcoming APEC summit in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004.
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SANTIAGO - High level talks on free trade and global security got underway in the Chilean capital, as ministers from 21 Pacific Rim countries convened for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit.
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ROSTOCK, Germany  - Anti-globalization protesters converged on the Baltic port of Rostock on Saturday to demonstrate against the policies of the world's leading industrial countries ahead of a Group of Eight summit next week.
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SANTIAGO -- Police used tear gas, water cannons, and clubs against demonstrators staging nationwide protests yesterday over government social and economic policies. More than 370 people were detained, officials said. About 50 protesters and 18 police officers were injured, none seriously. Senator Alejandro Navarro, who joined the demonstration against the government's free-market policies, was clubbed in the head by a ...
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Police in Chile clash with demonstrators protesting against the government's economic policies.
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SANTIAGO  - Leaders of the Asia-Pacific axis promised a hard crackdown on terror and united against North Korean nuclear weapons program at a summit in Chile, but they ducked a radical new plan for region-wide free trade.
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Several thousand protesters marched through the streets of Santiago, Chile Friday to protest the APEC (Asia and Pacific Economic forum) meeting taking place there and, in particular, the visit by President Bush.
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World leaders began arriving Thursday in the Chilean capital of Santiago for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation talks. The talks with several prominent world leaders including
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SANTIAGO  - Chilean anti-riot forces fired tear gas and water cannon at student protesters, three days before President George W. Bush&#39;s arrival for a weekend Asia-Pacific summit.
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Tens of thousands of South Korean workers held rallies and staged strikes to oppose a free trade agreement with the United States and demand better working conditions. Chanting ÂDown, down F.T.A.,Â thousands of protesters held a peaceful rally near the city hall in central Seoul, while hundreds clashed with police in the southwestern city of Gwangju. No injuries were reported. The protest comes less than two weeks before South Korean and American negotiators meet for their fifth round of free trade talks in the United States to hammer out an accord that would sharply reduce tariffs and other trade barriers. Seoul and Washington started the negotiations in June and have made some headway, but they are unlikely to wrap up an agreement by the end of this year, as originally hoped.
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Police scuffled with hundreds of protesters in central Seoul Monday as an estimated 100,000 people rallied against calls for the abolition of a security law crafted a half-century ago to fight communism.
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Top government ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations convened high-level talks on free trade and global security Wednesday, while police battled university students protesting the summit and a weekend visit by President Bush.
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About 25,000 protesters opposed to US President George W Bush, the war in Iraq and unfettered capitalism marched through the Chilean capital Santiago on Friday.
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Angry protesters opposed to an economic summit of Pacific Rim nations and US President George W. Bush battled police for hours Wednesday, hurling rocks at officers who responded with tear gas and water cannon blasts.
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By Jason Webb SANTIAGO, Chile  - Asia-Pacific leaders promisedon Sunday to try to revive world trade talks and fightterrorism after a summit marred at the end by spats over thesecurity of President Bush.
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Protestors gathered in the streets of the Dutch capital, The Hague, to denounce plans for tough economic austerity measures.
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Several hundred Pakistan opposition activists gathered outside the Supreme Court on Friday to denounce President Pervez Musharraf's bid to win another term in an October 6 election.