PRESS REVIEW

Protesters have clashed with police at a largely peaceful anti-globalisation rally in the German city of Rostock. Rocks, bottles and sticks were thrown at riot police, who used tear gas and batons to try to disperse the crowd. A police spokeswoman described it as a  (...)

German police have clashed with hundreds of anti-globalisation demonstrators in the northern city of Hamburg, arresting 21 people. Police used water cannon and baton charges against protesters, who pelted them with bottles and stones. The violence followed a march  (...)

By Karin Matussek May 9 (Bloomberg) - German federal and state police forces raided 40 sites today as part of investigations into members of a militant group that planned to attack the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, next month. Police and prosecutors  (...)

The riot broke out after a Chinese woman was given a traffic fine Italian riot police have broken up a violent protest in Milan’s Chinatown by scores of Chinese immigrants. About 10 police officers were injured and a similar number of Chinese people received  (...)

Security is tight in a town in central China following riots that involved as many as 20,000 people. A BBC correspondent in the town, in Hunan province, has seen riot police and soldiers protecting government buildings and patrolling the streets. He says it appears  (...)

Last Saturday, an estimated 1.5 million people surged on to the streets of France in protest against Dominique de Villepin’s faltering government. Sparked by weeks of student opposition, and of teargassed occupations and demonstrations, the scenes have revived  (...)