Chicago mayor sues to end teachers strike
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking the teachers strike to court. Emanuel made good Monday on promised legal action to try and end the first Chicago teachers strike in 25 years, instructing his lawyers...
Category: Riots and Protests
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President Leads, Obama Follows
Today, UN Ambassador Susan Rice explained to Jake Tapper of ABC News that America wasn’t “impotent” in the Middle East. What was her proof? Let’s look at what’s happened. It’s quite the opposite of being...
Violent protests continue in Kabul, Afghanistan over anti-Islam film
Demonstrators have set alight to cars and chanted ‘death to America’ as they protested over an anti-Islam film made in California. . Report by Katie Lamborn.
Chicago schools stay closed for second week
The contract dispute between Chicago’s public school teachers and the city is heading to court after the the teachers union unexpectedly decided to extend its strike. CBS News’ Dean Reynolds reports.
Raw Video: Occupy Wall Street Arrests
About a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters have been arrested during a march near the New York Stock Exchange on the anniversary of the grass-roots movement. (Sept. 17)
Iran vowed to track down and punish the makers of a video mocking the Prophet Mohammad
Iran vowed to track down and punish the makers of a video mocking the Prophet Mohammad in the first state-sponsored threat to the people behind the inflamatory footage. The video made in California and...
Japan brandname firms shut China plants after protest violence
(Reuters) – Some major Japanese brandname firms announced factory shutdowns in China on Monday and urged expatriates to stay indoors ahead of what could be more angry protests over a territorial dispute between Asia’s two biggest...
Ambassador to the United Nations Paints Pretty Picture of Middle East
The Obama administration is doubling down on its theory that the attack a week ago on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was a “spontaneous” act, despite the Libyan president calling that idea “preposterous.” The...
US embassy protest in London over controversial film on Islam
Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in London on Friday to vent their anger over a film that’s said to insult the prophet Muhammad.
