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Kashmir under curfew, phones blocked to pre-empt protest

Indian-controlled Kashmir imposed a curfew on Friday and blocked mobile phone services to stop people from gathering in the streets and stage violent protests over the killing of a young militant commander by security forces. At l

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Curfew declared in Turkish town as fresh clashes erupt

Turkish authorities declared a curfew in the southeastern town of Silopi on Tuesday after Kurdish militants rocketed an armoured police vehicle, killing one officer and wounding four, security sources said. Witnesses said gunfire

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Police enforce curfew in Baltimore after riots

Thousands of police in riot gear and National Guard troops patrolled Baltimore to enforce a curfew on Tuesday night, dispersing protesters with pepper spray a day after the city was shaken by the worst rioting in the United States in years.

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National Guard deploys as curfew lifted in US town

Missouri's governor lifted the curfew for the St. Louis suburb of the US town of Ferguson on Monday as National Guard troops were called out after days of violent unrest sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white p

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US citizen found dead in Egyptian prison

A US citizen was found dead in an Egyptian prison on Sunday in an apparent suicide six weeks after he was arrested for breaking a curfew, security sources said. James Henry Lunn had been held at Ismailia, northeast of Cairo, since

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Crackdown makes Cairo a ghost town after dark

When night falls in Cairo, a security crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood quickly turns the Arab world's most vibrant city into a ghost town run mostly by vigilantes eager to hunt down members of the Islamist group. The sound

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Brotherhood calls protest march as death toll mounts

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called on followers to march in protest in Cairo on Thursday, after at least 421 people were killed in a security crackdown on the Islamist movement that has left the most populous Arab nation polarised and in turm

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Curfew in Egypt after deadly clashes

Egypt's army imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters clashed with troops there during demonstrations against the country's military rulers, leaving one soldier dead and 373 people wounded

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Curfew relaxed in Manama

A curfew imposed on a stretch of Manama now runs from midnight until 5am. A change in timing was announced yesterday by the BDF’s General Command. The curfew zone extends from the Seef Flyover to the Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalif

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New Bahrain mall timings as curfew relaxed

A number of malls around the country have announced new timings in light of relaxed curfew hours. The curfew extends from the Seef Flyover to the traffic light before the Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Causeway from 11pm to 4am.

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