Tear Gas

WATCH: SWAT Team Breaks Up Massive College Party With Teargas

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.24.2012

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Have you ever attended a party so wild a SWAT team had to break it up? On April 21, 33 people were arrested after an annual block party to celebra...

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WATCH: Versatile 'Vortex Gun' Blows 90-MPH Rings of Gas

Posted 03.04.2012

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By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 03/02/2012 01:22 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily Vortex guns capable of firing doughn...

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MADE IN BRAZIL: Arms Exports Are Clear As Mud

Posted 02.29.2012

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By Daniel Santini and Natalia Viana, Publica A small, scratched metal can thrown on the ground created Brazil's first diplomatic embarrassment of 2...

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Greece Is the Wor(l)d: Part 2

Alexia Amvrazi | Posted 04.24.2012

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It starts with a tingle in the nose, like you're about to sneeze. Next, a stinging in the eyes. Welcome to the effects of tear-gas, which for Athenians has become an ordinary experience.

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Congress Pushes State Department Over Misused American Tear Gas In Spending Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The 2012 omnibus spending bill released Thursday morning includes tough new language about the way American tear gas has been used again...

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Amnesty Blasts U.S. For Arms Shipments To Egypt

AP | Posted 02.06.2012

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CAIRO — Amnesty International on Wednesday criticized the U.S. government for allowing arms shipments to Egypt despite its security forces' reco...

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Egypt Elections: Turmoil In Tahrir Square Casts Pall Over Ruling Military Regime, An American Ally

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.25.2011

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CAIRO -- As tens of thousands of people packed into downtown's Tahrir Square for the eighth straight day of massive street protests against Egypt's mi...

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[Gallery] Tantawi's Speech Sparks Anger In Tahrir Square, Conflict Persists

Turnstyle | Posted 01.23.2012

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By: Shadi Rahimi Photo Credit: SHADI RAHIMI/Turnstyle News Protestors say the tear gas being used by riot police this week was more powerful than t...

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WATCH: Politicians Blast Rivals With Tear Gas In Parliament

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 01.22.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's ruling party forced a long-stalled free trade deal with the United States through parliament Tuesday, enragin...

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Does Oakland's Police Chief Think Occupy Activists Are Anarchists?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Last week, civil rights attorneys in Oakland filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and a civil suit against the Oakland Polic...

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Tahrir Square Clashes Raise Fears About Future

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.19.2011

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CAIRO -- Protesters retook control of Tahrir Square late on Saturday after a protracted series of clashes with security officers armed with tear gas a...

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Protesters Clash With Security Forces In Tahrir Square Days Before Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.19.2011

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CAIRO -- Security officers from the Egyptian Interior Ministry attempted to clear a few remaining protesters from Tahrir Square on Saturday morning, s...

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Mayor Quan's Legal Adviser Quits Over Her Handling Of Occupy Oakland Camp

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As a platoon of Oakland Police Department officers began clearing out Occupy Oakland's encampment for a second time at Frank Ogawa Plaza...

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WATCH: Occupy Denver On Keith Olbermann's Show

Posted 01.01.2012

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Debate on Saturday's escalation among police and Occupy Denver protester relations spilled into the national discussion as reports of police firing pe...

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Oakland Police History, Culture Under Scrutiny In Wake Of Violence

Turnstyle | Posted 01.01.2012

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By: Nishat Kurwa At a general assembly of Occupy Oakland protesters last week, a surprising number of people said they were there to thank the police...

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Scott Olsen's Family Arrives In Oakland

Turnstyle | Posted 10.27.2011

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How You Can Help Scott Olsen, Iraq War Vet Critically Injured At 'Occupy Oakland'

Posted 12.26.2011

Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen was injured after being hit in the head with a police projectile at Occupy Oakland. Olsen's family is waiting to see i...

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Oakland Police Critically Injure Iraq War Veteran During Occupy Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 12.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Oakland Police Department fired tear gas on Occupy Oakland demonstrators Tuesday night as they marched through downtown, determined ...

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Obama: 'Outrageous' Violence In Syria Must 'End Now'

AP | Posted 06.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is condemning the latest use of force by Syria against anti-government demonstrators and says the regime's "outra...

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How A California Prison Became The Tear Gas Capital Of America

Luke Whyte | Posted 06.10.2011

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"Gas 'em 'till they puke" became the unofficial officers' motto back then -- so much so that, "You can still see it written on license plate frames in the parking lot."

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2 Reported Dead In Bahrain Protests

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.25.2011

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MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain's leaders banned public gatherings and sent tanks into the streets Thursday, intensifying a crackdown that killed five...

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Egypt Post-Mortem: American Principles and the New Middle East

Adam Chandler | Posted 05.25.2011

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The regime changes of the past month are not cause for an American victory lap. And when future Egyptian leaders speak out against oppression, their anger will be also directed at the U.S.

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Richard Engel, On The Ground In Egypt, Shows Tear Gas Canister Stamped 'Made In The USA'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's pretty difficult to boil down the entirety of the complications that exist between the United States and Egypt into sixty seconds, but this segment offered by MSNBC's Richard Engel possibly comes the closest.

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This "Revolution" Will Not Be Twittered?

Parvez Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

My conversation with my friend Negma is fragmented and she lets out a torrent of words -- she knows that she might be cut off any minute.

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James Madison U Block Party Turns Into A Riot, 30 Arrested

Posted 05.25.2011

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Spring is in the air. But for students at James Madison University, there's now also a hint of tear gas. This Saturday at JMU, the school's annual Sp...

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