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Solace for world leaders trying to enforce painful austerity measures: At least you're not running Romania.

After preliminary election results raised questions about cheating, protesters torched the headquarters of the government-backed presidential candidate.

Workers opposed to a higher retirement age blocked roads to airports around France on Wednesday, leaving passengers in Paris dragging suitcases on foot along an emergency breakdown lane.

There were reports of sporadic clashes between the police and protesters around Tehran, with reports of arrests varying from a handful to 200.

European Union finance ministers tried to broaden efforts to contain the region's debt crisis on Tuesday and Spanish public sector workers protested over government cutbacks.

Thailand's prime minister lifted a nighttime curfew in Bangkok and other areas on Saturday, saying that order has been restored 10 days after a violent confrontation with anti-government protesters killed more than a dozen people and left ...

In a telephone interview, Thaksin Shinawatra would only say that he was in touch with red shirt leaders.

The Thai government on Sunday extended a curfew in the capital and nearly a third of the country's provinces for at least two more nights, but shortened the hours when residents are required to stay off the streets.

Life in Bangkok inched back to normal on Friday as authorities cleaned up the Thai capital after riots and arson attacks by anti-government protesters whose movement was put down by troops after a two-month rally.

Protesters marched through Athens Thursday, the first since three people died when a bank was torched.