Global insurrection update - Madagascar and Bahrain
updater | 27.01.2009 10:10
A REVOLT against the state in Madagascar has seen people set fire to the state radio building and a TV station owned by the president, Marc Ravalomanana.
One protester at the TV station has been shot dead by "mercenaries" employed to guard it from the anrgy crowds, it has been reported.
One protester at the TV station has been shot dead by "mercenaries" employed to guard it from the anrgy crowds, it has been reported.
The mounting tensions had forced Ravalomanana, who came to power after disputed elections in 2001, to cut short a trip to South Africa and return home on Sunday.
The protests are centred around shrinking freedoms in Madagascar and a massive controversial project to lease vast swathes of farmland to South Korean industrial giant Daewoo.
Former colonial power France on Monday urged respect for "constitutional order" and democratic principles.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifYpP8iWpJhrORhlxvn0fDhGVjgQ
And riots erupted on Monday across the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy of Bahrain - a key US ally and home to the US Fifth Fleet.
Riot police fired tear gas at knots of youths hurling stones and burning car tyres in protest over the early morning arrests of three prominent activists.
According to the International Herald Tribune: "The protests gained steam in the late afternoon and were continuing into the night, with few parts of the island unaffected. Traffic in many places was snarled by the demonstrations and riot police could be seen everywhere."
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/26/news/ML-Bahrain-Arrests.php
The protests are centred around shrinking freedoms in Madagascar and a massive controversial project to lease vast swathes of farmland to South Korean industrial giant Daewoo.
Former colonial power France on Monday urged respect for "constitutional order" and democratic principles.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifYpP8iWpJhrORhlxvn0fDhGVjgQ And riots erupted on Monday across the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy of Bahrain - a key US ally and home to the US Fifth Fleet.
Riot police fired tear gas at knots of youths hurling stones and burning car tyres in protest over the early morning arrests of three prominent activists.
According to the International Herald Tribune: "The protests gained steam in the late afternoon and were continuing into the night, with few parts of the island unaffected. Traffic in many places was snarled by the demonstrations and riot police could be seen everywhere."
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/26/news/ML-Bahrain-Arrests.php
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