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Berkeley have barricaded themselves inside a campus building to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees.Campus police say they've arrested three demonstrators, but aren't saying how many remain in the building.Protestors are demanding the university rehire laid-off custodial workers and give amnesty to anyone arrested in the protests.Some 30 to 50 protesters staged a takeover at ucla yesterday, as regents there met to approve the fee hike for the state university system.Regents say they're forced to raise fees because the state government can't meet the university's funding needs.  

Officials say dozens of people occupying a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts have been arrested.  

Two students were arrested yesterday morning when hundreds of students held a sit-in demonstration at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School to protest what they claim are unfair disciplinary tactics by the school administration.  

BERKELEY, Calif. The occupation of a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts has ended peacefully. UC Berkeley spokeswoman Claire Holmes says 41 demonstrators who had barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall were arrested on suspicion of trespassing around 5 p.m.  

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) The occupation of a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts has ended peacefully. UC Berkeley spokeswoman Claire Holmes says 41 demonstrators who had barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall were arrested on suspicion of trespassing around 5 p.m.  

The United States in a travel advisory has asked its nationals to be cautious while traveling in Nepal in view of the precarious security situation in that country. "The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal, and urges caution when traveling in that country," the State Department said in its travel advisory issued Thursday. Expressing concerns over the prevailing security situation in Nepal, the advisory asked American citizens to obtain updated security informatio

The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal, and urges caution when traveling in that country   -State Department

 

BERKELEY, Calif. The occupation of a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts has ended peacefully. UC Berkeley spokeswoman Claire Holmes says 41 demonstrators who had barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall were arrested on suspicion of trespassing around 5 p.m.  

The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Obama. The attempt to ban media at the event scheduled for Monday was met with protests from The Associated Press and The Fayetteville Observer. The military then proposed limited media coverage, but lifted that plan Friday.  

The United Nations criticized Iran on Friday for numerous human rights abuses in the wake of the disputed presidential election in June, including the arrests, intimidation and mass trials of members of the political opposition. A draft resolution detailing the criticism was approved by a vote of 74-48, with 59 countries abstaining. Although a resolution rebuking the Islamic Republic for domestic oppression has been an annual event for about 15 years, the latest version expressed particular concern ab

The election was another display of the democratic nature and openness of the political system   -Mohammad Khazaee