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Russian police officers detain an activist from the opposition group "Another Russia" during a protest against forthcoming elections in central Moscow November 22, 2011. Russia will vote in Parliamentary elections on December 4. Reuters

Residents hold signs reading: "Love Communist Party of China" (L) and "Return my farmland" (C) as they march on a street during a protest in Wukan village of Lufeng, Guangdong province November 22, 2011. Thousands of villagers angry that officials had failed to address their grievances following riots two months ago marched to a government office in southern China to demand the return of land they say was illegally seized, witnesses and the media said. Reuters

Members of the Galician pro-indepence group Ceive stage a protest in favor of the transfert of jailed Galician independentist to Galician jails, next to a polling station in the village of Escravitude, some 20 kms from Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, on November 20, 2011. Spaniards voted in rain-swept elections Sunday that were all but certain to hand a thundering victory to the right and topple yet another debt-laden eurozone government. Bowed by a 21,5 percent jobless rate, economic stagnation and deep spending cuts, the first voters of the 36 million-strong Spanish electorate headed to polls ready to punish the ruling Socialists. Getty

A protester gestures during clashes with Egyptian riot police, not seen, near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government. (Tara Todras-Whitehill)

A protester overcome with tear gas inhalation is helped inside a cafe during clashes with the Egyptian riot police, not seen, near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government. (Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Wounded protesters are seen in a field hospital during clashes with Egyptian riot police in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Firing tear gas and rubber bullets, Egyptian riot police on Sunday clashed for a second day with thousands of rock-throwing protesters demanding that the ruling military quickly announce a date to hand over power to an elected government. (Khalil Hamra)

Occupy Oakland protester Abby Balanda demonstrates during a march through Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Anti-Wall Street protesters in Oakland pushed down a chain-link fence surrounding a city-owned vacant lot where they planned a new encampment on Saturday. (Noah Berger)

An Occupy Oakland protester, who declined to give her name, pitches a tent to establish a new encampment in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Police raided the group's previous camp on Monday. Anti-Wall Street protesters in Oakland pushed down a chain-link fence surrounding a city-owned vacant lot where they planned a new encampment on Saturday. (Noah Berger)

A police officer arrests a demonstrator affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement as they block the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in New York. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators marched through New York's financial district and promised a national day of action with mass gatherings in other cities. (Mary Altaffer)

Police officers arrest a demonstrator affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 in New York. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators marched through New York's financial district and promised a national day of action with mass gatherings in other cities. (Mary Altaffer)

Naked Israeli women pose for a photograph in Tel Aviv, November 19, 2011, to show solidarity with Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, who put naked pictures of herself on the Internet, support free expression and protest against Islamic extremism. The banner reads: "Love With No Boundaries". Picture taken November 19, 2011. Reuters

Tibetan Buddhist nun Palden Choetso sits in a house, in this handout picture taken in 1998 and recently released by the www.freetibet. org organisation. The 35-year-old Tibetan Buddhist nun burned herself to death on a public street an hour's drive away on November 3, 2011, the latest in a string of self-immolations to protest against Chinese religious controls over Tibet. In China, eleven Tibetan monks and nuns -- some former clergy -- have resorted to the extreme protest since March this year. At least six have been fatal. Reuters

Activists are blocked by the police during a march against the use of fur on November 19, 2011 in Paris, France. The march, in its third year, is held to protest the use of animal fur in fashion and animal cruelty. Getty

Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a demonstration to show their soldarity with their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Nov. 20, 2011. Residents in the Syrian capital awoke to two loud explosions Sunday amid reports from activists that the Damascus headquarters of the ruling Baath party had been hit by several rocket-propelled grenades. But eyewitnesses said the party headquarters appeared intact and reported no significant security deployments.

Women supporters hold placards during a protest organised by Awami National Conference in Srinagar on November 19, 2011. The protesters demanded revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act in restive Kashmir. The draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was introduced in 1990 to give the army and paramilitary forces sweeping powers to detain people, use deadly force and destroy property. Violence is at its lowest in Indian Kashmir since the start of the insurgency that has so far left more than 47,000 people dead by official count but separatists putting the toll twice as high. Getty

Spain's 'indignant' protesters demostrate in the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on November 19, 2011 against spending cuts, high unemployment and political corruption, a week before a general election. Spain's so-called 'indignant' protest movement was born when thousands of people set up camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square ahead of May 22 municipal elections. Getty

A female protester gestures as she argues with Egyptian riot police officers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Egyptian riot police beat protesters and dismantled a small tent city set up to commemorate revolutionary martyrs in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday. (Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian women wave flags during a rally in Cairo's Tahrir square, Egypt, Friday, Nov.18, 2011, in a protest against what they say are attempts by the country's military rulers to reinforce their powers. The rally Friday was dominated by the country's most organized political group, the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian Laila Soueif, at left, the mother of prominent blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah who was jailed by Egypt's ruling generals, who is on hunger strike to protest her son's detention, as they celebrate Alaa's 30th birthday in Cairo's Tahrir square, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. At Friday's rally in Tahrir square, protesters gathered to celebrate the birthday of one of the most prominent revolutionary bloggers to be jailed by the military prosecutor. (Amr Nabil)

Bahraini demonstrators gesture Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in A'ali, Bahrain, in front of a replica of the massive protest encampment that was demolished by government forces last spring in the crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising, complete with tents and a model of the landmark pearl monument (unseen). Thousands of Shiite-led protesters calling for greater rights streamed into the area outside the capital of Manama in one of the largest demonstrations in weeks against the Gulf kingdom's rulers.

Muslims rally in Foley Square during a protest of ethnic profiling by law enforcement on November 18, 2011 in New York City. Muslims held a rally and Friday prayers and were joined by protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street. Getty

Animal activists, painted in "blood", lie on a pile of fur during a protest in Belgrade November 18, 2011. The protest was held in conjunction with the "anti-fur" campaign in Europe. Reuters

Syrians living in Turkey write 'Freedom' with their blood during a protest against the government of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of the Syrian consulate in Istanbul, on November 18, 2011. Turkey added its voice Friday to warnings that civil war threatens Syria, while France's top diplomat called for stepped up sanctions against Damascus, which he said had left it too late to reform. Getty