The police surrounded Pakistan’s biggest stock exchange to thwart violence by investors demanding a trading halt.

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The protests, the largest since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected in 2005, occurred in several large cities.

Protesters gathered to express their sadness — and in some cases, glee — over the global economic catastrophe that some said had proved them right.

Tata Motors said that violent political protests over land had compelled it to stop building a plant in eastern India where it was to manufacture its much-awaited Nano model.

Tata Motors said that violent political protests over land had compelled it to stop building a plant in eastern India where it was to manufacture its much-awaited Nano model.

About 1,000 people in Postville, Iowa, on Sunday demonstrated at the entrance to a kosher meatpacking plant that was raided in May by immigration authorities.

With the Karachi Stock Exchange suffering through its worst losing run in at least 18 years, investors are taking to the streets to show their anger at the new government.

Large protests have been held over the past month throughout the country, covering a wide range of issues , from land use to food to fuel and jobs.

The government removed the last legal barrier keeping American beef imports from store shelves on Thursday, after weeks of demonstrations stoked by fears of mad cow disease.