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Outside View: Reid's power grab is about much more than Senate rules
Nov 27, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Senate is becoming more and more like the U.S. House of Representatives. Last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., orchestrated a sweep...
Indonesian Islamic parties consider a coalition
Nov 26, 2013 (UPI)
One of Indonesia's main Islamic political groups said it will seek a broad coalition of Islamic parties to put forward a presidential candidate for next year's ...
Australia's governor general strays into republic debate
Nov 25, 2013 (UPI)
Australia's prime minister has defended the right of the governor general -- representative of the British monarchy as Australia's head of state -- to declare h...
Outside View: The evolving role of the referendum
Nov 22, 2013 (UPI)
Two weeks ago, all across the United States, citizens with the right to vote once again went to their local polling place to exercise one of the greatest rights...
Outgoing PM vows to keep Georgia's pro-West stance
Nov 21, 2013 (AFP)
Billionaire former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili insisted in a farewell letter Thursday that he will use his influence to ensure the ex-Soviet sta...
Clinton tells China forum he hopes for female US president
Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)
Former US president Bill Clinton hopes there will be a woman in the White House in his lifetime and will support his wife Hillary in whatever she decides to do,...
Myanmar releases more political prisoners
Nov 15, 2013 (UPI)
Myanmar released 69 prisoners, including an environmental protester and two grandchildren of a former junta leader, ahead of its year-end deadline to release al...
China to abolish 're-education through labour' system
Nov 15, 2013 (AFP)
China is to abolish its controversial "re-education through labour" system, under which police panels can sentence offenders to years in camps without a trial, ...
Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Summit comes under fire
Nov 13, 2013 (UPI)
Sri Lanka's government is on the defensive ahead of the 53-nation Commonwealth Summit following complaints of interference from a British television crew. The t...
Thai amnesty protesters remain in the streets
Nov 12, 2013 (UPI)
Thailand's governing Pheu Thai party is urging the thousands of protesters in central Bangkok to end their demonstration and take their complaints directly to g...
China, Russia return to UN Rights Council
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Cuba won seats on the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, despite fierce international criticism of their records. The UN Genera...
Garbage clogs Madrid streets as street sweepers strike
Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)
Rubbish piled up in the gutters of Madrid on Thursday as a strike by street-sweepers facing sackings and salary cuts began to leave its mark on the major touris...
Latin American leaders crazy about Twitter
Nov 06, 2013 (AFP)
They make serious statements, blasting US spying or claiming disputed territory. But they get personal too, musing about things like flowers. Among Latin Americ...
UN slams 152 death sentences issued by Bangladesh court
Nov 06, 2013 (AFP)
The United Nations right chief on Wednesday expressed "serious alarm" at death sentences passed by a Bangladesh court on 152 soldiers over the massacre of score...
Madrid street-sweepers strike over layoffs
Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)
Madrid's street-sweepers launched an open-ended strike Tuesday against layoffs and pay cuts prompted by the economic crisis, unions said. The companies that pro...
Thai PM Yingluck defends amnesty bill
Nov 05, 2013 (UPI)
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has defended publicly a controversial amnesty bill that allows reconciliation for alleged political offenses during and after...
Student deaths stir anger in strife-hit Thai south
Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)
Shot in the back as they fled police, the killing of three unarmed students in Thailand's insurgency-hit south has inflamed controversy over a culture of impuni...
Algeria: Ailing president 'to run in April' -- but will he make it?
Nov 04, 2013 (UPI)
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's party, the ruling National Liberation Front, has endorsed his candidacy for an unprecedented fourth term in elections slated fo...
NATO condemns Kosovo election violence
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday "strongly condemned" the violence that marred key weekend polls in Kosovo and said the military alliance was committed...
French riot police use tear gas on anti-tax protesters
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
French riot police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators in north-west France on Saturday, after some protesters hauled stones and iron bars at them in a...
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