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Rioting protesters return to Brazil streets
Oct 31, 2013 (UPI)
Rioting protesters returned to Brazilian streets in an outburst of anger over the police killing of a 17-year-old boy in earlier unrest. This week's worst distu...
Moscow demonstrators call for release of 'political prisoners'
Oct 29, 2013 (UPI)
Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Moscow in a weekend protest meant to draw attention to those deemed to be political prisoners. The Sun...
Activists protest against Thai government amnesty bill
Oct 28, 2013 (UPI)
Pro-government activists held a street demonstration to protest the administration's plan to grant amnesty to politicians alleged to have ordered the crackdown ...
Thousands protest Putin's crackdown in Russia
Oct 27, 2013 (AFP)
Several thousand Russians marched through central Moscow on Sunday in a new protest at President Vladimir Putin's rule and a judicial crackdown against opponent...
'Climate of fear' grips Myanmar's Buddhists and Muslims
Oct 24, 2013 (UPI)
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the country shows a "climate of fear" has gripped both groups. The N...
Murdoch relishes 'outsider' role despite power: book
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
Rupert Murdoch still sees himself as an anti-establishment outsider, even after building the most powerful media empire on the planet, a new book on the tycoon ...
China defends record at UN Human Rights Council
Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)
China defended its human rights record to the UN on Tuesday, insisting it was abiding by its obligations, but activists urged an end to crackdowns on dissidents...
Walesa wants new secular 'Ten Commandments'
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
Polish Nobel peace laureate Lech Walesa on Monday called for a new "secular Ten Commandments" to underpin universal values, addressing a summit of Nobel Peace P...
Turkey rejects EU criticism of crackdown
Oct 19, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey on Saturday rejected an EU rebuke for Ankara's violent crackdown on dissent and criticised "some member states" for blocking membership talks. "We consid...
Paraguay removes 22 military commanders
Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)
Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes launched a dramatic overhaul of the military replacing 22 commanders, including his army chief, officials said Wednesday. Ge...
Australia's opposition Labor Party elects ex-union boss
Oct 15, 2013 (UPI)
Australia's federal Labor Party narrowly elected a long-time union boss as its leader in an attempt to regroup after losing power in last month's general electi...
Maldives president bows out of election
Oct 14, 2013 (UPI)
Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed has withdrawn from the presidential election after a poor showing in the first round of voting, which courts have annulled. W...
U.S. block on military aid to Egypt likely to backfire
Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. suspension of much of its annual $1.5 billion military aid to Egypt will antagonize other longtime U.S. allies in the Arab world and damage relations w...
Strike ends, temporarily, in India's Andhra Pradesh state
Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)
Electricity workers in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh called off their political strike ahead of a severe cyclone forecast to hit the coast Saturday night. ...
Some Argentines ask who's in charge while president recuperates
Oct 11, 2013 (UPI)
Many Argentines say they wonder who's running the country while President Cristina Fernandez recuperates after brain surgery. An opposition outcry over a lack o...
Merkel, Greens to sound out potential coalition
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will Thursday meet the Greens party for initial coalition talks, sounding out an alliance that is seen as unlike...
Azerbaijan leader smashes rivals in landslide poll win
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday sealed an overwhelming election victory to secure a third term and further extend his family's decades-long rule...
Brazil environment icon to decide on presidential bid
Oct 04, 2013 (AFP)
The political future of former former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva was unclear Friday after she failed to gather enough signatures to register ...
Berlusconi inches toward political eclipse
Oct 04, 2013 (UPI)
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced political demise and possible imprisonment after a Senate panel recommended the billionaire politician's e...
Paraguay comes in from the cold after post-coup isolation
Oct 03, 2013 (UPI)
Paraguay is emerging stronger from diplomatic isolation, slapped on the landlocked country by Latin American neighbors after a June 2012 congressional impeachme...
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