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Greek police station wrecked amid opposition to gold mine
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
A group of villagers trashed a police station in northeastern Greece early on Wednesday after two suspects were arrested for attacking a Canadian gold mining si...
Ousted Yemen president's son leaves army, named envoy: TV
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Wednesday named the eldest son of ousted dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh as the country's ambassador to the United Arab Emi...
Pardon of jailed Ukrainian draws EU praise
Apr 09, 2013 (UPI)
The release of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko from prison over the weekend has drawn praise from opposition leaders and the European Union. U...
Bangladesh PM rejects new blasphemy laws
Apr 09, 2013 (UPI)
Bangladesh's prime minister rejected demands for tougher blasphemy laws in the face of growing pressure from protesters wanting the death sentence for blasphemi...
Thousands rally in Indonesia's Aceh for separatist flag
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Indonesia's Aceh on Thursday in support of local leaders' bid to adopt a separatist flag as the staunchly Islamic province...
French tax scandal pursues Hollande on Morocco trip
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande was to address Morocco's parliament on Thursday as political pressure mounted over a tax fraud scandal in France that has ove...
Myanmar private dailies start publishing
Apr 02, 2013 (UPI)
Private daily newspapers have begun hitting the newsstands in Myanmar this week after the government eased its 5-decade-long monopoly on print media. But only f...
Cradle of Arab Spring fears jihadist surge
Apr 02, 2013 (UPI)
Tunisian jihadists are flocking to Syria to fight alongside Islamist forces to topple the Damascus regime, just as they did in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion...
Pinera cash handout seen as a vote ploy
Mar 29, 2013 (UPI)
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera pushed legislation for a cash handout to 7 million poor seen by analysts as his center-right coalition's bid to counteract "t...
Pakistani women face road blocks to vote
Mar 29, 2013 (UPI)
With Pakistan facing landmark general elections May 11, cultural bars on women voting are so entrenched in conservative parts of the country that thousands of w...
EU condemns Russia rights crackdown
Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)
The European Union's foreign policy chief says raids by Russian authorities on non-governmental organizations operating in the country are "deeply troubling." E...
Outside View: Russia's judicial system
Mar 26, 2013 (UPI)
It is fairly well accepted that President Vladimir Putin's Russia is a democracy in name only. He controls the legislature, which passes laws aimed at giving hi...
US Republicans reboot in bid to close 'digital gap'
Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)
As part of an effort to rebound from its 2012 US election defeat, the Republican Party is rebooting its digital strategy to make better use of data, social medi...
Life sentences sought for key suspects in Turkey coup trial
Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)
An Istanbul prosecutor requested on Monday life sentences for 24 suspects, including former army chief Ilker Basbug, journalists and other retired generals, acc...
Cambodia set to release dissident reporter
Mar 15, 2013 (UPI)
A 72-year-old Cambodian journalist and rights campaigner jailed last year to serve a 20-year sentence is set to walk free after a court quashed his conviction. ...
Merkel: Decision due on NDP ban
Mar 14, 2013 (UPI)
The German government will decide by the end of March whether to join a push to ban the far-right National Democratic Party, Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Merk...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi defends protest-hit mine
Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged protesters Wednesday to accept a controversial Chinese-backed mine that was the scene of a violent crackdown la...
Tunisia president says new govt has no 'magic wand'
Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)
President Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday swore in a new government to pull Tunisia out of its political and economic crisis, urging patience and saying there was ...
Myanmar probe finds phosphorus used in crackdown
Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)
Myanmar police used phosphorus in a crackdown on a rally against a copper mine last year, injuring dozens of protesters including monks, a parliamentary report ...
Myanmar's NLD party needs 'new blood'
Mar 11, 2013 (UPI)
Aung San Suu Kyi, the re-elected chairwoman of Myanmar's National League for Democracy, called for "new blood" to reinvigorate the pro-democracy party. Suu Kyi,...
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