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EU condemns Azerbaijan arrests
Feb 12, 2013 (UPI)
The pretrial detention of two Azerbaijani political opposition leaders has brought condemnations from the European Union's foreign policy chiefs and others. Tof...
Russian human rights activist denied entry into Ukraine
Feb 11, 2013 (UPI)
Ukrainian security forces turned away a Russian human rights activist at Boryspil Airport in Kiev over the weekend, prompting an outcry from supporters. The Ukr...
Arab Spring promoting bloodshed: Iraq Christian leader
Feb 09, 2013 (AFP)
The newly appointed patriarch of Iraq's largest Christian community said on Saturday that the Arab Spring had been hijacked by narrow interests and had promoted...
Ecuador's Correa set for comfortable win
Feb 08, 2013 (UPI)
Oil-rich Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is poised for a comfortable win in a Feb. 17 presidential election amid a weak challenge from a divided opposition. C...
Outside View: Morsi's dilemma
Feb 05, 2013 (UPI)
Recent revelations of statements made years ago by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi leave him between a rock and a hard place. As a Muslim, a special Islamist c...
Moscow protesters demand release of 'Bolotnaya' prisoners
Feb 04, 2013 (UPI)
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central Moscow during the weekend calling for the release of prisoners jailed since the 2012 "Bolotnaya" riots. The prote...
India's Andhra Pradesh state votes aginst partition
Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)
Politicians in Andhra Pradesh state rejected a bill promoted by the ruling Congress Party to split the state to create a homeland for Telangana-speaking people ...
Ecuador seen to be muzzling press critical of Correa
Jan 30, 2013 (UPI)
Oil-rich Ecuador, which won left-wing accolades for supporting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, is tightening controls on journalists in the country. Critics s...
Egypt's military backs strongman for presidency: Back to the future?
Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)
Egypt's army chief, newly promoted Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, is expected to run for president of the Arab world's most populated nation, heightening c...
Hong Kong journalists publish press freedom petition
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong journalists ran a petition in newspapers on Monday urging the city's Beijing-backed leader to withdraw a proposed law which they said would infringe p...
Outside View: Islamic 'Martin 'Luther' issues his proclamation
Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)
During late January, two high-profile personalities took actions -- one outside the United States and one within -- that couldn't be any farther apart in terms ...
Walker's World: The inequality craze
Jan 27, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. President Barack Obama, Pope Francis, the International Monetary Fund and this year's Davos meeting have all agreed that rising inequality is one of the gr...
Leftist and 'punk prince' square off in Czech runoff
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
Czechs went to the polls Friday to choose a new president between a former communist and a 75-year-old aristocrat whose Sex Pistols-inspired campaign brought th...
Outside View: Ukraine at the crossroads
Jan 24, 2013 (UPI)
At the end of this month top-level European leaders will meet in Germany to discuss urgent issues of peace and security on the continent. Among these will be th...
Jordan unrest brews despite pro-king poll
Jan 24, 2013 (UPI)
Tribal candidates loyal to King Abdullah II scored heavily in contentious Jordanian parliamentary elections that were intended to quell swelling discontent and ...
Facebook boss to host political fundraiser for Christie
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Facebook on Thursday confirmed that co-founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg will make a foray into politics next month by hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey...
Hundreds demonstrate in Athens against racism, fascism
Jan 19, 2013 (AFP)
Hundreds of people held a rally against racism and fascism in central Athens on Saturday as mourners gathered to pray over the body of a man killed in a suspect...
US 'deeply concerned' over Myanmar unrest deaths
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
The US ambassador to Myanmar has said he is "deeply concerned" about civilian deaths in a recent attack on a rebel stronghold in the country's north during the ...
Obama team launches inaugural mobile app
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Organizers unveiled the first-ever smartphone app for a US presidential inauguration on Monday, allowing users to track Barack Obama's swearing in, sign up for ...
Bangladesh's re-elected prime minister starts new term
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina started her third term by placing a wreath at a shrine in Dhaka honoring her father, the country's founder. Hasina, 66,...
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