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Turkey military council orders retirement of held generals
Aug 04, 2012 (AFP)
Turkey's top military council on Saturday ordered the retirement of dozens of generals and admirals who are currently being held on charges of coup plotting, th...
Twitter political index launches for US election
Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)
Twitter on Wednesday launched a new political index aimed at gauging the 2012 US presidential race by analyzing daily tweets. In the first release, the index ga...
Outside View: Equilibristic on Capitol Hil
Jul 31, 2012 (UPI)
A very interesting political game in Washington is unfolding before our eyes. In the few remaining days before the August congressional recess the House of Repr...
Olympics: British street artists take aim at the Games
Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)
An javelin thrower stands poised to make his throw -- but in place of a spear, he holds a missile. The striking image, stencilled in black onto a dirty wall, is...
US hits out at Asian nations over religious freedoms
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
The United States warned the world was sliding backwards on religious freedoms Monday, slamming China for cracking down on Tibetan Buddhists and hitting out at ...
Thai violence in Yala claims more lives
Jul 27, 2012 (UPI)
Police are investigating the roadside killing of three more people in Thailand's Yala province after five policemen were slain in their vehicle earlier in the w...
Outside View: Politics in Ukraine
Jul 27, 2012 (UPI)
Ukraine's sixth parliamentary election campaign begins Monday for an election on the last Sunday of October. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych seeks -- and ...
Outside View: Prophetic Kingston Trio
Jul 25, 2012 (UPI)
Where is the Kingston Trio when needed? For those who may not recall or weren't born then, the group was a singing sensation of the late 1950s and early 1960s, ...
Arrests show Cuba not yet ready for reform
Jul 25, 2012 (UPI)
Cuba's wide-scale crackdown on dissent that led to arrests at a funeral shows the Central American country isn't ready for credible political reform despite its...
OSCE 'concerned' by Georgia journo attacks
Jul 19, 2012 (UPI)
"Repeated occurrences" of violence against reporters in Georgia has drawn the condemnation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Dunja Mij...
Nepal's former king hints at a comeback
Jul 13, 2012 (UPI)
Nepal's former king has hinted he would like to return to the throne -- for the third time. The deposed Gyanendra Shah, 64, took over as king first in November ...
Egypt's power struggle could last years
Jul 12, 2012 (UPI)
The power struggle between Egypt's newly elected Islamist president and the generals who have held power for six decades could drag on for years, analysts say. ...
Outside View: Political questions
Jul 11, 2012 (UPI)
Politics in the United States have deteriorated to the point that winning elections has transcended the need for providing effective government. Perpetual campa...
Uzbekistan raises alarm over 'social network bomb'
Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)
Uzbekistan's state television denounced social networks like Facebook and Russian equivalents as dangerous weapons, saying they are being used like nuclear bomb...
Outside View: Jobs. Obama and re-election
Jul 10, 2012 (UPI)
Unemployment hangs stubbornly at more than 8 percent, yet, defying election history, U.S. President Barack Obama would handily win a second term if voters went ...
Egypt top court freezes Morsi decree: judicial source
Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday froze a decree issued by President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the Islamist-led parliament, a judicial source said...
Egypt military says constitution must be respected
Jul 09, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's military on Monday said the constitution and the law must be upheld concerning the dissolution of parliament, raising tension after President Mohamed Mo...
Pro-Romney group in $25 mn ad buy on day of jobs report
Jul 06, 2012 (AFP)
Crossroads GPS has purchased a $25 million ad blitz in nine battleground states to attack President Barack Obama's record on jobs and the debt, the advocacy gro...
Thousands of fresh faces take over Kadhafi's streets
Jul 04, 2012 (AFP)
Fresh faces on thousands of campaign posters have flooded the streets of the Libyan capital where the portrait of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi once reigned sup...
Huge demo as Hong Kong marks 15 years under China
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's biggest protest for nearly a decade packed the former British colony's streets Sunday in a defiant reception for its new leader and a show of popula...
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