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'China-backed' Hong Kong leader candidate in poll blow
Feb 11, 2012 (AFP)
The man seen as China's preferred choice for the next leader of Hong Kong has seen his popularity fall further in an opinion poll out Saturday, raising question...
Greece being torn apart by austerity cuts
Feb 10, 2012 (UPI)
Greece is being torn apart by the punishing demands of a harsh austerity program set in motion by a deeply divided government. The fragile coalition cobbled tog...
Some police, firefighters begin strike in Rio
Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil's police unrest spread to Rio Friday, where hundreds of police and firefighters kicked off a strike for better pay, raising fears of disruption of the up...
Egyptians rally against defiant military rulers
Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of people rallied outside Egypt's defence ministry Friday calling for the military rulers' ouster a day before a civil disobedience campaign marking H...
US conservatives use conference to pummel Obama
Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)
US conservatives are invoking apocalyptic imagery to trash President Barack Obama's "terrible" record as they tamp down concern over which Republican might face...
China meets Syria opposition in Beijing
Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)
China said Thursday it held talks with a key Syrian opposition group this week, amid fierce criticism of its decision to block a UN resolution condemning a bloo...
Brazil quells strike by military police
Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)
More than 200 military police on strike over pay peacefully left a Brazilian state legislature Thursday ending a nine-day standoff after the arrest of their lea...
Striking police vacate Brazil state legislature
Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)
More than 200 police on strike over pay peacefully vacated the state legislature in the Brazilian state of Bahia early Thursday after a nine-day standoff, offic...
Striking Brazil police accused of sowing panic
Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)
The Brazilian government accused striking police in Bahia state of sowing panic amid fears that the strike over pay may spread and fuel a wave of violence only ...
Egypt army deploys nationwide amid protest calls
Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's army on Wednesday said it will deploy troops across the country after activists called for "civil disobedience" to mark the anniversary of strongman Hos...
Suu Kyi hits the Myanmar campaign trail
Feb 08, 2012 (UPI)
Pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi hit the campaign trail in Myanmar in preparation for by-elections in April. Thousands of su...
Maldives' Nasheed: dissident to president
Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)
Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected leader of the Maldives, was a former political prisoner who rose from grassroots activism and journalism. Nash...
NGO squabble harbinger of Egypt's future?
Feb 07, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. relations with Egypt's ruling military have turned prickly in the dispute over Egypt's clampdown on pro-democracy, non-governmental organizations. Cairo au...
10 Cuban dissidents at US Guantanamo base: blogger
Feb 06, 2012 (AFP)
Ten Cuban dissidents are seeking asylum at the US naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba, but "are being treated like terrorists," a blogger close to the Cuban governme...
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