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Guinea to hold election despite bloody protest » CONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea's leader, who seized power in a coup nine months ago, said Friday that elections will continue as planned even as his military junta prepared to bury 57 people who died when troops fired live ammunition into a pro-democracy rally.Wearing a crisp military uniform, Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara laid a wreath in memory of the victims of Monday's massacre. Camara previously said he had no control over the troops — including his own presidential guard force — who committed the ...
Moldovan student: "we have no freedom" » <object   classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000'   id='seyretpl'  name='seyretpl'  width='350' height='290' > <param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always' /> <param name='wmode' value='transparent' /> <param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /> <param name='movie' value='http://canvasopedia.mediaworks.rs/components/com_seyret/localplayer/player.swf' /> <param name='flashvars' value='width=350&height=290&enablejs=true&file=http://canv...
Malawi: Citizens Demand Local Councils » Lilongwe — In Malawi, local government elections are as rare and endangered as the country's black rhinoceros.In fact, it seems as if the local government elections are even more endangered than the wild animal - because at least the black rhinoceroses are slowly being re-introduced into Malawi. But for now, there seems to be little hope in sight for local government elections being re-introduced on a regular basis.This comes after the country's Electoral Commission (EC) says it has not planned ...
Tehran's Azad University Rises Against Iran's Coup Government » On the third week of the new academic year in Iran, thousands of students from the main campus of Azad University in Tehran held several peaceful demonstrations protesting the coup government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In the demonstrations that were attacked by Basiji and plain-clothes agents, students changed anti-government slogans protesting the conditions prevalent in the country and in the universities, while also insisting on their support of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi. Since the ...
Monks Revolution Continue in Burma » Thousands of people took to the streets in Rangoon today to support monks protesting against the Burmese government.More than 1000 monks braved rain in the former capital today to stage another protest against government harassment around the famous Sule Pagoda, where several monks gave political speeches, slamming the military's use of violence against peaceful protests.Huge crowds of civilians gathered in the streets to watch the monks protest. Some reports from Rangoon claimed that almost 10,...
Tehran students protest on campus » Students in Iran have demonstrated against the government at Tehran University on the first day of the new academic year.Footage posted on websites showed several hundred people chanting slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Eyewitnesses said students were not allowed into an official ceremony attended by a government minister to mark the start of term.
Tibetians Never Were and Never will be Chinese. Free Tibet. » The people in question, Tibetians dont think of themselves as Chinese. China has no moral or legal claim on Tibet except what is based on illegal military occupation, the largest imperialist land grab carried out in Twentieth Century. And these are the people - chinese communists, that talk about peace, civilisation, sensitivity and culture all of which they lack. Culture of Chinese rulers and their fascist behavior with Tibetians seems to be as monochromatic like most Hongkong produced viole...
Turkey: partnering with men to end gender violence » Population experts are moving ahead with strategy and projects that go beyond treating men simply as perpetrators or, at best, uncaring and passive onlookers. Recently, more and more men are looked upon to become allies in combating violence against women."The current approach is that without men’s involvement, the problem cannot be solved," Karen Daduryan, a senior officer of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), told IPS as the U.N. body presented a study at a meeting in Istanbul Nov. 11-13 on wom...
US embassy protests maltreatment of detained citizen » New Delhi (Mizzima) – The US embassy in Rangoon has officially protested against the alleged  maltreatment of detained American citizen, Kyaw Zaw Lwin (alias) Nyi Nyi Aung, as the Burmese junta on Thursday publicly announced his arrest. Drake Weisert, Assistant Public Affairs Officer, at the US embassy in Rangoon told Mizzima that Kyaw Zaw Lwin made claims that he had been mistreated when the US consular officer visited him in Insein prison in Rangoon on Sunday. “The U.S. Embassy has submitted a...
Cabinet Nominees Criticized In Iran » President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to nominate three women as Iran's first female cabinet members since the 1979 Islamic revolution faced stiff criticism Saturday from clerics and lawmakers, as well as from women's rights activists. Several prominent clerics said the move was counter to Islamic beliefs and urged parliament to reject the nominations. "If a woman becomes minister, then she must constantly stay in contact with men and deputies, so she could not carry out her religious duties ...