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More Than 20 Killed in Madagascar Protest
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Security forces in Madagascar fired on a crowd of protesters outside one of the country’s presidential palaces in the capital city on Saturday, with several reports saying that more than 20 people were killed.The violence was yet another deadly episode in a struggle for power between President Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina, the elected mayor of Antananarivo, the capital. A week ago, Mr. Rajoelina declared that he was taking over the government of Madagascar, an island nation of 20 millio...
Dozens Protest Egyptian MP's Call for Violence
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Several dozen demonstrators rallied outside of Egypt's parliament Tuesday, two days after a member of President Hosni Mubarak's party said opposition activists should be shot.Some of the protesters in Cairo carried banners saying "shoot us," an apparent reference to comments made by National Democratic Party member Nashaat al-Qasas.
Zimbabwe's political crisis - 21 Oct 09
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Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's prime minister, has appealed for regional help in his stand-off in Zimbabwe's unity pact, as his ministers boycotted a meeting with Robert Mugabe, the president.The suspension of ties has cast a shadow on the fragile partnership, as Mugabe chaired a cabinet meeting on Tuesday - without his Zanu-PF party's main government partners - as Tsvangirai's 13 cabinet ministers met separately.The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader flew to Mozambique on Tuesday to ask...
OAS chief still hopes for Honduran settlement
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The head of the Organization of American States held out hope Wednesday for a resolution of the Honduran presidential crisis even after the high-level delegation he led to the Central American country failed to arrange for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return.OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza urged a quick acceptance of compromise accords before campaigning heats up for the Nov. 29 presidential election to pick Zelaya's successor.
Serbs protest over Kosovo
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More than a thousand demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto yesterday to protest an independent Kosovo. Waving Serbian flags and chanting "Kosovo is Serbia," the peaceful crowd listened to impassioned speeches about their homeland and lit candles before marching up University Ave. to circle Queen's Park.
Zlatni savetnik
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Bivši otporaš i aktuelni izvršni direktor Centra za primenjenu nenasilnu akciju (CANVAS) Srđa Popović, našao se u vrhu liste 100 globalnih mislilaca čije ideje i javno i profesionalno delovanje, po oceni prestižnog američkog političkog magazina „Forin polisi“, utiču na svetsku javnu i društvenu scenu. Ovo je prvi put da se na ovakvoj listi nađe jedna ličnost iz Srbije, a Popović je zajedno sa najistaknutijim aktivistima nedavnih pobuna u arapskim zemljama, svrstan u vrh liste sa ličnostima ...
President Obama's Answers to My Questions
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As I reported yesterday, I submitted seven questions to the American president, Barack Obama. He kindly took the time to respond; following are the answers I received from the White House.President Obama's Responses to Yoani Sanchez's QuestionsThank you for this opportunity to exchange views with you and your readers in Cuba and around the world and congratulations on receiving the Maria Moore Cabot Prize award from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for coverage of Latin Amer...
Iran replacing envoys who backed "rioters": report
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Iran is replacing 40 of its ambassadors, including some who voiced support for "rioters" during the unrest that erupted after June's disputed presidential election, a semi-official news agency reported.Citing informed sources, Fars News Agency said late on Tuesday that the envoys were given notification that their diplomatic postings had been terminated.It did not give details on which ambassadors were affected and government officials were not immediately available for comment on the report, wh...
Tibetan protesters scale wall of UN compound in Nepal
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A group of about 20 Tibetans protesting the crackdown by Chinese officials in Tibet scaled the walls of the United Nations compound in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday. Tibetan exiles are detained at a protest against China outside the UN office in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday.The protesters who made it inside the compound were not immediately detained, but waited in a conference room inside the building, a UN official told the Associated Press.Around 100 other protesters demonstrated outside the compoun...
Otporaš Srđa Popović u vrhu liste 100 globalnih mislilaca
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Bivši Otporaš i sadašnji izvršni direktor Centra za primenjenu nenasilnu akciju (CANVAS) Srđa Popović našao se u vrhu liste 100 globalnih mislilaca čije ideje i javno i profesionalno delovanje, po oceni prestižnog političkog magazina "Forin polisi", utiču na svetsku javnu i društvenu scenu. Reč je o godišnjoj listi najuticajnijih svetskih mislilaca koju od 2008. godine objavljuje "Forin polisi", a ovo je prvi put da se na ovakvoj listi nađe jedna ličnost iz Srbije.