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... an infringement of the country's sovereignty.  The government has appointed its own commission to examine the conflict and says it will not give visas to members of the U.N. panel. Analyst Paikiasothy ...
... and police brutality that is widely considered to be systemic in Egypt’s police and security forces. “It’s clear to everyone that there is something wrong in this report,” says Moataz El Fegiery, executive ...
... go." Iran, he says with a smirk, "would love me—for dinner." Luckily, Popovic is on the verge of acquiring a place where the world can come to him. If all goes according to plan, this spring a tropical ...
... the nation's 20 million people have been disqualified from voting based on the electoral law's convoluted definition for determining eligibility, stoking tension. The opposition says most of those disqualified ...
... cuts in workers' bonus pay, which for many is a large percentage of their income, as well as a hiring freeze. Greece's government says the measures are the only way to cut budget deficits and get its national ...
A leading Iranian human rights activist and journalist was arrested Wednesday, activists said. Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi was taken by seven security agents who searched his home and took personal belongings ...
... Russian monitoring group, Golos. She says the organization received a steady stream of complaints about ballot box stuffing, false voter registration and use of multiple ballots. "What we've observed at ...
... reformist opposition says more than 70 people were killed in the post-election violence. Officials say the death toll was half that and included Basij militiamen. Also on Monday, the government banned ...
Romania's opposition Social Democrat party says Sunday's presidential election was rigged and plans to contest the result. Official results showed incumbent President Traian Basescu with a winning margin ...
... one starkly opposed to Saakashvili and says he plans to make it like Fox News. He told Eurasianet he will ‘cover everything that is happening in Georgia and beyond and if people want to revolt based on ...
... state security agents. The independent Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation says there currently are more than 200 political prisoners, a number that has dropped since Fidel Castro ...
... Sharma, speaking to VOA from Bhopal, says he hopes American judges will rule the plant's original owner is legally responsible, no matter how much time has passed. "We are cautiously hopeful that the ...
... Since Micheletti took power five months ago, there have been many reports of violence against civilians including abuses suffered by workers, students, women, elderly and children. The government says ...
... of what his bosses were claiming outside the room to the press) says, matter of factly, that the participation was at 49 percent. All of this evidence is on camera, and it is now known to the world, thanks ...
... lands for oil exploration for future drilling, the women decided to stop them with a simple but flawless plan. Esperanza Martinez says on the blog Ecoportal [es], that women told their husbands that if ...
... Smith says the authorities in Suva have made changes to broadcasting arrangements, effectively seizing all licences. Smith says the action has been carried out by decree, which no court or other agency ...
An official in Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's administration says the international community's reaction to the case of two bloggers given jail sentences last week is biased, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani ...
... a classmate of mine crying because she was so afraid. She thought that people would die.'' Text: http://www.theage.com.au/world/russia-still-a-threat-says-czech-revolutionary-20091118-imhw.html  ...
Venezuela is one of the world's most corrupt countries and the worst in Latin America after being ranked 162nd. By contrast, Chile and Uruguay are considered role models, since both are ranked 25th, followed ...
... regular basis. This comes after the country's Electoral Commission (EC) says it has not planned any activities in readiness for local government elections, because the government has not provided the resources. ...
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Fiddling while Tegucigalpa burns » Of the many lessons to be learned from the Honduran political crisis, perhaps the most important one for would-be deal brokers is that if you get involved, prepare to stay involved.The Organisation of American States, Costa Rican, Brazilian, Chilean and, most recently, US negotiators at even the highest levels have thrown up their hands in dismay at the intransigence on display. The agreement at the end of last month, which was praised by the Obama administration as a landmark in inter-American ...
140 Chinese dead in Xinjiang unrest » China said a riot that shook the capital of the western Xinjiang region on Sunday killed 140 people and the government called the Uighur ethnic unrest a plot against its power, signalling a security crackdown. Locals took to the streets of the capital, Urumqi, some burning and smashing vehicles and confronting ranks of police and anti-riot troops.A frame grab of a television screen created on July 6, 2009 shows a broadcast by China Central Television (CCTV) in which two bloodstained women are se...
South Africa: Price Rise Protest » Thousands of striking South African workers brought mines and businesses to a halt yesterday across four provinces to protest against a jump in electricity, food and fuel prices."We are definitely saying we are tired of all this price fixing, price increases. All we want is stabilization in the pricing of all forms of commodities." The one-day walkout is part of a series of rolling strikes to protest against rising inflation, high interest rates and job cuts after a power crisis engulfed the cou...
NANGO leaders released on bail » The two leaders from the National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (NANGO), who were arrested on Sunday on allegations of holding ‘an illegal political meeting,’ were granted bail on Tuesday. NANGO Chief Executive Officer Cephas Zinhumwe, and board chairperson Dadirai Chikwengo, were arrested at the airport when they were trying to leave for Harare after attending a two-day scheduled conference in Victoria Falls.NANGO spokesperson Fambai Ngirande told SW Radio Africa that the two we...
GuChuSum Tibetan political prisoner’s association » What is Gu Chu Sum?The Gu-Chu-Sum (9-10-3) Movement of Tibet was established on September 27, 1991 in Dharamsala, India by ex-political prisoners of the Tibetan freedom movement. Initially organised by monks, nuns, and lay people, the Gu-Chu-Sum Movement grew out of the earnest, heartfelt wish to help the suffering Tibetans remaining in prisons in Tibet and to provide needed support to ex-political prisoners who have journeyed into exile. Gu-Chu-Sum is endorsed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, th...
South Africa celebrates 20 years of freedom for Nelson Mandela » Thousands of people are expected to gather near Cape Town in South Africa today to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release.It will be the centrepiece of commemorations to mark the moment that Mandela emerged after 27 years behind bars, ushering in a transition from apartheid to multi-racial democracy and his rise to become the country's first black president.This morning Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who held Mandela's hand and punched the air in triumph on that day, will lead a ...
Venezuelans protest censorship of popular TV channel » Security forces fire tear gas and plastic bullets at thousands of protesters in Caracas and elsewhere after RCTV is banned for violating a law that requires stations to air the president's speeches.Reporting from Caracas, Venezuela, and Quito, Ecuador -- Protests broke out in Venezuela on Monday after cable companies dropped transmission of a popular channel that the government declared had broken telecommunications laws by not broadcasting President Hugo Chavez's speeches.Government critics and...
50 human rights protesters arrested in Russia » Police in central Moscow disrupted a gathering of reportedly hundreds of people and journalists who were demonstrating against what they dub as the government's 'muzzling' of the press in the wake of the country's incumbent premier, Vladimir Putin's assumption of power in 2000. "At 18:00 [15:00 GMT] a group numbering up to 100 tried to hold an unsanctioned rally. Police detained over 50 and took them to a police station," RIA Novosti quoted Moscow police spokesperson Viktor Biryukov as saying. S...
Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary: Germany Celebrates Memory Of The Fall » BERLIN — Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow."It was like a prison," said Sauff, 73, who lived on the Western side of the wall. "For us 'Wessis,' the few kilometers from our old home to our new home (in the East) was unthinkable."The Sauffs were among those who gathered Monday to celebrate 20 years of unity, marking the day the wall came down. Thousands cheered as 1,000 c...
African Peace-building Agenda: "Guinea: The Junta Must Leave", François Grignon » The situation in Guinea remains alarming. Despite the negotiations in Ouagadougou and the build up of regional and international pressures, the junta seems like it would rather lead the country into a civil war than give up power. . The Ouagadougou negotiations enter a critical phase today; their agenda should be limited to the departure of the junta. A “National Unity Government” that allows the current military regime to stay in power would only increase the risks for the region. To prevent a ...