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Opposition rally organizers jailed in Kazakhstan
By PETER LEONARD, Associated Press ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Some 300 opposition activists staged a rare rally in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital Saturday to protest recent
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NYPD Admits Using Anti-Muslim Film for Training Nearly 1,500 Officers
Film Accuses All Muslims of Plotting to Overthrow US by Jason Ditz, January 24, 2012 Last year, the New York Police Dept. was caught in
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Secrets of the billionaire backing Gingrich’s shot at the White House
Sheldon Adelson is not running for office – but his cash could swing Tuesday’s Florida primary Paul Harris Abraham Foxman, the amiably chatty director of
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Former U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Faces Genocide Trial
By Mariano Castillo, CNN (CNN) — A Guatemalan judge has ordered the country’s former dictator to stand trial on charges that he was responsible for
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Acta protests break out as EU states sign up to treaty
MEPs of 21 EU states, including the UK, have signed off on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement The UK and 21 other European Union member
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Cuba Announces Release of the World’s First Lung Cancer Vaccine
HAVANA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Cuban medical authorities have launched the sales of the world’s first therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, local officials said on
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Elections, Government, International, Labor, Literature, Media & Culture, Music, Science & Technology, Statements, TV & FilmSOPA’s big brother signed by EU nations amid widespread protests
Polish citizens take to the streets in protest at ACTA By Jennifer Baker IDG News Service – The European Union signed up to the controversial
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Aid group quits Libyan prisons over torture
(CBS/AP) BENGHAZI, Libya – The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday it has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of
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Libya: UN alarmed over failure to stop torture of detainees
Medicins Sans Frontieres, the medical charity, is suspending operations in Libyan detention centres because they were being asked to make torture victims fit for further
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