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    Dec 20, 2011 |Story| WSBT-TV

  1. Topless women's group claims Belarus police abuse

    MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A Ukrainian organization of topless female activists says three of its members were abducted by Belarusian security officers, beaten, humiliated and left naked in a forest. The group, called Femen, has become widely known in...

    Tags: Minsk (Belarus), Alexander Lukashenko, Abusive Behavior

    2. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Beaver kills man in Belarus; he wanted to be photographed with it

    A Belarus fisherman who invaded a beaver's space paid for it with his life.
    A Belarus fisherman who invaded a beaver's space paid for it with his life. The 60-year-old man in Belarus was with friends on a recent fishing trip when he tried to approach the beaver to be photographed with it, according to the Daily Telegraph. The...

    Tags: The Washington Post

    3. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. USDA opens export markets for day-old chicks, hatching eggs, dairy cattle

    WASHINGTON - On April 3 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced recent results of the Agency's efforts to support exports of U.S. agricultural products. APHIS' recent efforts are...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Pears, Russia

    4. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. This weekend is bringing a 'Measure' of 'Proof'

    This is a busy theater weekend in Chicago. Playwright David Auburn's "Proof" comes home to Hyde Park after 13 years, and at the Goodman Theatre, William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" takes a trip, perhaps a strange trip, to 1970s New York, an era before Mayor Rudy Giuliani had cleaned up the porn houses and the peep shows around Times Square.
    This is a busy theater weekend in Chicago. Playwright David Auburn's "Proof" comes home to Hyde Park after 13 years, and at the Goodman Theatre, William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" takes a trip, perhaps a strange trip, to 1970s New York, an era...

    Tags: Goodman Theatre, Rudy Giuliani, William Shakespeare, University of Chicago, Hyde Park

    5. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Nursing longer doesn't protect against obesity, study says

    Getting moms to nurse their babies longer and exclusively did not mean the kids were less at risk for obesity by the time they were 11-1/2 – despite suggestions from other studies that breastfeeding can protect against obesity, researchers in a large study from Belarus said.
    Getting moms to nurse their babies longer and exclusively did not mean the kids were less at risk for obesity by the time they were 11-1/2 – despite suggestions from other studies that breastfeeding can protect against obesity, researchers in a...

    Tags: Nursing, Obesity, Medical Research, American Medical Association, Body Mass Index

    6. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Belarus border guard reportedly sentenced over teddy bear drop

    A Belarusian border guard reportedly will spend two years behind bars for failing to tell his superiors about a Swedish plane that entered the country in July to make an air drop -- of teddy bears.&nbsp;<strong></strong>
    A Belarusian border guard reportedly will spend two years behind bars for failing to tell his superiors about a Swedish plane that entered the country in July to make an air drop -- of teddy bears.  Hundreds of plush bears with parachutes and protest...

    Tags: Punishment, Civil Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Human Rights Watch

    7. Feb 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Foreign government offices

    For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...

    Tags: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Politics, Uganda, France, Guinea

    8. Jan 31, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. 'Minsk, 2011' finds sexual heat in totalitarian chill

    THEATER REVIEW: "Minsk 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker" by the Belarus Free Theatre at Chicago Shakespeare &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;
    In these free, privileged United States, the phrase "Sex in the City" conjures up a premium-cable experience of hot nights, cool fashion, heavy appetizers and relationship angst so light it might fly away on the West Village breeze. But whither real sex...

    Tags: Skype, Nelson Algren, West Village, Minsk (Belarus), Alexander Lukashenko

    9. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Belarus Free Theatre explores oppression through the prism of sex

    Tribune Newspapers
    The sex lives of modern cities — Berlin in the 1920s, New York or San Francisco in the 1970s — tend to be characterized in terms of underground cabarets and over-the-top discos, of fast times fueled by carefree hedonism. But the sex life...

    Tags: Punishment, Civil Rights, Politics, Entertainment Events, Justice and Rights

    10. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Off Center and all together

    Natalia Kaliada has faced rejection from arts facilities, endured police raids, been arrested and lived in exile for more than two years.
    Natalia Kaliada has faced rejection from arts facilities, endured police raids, been arrested and lived in exile for more than two years. All of that for one cause: a relentless commitment to free thought and expression. As the founding co-artistic...

    Tags: Artists, Fine Artists, Skype, Arts, Festive Events

    11. Dec 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Israel's former foreign minister indicted on fraud charges

    This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.
    JERUSALEM — Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's controversial former foreign minister, was indicted Sunday on charges of fraud and breach of trust. The indictment, issued in a Jerusalem court, follows a long, drawn-out legal investigation into accusations...

    Tags: Prisons, Israel, Prosecution, Politics, Parliament

    12. Oct 1, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Syrian foreign minister accuses West of fomenting terror

    World Now
    Syria's foreign minister blasted U.S. and other Western and Arab nations at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, accusing them of supporting terrorism in their supply of weapons and guidance to rebels fighting for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar...
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