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Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
ReutersBy Siva Sithraputhran KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested several opposition politicians and activists on Thursday, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked...Tags: Police Arrests, Malaysia, Elections, Activism, Parliament
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Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists on Thursday and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a...Tags: Police Arrests, Elections, Activism, Parliament, National Government
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Kiev court cancels Ukraine's first-ever gay pride rally
Associated PressKIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Homophobia, Russia, Politics, Social Issues
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Headlines for Thursday, May 23, 2013
GODSMACK: Sully Gets Own Guitar
Godsmack frontman Sully Erna is the latest musician to get his own signature guitar.
Gibson's Sully Erna Les Paul Studio model is ebony black with a Godsmack sun emblem on the body...Tags: Santa Barbara County Fires (2008), Diana Krall, The Flaming Lips (music group), Amway, Pop Evil (music group)
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Nigeria eases curfew in northeast, fights on against Boko Haram
ReutersMAIDUGURI, May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram. The Nigerian military has sent thousands of extra...Tags: Justice and Rights, Rebellions, Butterfly Ballots, Cameroon, European Union
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Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive
ReutersMAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants' activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their bases. Military officers in...Tags: Justice and Rights, Rebellions, Butterfly Ballots, Cameroon, Armed Forces
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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
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Crowds break up gay rights rallies in Georgia, Russia
ReutersTBILISI/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Large crowds of anti-gay protesters broke up homosexual rights rallies in Georgia and Russia on Friday, underlining deep hostility in the former Soviet bloc. Priests and thousands of Georgians pushed their way...Tags: Justice and Rights, Christian Orthodoxy, Homophobia, Russia, Social Issues
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PRESS DIGEST-Canada-May 16
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * The revelation that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's...Tags: Mortgages, Toronto (Canada), NATO, Plant Openings, Companies and Corporations
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Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split
Reuters* President Jonathan declared state of emergency on Tuesday * Aims to wrest control of remote areas from Islamists * U.S., rights groups fear abuses, worsening violence By Imma Ande YOLA, Nigeria, May 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in...Tags: Justice and Rights, Rebellions, Lagos (Nigeria), Armed Forces, Politics
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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
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Rights groups condemn Azerbaijan over Internet defamation bill
Reuters* OSCE, Amnesty International criticise Aliyev government * Amnesty suggests move timed to presidential vote * Imprisonment of journalist also condemned By Margarita Antidze TBILISI, May 15 (Reuters) - Human rights groups criticised Azerbaijan on...Tags: Justice and Rights, Elections, Blackmail and Extortion, Politics, Freedom of the Press
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