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Pakistan militants kill 5 in attack on tribal official's compound
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Militants disguised as policemen stormed the compound of a top tribal region official in the northwest city of Peshawar on Monday and killed five police officers, the latest outbreak of violence to rattle the country as its civilian...
Tags: Executive Branch, Bombings, Politics, Justice and Rights, Taliban
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Myanmar officials blame electrical problems for mosque fire
Electrical problems were to blame for a fire that reportedly killed 13 children at a mosque and religious school in Myanmar, authorities said Tuesday, even as the blaze stirred up suspicions of an attack on Muslims. Yangon regional fire chief Kyi Win...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Buddhism, Arson
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Timbuktu attacks are sign of continued challenge in Mali, experts say
New attacks on the storied city of Timbuktu are a sign of the continued uneasiness in the African nation of Mali, months after French and Malian forces pushed back militants trying to extend their reach southward. An Al Qaeda affiliate claimed...
Tags: Suicide, United Nations, Religious Conflicts, Elections, Human Rights
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'Game of Thrones' returns, Kevin Ware's injury shocks and pogs in your Easter basket?
In case you forgot it's April Fools day, Google is there to remind you. Today's top "cold searches" will return you to the 90's with Y2K, Pogs hologram slammers, Macarena step-by-step and prom scrunchies making you want to jump jumping like a mac daddy....
Tags: HIV, April Fools' Day, Gays and Lesbians, Human Rights, Michigan Wolverines
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COLUMN: US is inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding...Tags: Libya, Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Turkey
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McManus: Inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels...
Tags: Libya, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Turkey, Bashar Assad
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'Massive' wave of Russian state inspections of NGOs continues
Russian officials pressed ahead Wednesday with a sweeping wave of inspections on nonprofit foundations, human rights groups and other NGOs that has troubled activists in Russia and abroad. In the latest round, state inspectors showed up at the offices...
Tags: Punishment, Human Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Parties and Movements
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Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda denies war crimes in court
Standing before the International Criminal Court on Tuesday for the first time, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda denied he was guilty of a long list of wartime crimes. Ntaganda faces charges of forcing children to fight as soldiers and indirectly...
Tags: March 23 Movement, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, International Criminal Court
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Myanmar on edge after new eruption of interreligious violence
As the Myanmar government urged calm, Muslim shops reportedly sat shuttered Monday in the capital of Yangon, a sign of continued unease after the re-eruption of deadly religious violence in the country. Riots in the central city of Meiktila,...
Tags: Thein Sein, Human Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Buddhism
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Hong Kong rules against residency for foreign domestic helpers
Foreigners who cook, clean houses and care for children in Hong Kong will not be eligible to become permanent residents like other workers from abroad, a final appeals court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling disappointed the Filipino workers who...
Tags: Central African Republic, Hong Kong, Human Rights, Labor Disputes, Employees
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Mexico's disappeared
The full human cost of Mexico's bloody drug war during the last six years is only now becoming apparent. Nearly 70,000 people died and more than 26,000 went missing between 2006 and 2012. A scathing new report by Human Rights Watch casts substantial blame...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Missing Persons
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United Arab Emirates trial opens for 94 accused of trying to seize power
Ninety-four people accused of trying to seize power went on trial Monday in the United Arab Emirates, in a tightly guarded hearing criticized by human rights groups. The suspects allegedly launched an organization that claimed to promote “the...Tags: Human Rights, Arab Spring, Justice System, Politics, Justice and Rights
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