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RPT-Olympics-Discovery of alleged plot points to growing jitters
Reuters(Repeats to additional clients, no changes to text) * Russia says it foiled plot for attack on Moscow * Faces signs that security threat is widening * Putin wants to rally support, boost security cooperation By Timothy Heritage OREKHOVO-ZUYEVO,...Tags: Islam, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions
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Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says
NEW DELHI -- Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Tags: Political Corruption, National Government, Government, Pakistan, Elections
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Turkish-Armenian writer handed jail sentence for blasphemy
ReutersISTANBUL, May 22 (Reuters) - An Istanbul court has sentenced a Turkish-Armenian author and blogger to more than a year in prison for insulting the Prophet Mohammad, local media reported on Wednesday, weeks after a similar case caused alarm among...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Punishment, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Turkey
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Afghanistan: 14 police killed in day of attacks as spring offensive tests Afghan forces
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other police died in two attacks...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Shootings, Explosions, National Government, Government
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Russia angry over "stolen" Eurovision votes
Reuters* Russian foreign minister says votes 'stolen' in song contest * Russian singer placed fifth in a field of 26 * Azerbaijan says official result inaccurate By Lada Evgrashina and Steve Gutterman BAKU/MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with...Tags: Civil Rights, European Union, Voting, Elections, Human Rights
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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago. Running away from home, usually from abuse...Tags: Civil Rights, Labor Legislation, Afghanistan, Abusive Behavior, Prisons
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Civil Rights, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Issues, Explosions, Government
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Coordinated Taliban attacks in Afghan south kill six policemen
ReutersLASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Dozens of Taliban insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Afghan checkpoints in the south on Tuesday, killing at least six Afghan policemen, officials said, adding that a clash was going on. Seven policemen were...Tags: Taliban, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Pakistan, Suicide, Afghanistan
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Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan
ReutersKABUL, May 20 (Reuters) - PepsiCo will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country after 13 years of war. "It will go on stream in 2014," Hamed...Tags: Plant Openings, Kabul (Afghanistan), International Military Interventions, Pakistan, Afghanistan
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Turkey's Erdogan to push Obama on Syria after bombings
Reuters* U.S. seeks Turkish support with Syria peace conference * Erdogan, Obama to discuss evidence of chemical weapons use * Israel relations, Iraq energy also on agenda By Nick Tattersall WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister will push U....Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), National Government, Government, Washington, DC, Wars and Interventions
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Three coalition troops killed in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three international service members were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The soldiers were Americans, said Jawed Faisal, a spokesman...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Kabul (Afghanistan), Explosions, Armed Conflicts, Taliban
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