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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: Najib Razak, Elections, Parliament, Activism, Government
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Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
ReutersKUALA LUMPUR (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 a series of opposition protest...Tags: Malaysia, Najib Razak, Elections, Parliament, Activism
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
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: Teachers, CSI (tv program), Laura Nyro, Bradley Cooper, Adele (music artist)
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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: Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, American Red Cross, Butterfly Ballots, Human Rights Watch
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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: Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Butterfly Ballots, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights
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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...
Tags: World Bank Group, Judaism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Government
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Khartoum behind fresh wave of violence over gold in Darfur: report
Sudan TribuneA new report argues that the Sudanese government's struggle for control of Darfur's gold resources, rather than inter-tribal conflicts is behind the recent surge in violence in the war-torn western region. The report, titled Darfur's Gold Rush: State-...Tags: Sudan, Metal and Mineral, Government, Civil Rights, National Government
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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: Homophobia, Christian Orthodoxy, Minority Groups, Discrimination, Russia
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Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split
ReutersYOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in support of troops fighting increasingly powerful Islamist insurgents in its northeast on Thursday, the second day of a military offensive that has divided opinion over how best to tackle the...Tags: Nigeria, Lagos (Nigeria), International Law, Goodluck Jonathan, Human Rights Watch
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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: NATO, Companies and Corporations, Mortgages, Haqqani Network, Government
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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: Political Corruption, Freedom of the Press, Elections, Computer Crime, Blackmail and Extortion
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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...
Tags: Pizzas, Elections, Wendy Greuel, Students, George Plimpton
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