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Post Views: 5 A group of seven intellectuals filed a criminal complaint with the Chief of General Staff on the grounds of a statement that allegedly targeted the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party in the context of the recent discussion
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Post Views: 5 Coming to Terms with a European Tyrant By Benjamin Bidder in Moscow AFP He counts North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il among his friends and unleashes state security forces on his political opponents. Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus
Read MoreDissent within the Free Democrats 0
Post Views: 3 Party Rebels Sharpen Knives for Guido Westerwelle dpa Chancellor Merkel’s junior coalition partners, the Free Democrats, have hit rock bottom. Now, a movement is afoot to topple their leader, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, ahead of important regional
Read MoreUS-Russia nuclear treaty on the cards after Senate vote 0
Post Views: 7 US Senate votes to end debate on ratification of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, paving way for ratification itself Ewen MacAskill in Washington John Kerry says the vote on Start means ‘we are on the brink of writing
Read MoreWikiLeaks cables: Bangladeshi ‘death squad’ trained by UK government 0
Post Views: 11 Rapid Action Battalion, accused of hundreds of extra-judicial killings, received training from UK officers, cables revealFariha Karim and Ian Cobain Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have received training in ‘investigative interviewing techniques’. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA
Read MoreTurkey in last-ditch effort to block Armenian resolution 0
Post Views: 3 ANKARA The Turkish government is making a last-ditch effort to prevent a vote by the US House of Representatives on a resolution declaring the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide and says it would
Read MoreBilingual debate turns into autonomy discussion, triggering wave of criticism 0
Post Views: 19 AY?E KARABATANKARA BDP Co-chairman Selahattin Demirta? and other BDP officials are seen in Parliament on their way to the office of Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali ?ahin for a meeting. The bilingual debate, kicked off by a pro-Kurdish
Read MoreHonduras: Prosecute Post-Coup Abuses 0
Post Views: 14 Casings from live ammunition that witnesses say was used by the Honduran Army to disperse a pro-Zelaya demonstration at the Tegucigalpa airport on July 5, 2009. © 2009 Stephen Ferry Attacks and Threats Remain a Very
Read MoreChina urged to release Uighur activist allegedly tortured in prison 0
Post Views: 5 Ablikim Abdiriyim is the son of prominent Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer © UHRP Amnesty International renews its call on the Chinese authorities to release an ethnic Uighur prisoner of conscience jailed on separatism charges after his
Read MoreWikiLeaks documents show Shell Oil domination of Nigeria 0
Post Views: 9 Secret diplomatic cables from the US Embassy in Nigeria demonstrate the death-grip that Shell Oil maintains on the most populous African country, and the role of the US State Department as the servant of the giant oil
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