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13 min ago | CNN

British PM seeks answers after hacking death

Prime Minister David Cameron will convene an emergency meeting of Britain's civil emergency committee on Thursday, looking for answers in the aftermath of the daylight hacking death of a man thought to be a British soldier by two attackers.

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13 min ago | The Star Online

Analysis - Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability

For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Tunisia, Muslim Brotherhood, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali

Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Times

Ukrainian journalists disrupt government session

Ukrainian reporters on Wednesday disrupted a government session chaired by the prime minister, suggesting his family members could be the next victims of official inaction after police in Kiev stood by while pro-government activists attacked two journalists covering an opposition protest.

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Related Topix: Journalism

Connecticut Post

Afghan students protest women's rights decree

Afghans chant slogans during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May, 22, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

BBC News

Man dead in suspected terror attack

A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot and wounded by police in Woolwich, south-east London.

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Related Topix: Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, Terrorism

Voice of America

Transitional Justice Elusive in Arab Spring Nations

Egyptian riot police take up positions outside the building where former president Hosni Mubarak is being tried in connection with the killing of Arab Spring protesters.

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Related Topix: Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak

News24

Journalist jailed over anti-Muslim film

A Pakistani Muslim demonstrator throws a tear gas shell back towards riot police during their attempt to reach the US embassy during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Islamabad.

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Related Topix: Religion, Islam, World News, Pakistan, Turkey, Middle East

Hollywood Reporter

Imprisoned Russian Pussy Riot Member Declares Hunger Strike

Alekhina, 24, was due for a parole hearing Wednesday but forbid her lawyer from attending when told she would not be allowed to attend.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment

AlertNet

Seven Muslims in Myanmar jailed over death of Buddhist monk

Muslim men accused of murdering a monk, believed to be the first killing in the March unrest, are escorted by police out of court in Meikhtila April 24, 2013.

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WATE-TV Knoxville

Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike in prison

An Arizona restaurateur's online rants against unhappy customers has become an Internet sensation - and taught small businesses an important lesson about keeping customers happy.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Gabrielle Giffords, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Restaurant Management

The St. Petersburg Times

Abrupt End for Approved Gay Rally

Sergey Chernov / SPT Two demonstrators at last week's Rainbow Flashmob, which was shut down by City Hall 13 minutes after it began.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Tue May 21, 2013

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

2nd day of riots in Stockholm suburb shakes Sweden

Police officers stand guard in a street during a riot in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday, May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: Sweden, World News, Fredrik Reinfeldt

AlertNet

Russia moves closer to jail terms for offending religion

Russian lawmakers on Tuesday took a step toward imposing jail terms for offending religious feelings, approving legislation proposed after punk band Pussy Riot performed a raucous protest song in Moscow's main Orthodox Christian cathedral.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin

New Vision

Police continue Monitor search...

By Vision Reporters The Police have said they are yet to complete their search at the Monitor and Red Pepper offices.

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Morning Star

Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars On Class And Gender

Word magazine has calculated that 60 per cent of British artists in a recent music top 10 had been to public school compared with just 20 per cent in 1990.

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This Is London

Anti-capitalist protesters target 100 addresses of 'power'

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Related Topix: Fermanagh County, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Transitions Online

Russia's Morality Police Pull up the Drawbridge

In recent months nonconformist culture and alternative artists in Russia have come under fire from conservative politicians and radical Orthodox groups alike.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Gay/Lesbian

Mon May 20, 2013

Times of Oman

Reinforcements to Egypt's Sinai after police camp hit

Egyptian Army soldiers guard the gates during a protest by policemen at the main Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip which has been closed for the third day, in Rafah city, about 350 km northeast of Cairo, May 19, 2013.

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HawaiiNews

Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums Stern-looking soldiers...

Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez

KAUZ

Thousands march in NY to protest gay man's killing

Actor Sean Penn is urging the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman jailed there since 2011.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Manhattan, NY, New York, NY