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Freedom House Troubling Deterioration For Civil Society In Eurasia
Countries in Central Europe and Central Asia are increasingly being ruled by autocratic governments with little regard for democracy, according to the 2013 Nations in Transit report by democracy watchdog Freedom House. The result has been a worsening of existing corruption, media censorship, and violence against political opposition. The group’s annual analysis of democratic ...
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Peres throws his weight behind US plan to arm Syria rebels
President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind US plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict.In a wide-ranging interview ...
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Obama Iranian election a sign the people seek change
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to ...
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Afghan Forces Struggle as U.S. Weans Them Off Support
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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Shaky start for Bulgarias new government
: Bulgaria's Socialist-backed government is under severe pressure to resign after just two weeks in office following several days of demonstrations in the EU's poorest country. The latest protests began on Friday when Delyan Peevski, an inexperienced but well-connected 32-year-old media mogul, was named head of the powerful state agency for national security DANS. For the thousands ...
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Obama sees Irans election of moderate as hopeful sign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to a breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear ...
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Obama says Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than he wanted at Fed
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, in this June 29, 2010 file ...
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100000 line streets of Brazil to protest corruption
Protestors are reflected on the glass of a building, left, as they march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. Protests in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, set off by a 10-cent hike in public transport fares, have clearly moved beyond that issue to tap into widespread frustration in Brazil about a heavy tax burden, politicians widely viewed as corrupt and woeful ...
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Obama on NSA programs Americans not getting the complete story
Americans outraged by leaked information about two top-secret government surveillance programs are "not getting the complete story," President ...
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Patricia McMillan NSPCC volunteer and Wigan football club chairman give glowing character references for Stuart Hall
NSPCC volunteer and Wigan football club chairman give glowing character references for former BBC star Stuart Hall, 83, as he is jailed for abusing girls as young as ...
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US programme marks birth of one millionth HIV-free baby
This month somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa the one millionth baby will be born without HIV to a mother who suffers from the disease, thanks in large part to a decade-old US aid ...
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US identifies Guantanamo indefinite detainees
The Obama administration has publicly identified for the first time 46 prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base whom it wants to hold indefinitely without charge or trial because it says they are too dangerous to release but cannot be prosecuted. The Defence Department released the names on Monday after ...
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G8 challenges Russia to sign up to Syria peace plan
ENNISKILLEN, United Kingdom (AFP) - World leaders were to fight for a consensus on Syria on the final day of the G8 summit Tuesday, after challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to get on board or be left out in the cold.The meeting of world leaders in Northern Ireland was also due to seek a deal on tax evasion but it was the divisions over the civil war in Syria that threatened to ...
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U.S. Russia still dont agree on Syria
>Read a version of this story in Arabic.(CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he still doesn't see eye to eye with the United States on Syria. But "all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria and to solve this situation peacefully," Putin said Monday after a meeting with US President Barack Obama at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern Ireland. Putin said he and ...
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Obesity fuels rise in throat cancer in men Form is one of the deadliest as it is often diagnosed late
It is thought obesity which can cause acid reflux or heartburn - where the contents of the stomach flow back up the gullet - is one of the main factors behind the rise of a form of the ...
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Nigella Lawson I know what its like to be throttled by your lover - but still not want to leave says Melissa Kite
Art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assaulting his wife Nigella Lawson in an argument outside a restaurant, it is understood. Saatchi was said to have accepted a caution for assault after going to ...
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Increasing amount of red meat in your diet can raise risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by nearly 50
Experts said the link may be due to the fat contained in red meat - mostly saturated fats - which means people should be encouraged to choose leaner ...
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Out-of-hours phone calls with GPs could ease crisis in AE Review of emergency care says current system is unaffordable and unsustainable
Getting telephone advice could be the key to putting the brakes on soaring patient demand on A & E, according to a review of emergency healthcare in the ...
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If coffee perks you up you need to STOP drinking it
Shaking the habitual: Many can't start the day without a cup of tea or coffee, but it's been proven that caffeine doesn't actually jump start your ...
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Court opens floodgate to high-stakes bet machines after test case is kicked out
Last night campaigners said the ruling would be a ‘red rag’ to other bookmakers who would take more and more councils to court and force their way on to high streets ‘up and down the ...
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Ive cracked it Designer creates fool-proof egg separator that sucks the yolk from the white without any mess
For many cooks, separating an egg yolk from the white is a messy business. As you juggle the yolk back and forth between the halves of the egg, your fingers get stickier and stickier as the white drains ...
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Maria Miller says companies have not done enough about removing child porn as she summons them to Whitehall
'Unrelenting pressure': Culture Secretary Maria Miller said companies such as Google had not done enough to ensure sickening images are banished from the ...
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In my country if they have died then they have died Dutch nurses callous reaction to unresponsive patient 81 who she and colleague failed to help
Nurses at the disgraced Stafford Hospital who left an elderly woman to die and then recorded that she was just sleeping have been allowed to keep their ...
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37 and out Village cricketers banned from practising with hard balls after decades on playing field because of health and safety fears
Bacton Cricket Club in Norfolk has been told that it can only use proper cricket balls for practice inside the cricket nets and not on the field as it has done for 37 ...
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Clarifications and corrections Children expelled from school for sexual misconduct
The headline of an article on April 2 said that 15 children a day are expelled from school for sexual misconduct. As the article made clear, this figure included many children who were only temporarily ...
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Nigeria calling on US for misconception help
Nigeria is one of the main producers of drug lords and immigrants and is beset by political instability and groans under the weight of poverty and human strife. At least, this is the perception many in the world have, a perception that is all too narrow in its scope.
Nigeria has an enduring reputation as an exporter of criminals, drug lords, terrorists and immigrants. Such perceptions are only amplified by the recent attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian, or the arrests every year of various Nigerian drug lords in countries around the world. Read more
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