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The Week Ahead: Myanmar mends, Africa ascends, cinema celebrates
Architect of exiting autocracy invited to the White House Monday, May 20 -- Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Washington symbolically celebrates his nation’s embrace of democracy and the rule of law after half a century of...
Tags: Life of Pi (movie), Aung San Suu Kyi, Human Rights Watch, National Government, Heads of State
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Coup thwarts search for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Uganda's military has suspended its hunt for notorious warlord Joseph Kony after rebels toppled the president of the Central African Republic last month. Kony, indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Invisible Children, Inc., International Law, Kony 2012 (movie), International Criminal Court
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Cyprus wakes to bailout hangover
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below and at the bottom for details.ATHENS -- Defending a last-resort deal with international lenders, bleary-eyed officials on Cyprus said Monday that they had managed to avert a devastating default for the tiny Mediterranean nation and kept it from being forced out of Europe's single-...Tags: Pakistan, European Debt Crisis, Economy, Business and Finance, International Monetary Fund, Theft
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Myanmar on edge after new eruption of interreligious violence
As the Myanmar government urged calm, Muslim shops reportedly sat shuttered Monday in the capital of Yangon, a sign of continued unease after the re-eruption of deadly religious violence in the country. Riots in the central city of Meiktila,...
Tags: Thein Sein, Religious Conflicts, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief
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African Union suspends Central African Republic after president ousted
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The African Union on Monday suspended the Central African Republic and imposed sanctions after rebels ousted President Francois Bozize. South African President Jacob Zuma condemned the rebels as “bandits.”...
Tags: Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Africa, Government, South Africa
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Syrian rebel commander badly hurt in car bombing
BEIRUT -- A Syrian rebel commander who led the opposition Free Syrian Army for more than a year was wounded by a bomb planted in his car Sunday. Col. Riad Asaad, who defected from the country's air force and fled to Turkey in 2011, was in the eastern...
Tags: Riad al-Asaad, Rebellions, Free Syrian Army, Skype, Turkey
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Hong Kong rules against residency for foreign domestic helpers
Foreigners who cook, clean houses and care for children in Hong Kong will not be eligible to become permanent residents like other workers from abroad, a final appeals court ruled Monday. The unanimous ruling disappointed the Filipino workers who...
Tags: Pakistan, Human Rights Watch, Labor Disputes, Labor Legislation, Employees
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Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai
KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...
Tags: Pakistan, Taliban, Elections, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan
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Cyprus locked in tense talks with international lenders
ATHENS -- Officials from Cyprus and international lenders were locked in long and tortuous talks Sunday, trying to strike a deal on a rescue plan that would keep the island’s failing banks from collapsing while maintaining membership in Europe&...
Tags: European Debt Crisis, Economy, Business and Finance, International Monetary Fund, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Finance
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Jordanian council calls King Abdullah a Zionist agent
AMMAN, Jordan -- A tribal council long allied with the Jordanian monarchy has labeled King Abdullah II a Zionist agent because of comments he made in an interview with the Atlantic magazine. “You practiced the role of agent for the forces of...
Tags: Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Mohamed Morsi, Government, Imperial and Royal Matters, Bashar Assad
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Police battle same-sex marriage foes in Paris
PARIS — French riot police battled Sunday with anti-gay marriage protesters who forced their way onto the world famous Champs Élysées. The demonstration was a last-ditch attempt to stop a bill backed by France's Socialist government that will...
Tags: France, Social Issues, Marriage, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Activism
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Rebels topple Central African Republic president, seize capital
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Rebels in the Central African Republic ousted President Francois Bozize on Sunday, forcing him to flee as they stormed the capital, seized the presidential palace and took control. Bozize left the capital early Sunday,...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Francois Bozize, Africa
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