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Istanbul protesters fear what a new day will bring
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- It’s dawn and tea pots bubble above low flames. Faces appear, poking out from tents, with reddened eyes. The first cigarettes of the day are lit, their tips glowing orange. Smartphones glow as people line up in an exhausted haze,...
Tags: Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Referenda, Amnesty International, Government
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Nelson Mandela 'responding better' to treatment, Zuma says
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- After days of somber news, as South Africa's former leader Nelson Mandela clung to life in intensive care, a sliver of hope emerged Wednesday: He was responding better to treatment for a lung infection, President Jacob Zuma...
Tags: Tuberculosis, Africa, South Africa, Politics, Prisons
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe calls election but his rival rejects the date
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Five years after bitterly disputed elections, Zimbabwe faced a new political conflict Thursday as President Robert Mugabe called elections for July 31 and his rival swiftly rejected the date. The rival, Prime Minister...
Tags: Zimbabwe, Elections, Africa, Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe
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South Africa's path to marriage equality
I can't say, of course, how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the same-sex marriage cases before it. But I can talk about how South African courts grappled with the issue in 2005, after a case was brought by a lesbian couple who had been denied the...
Tags: Feminism, Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Separation of Church and State, Social Issues
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Russian lawmakers move to keep information on homosexuality from kids
MOSCOW – Despite opposition from human rights activists, Russia’s lower house of parliament Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban providing children with information on homosexuality. The lower house, or State Duma, voted...
Tags: Punishment, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights Watch, Moscow (Russia)
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Chinese summit coverage focuses on 'new relationship,' not hacking
BEIJING -- Chinese media coverage of the two-day summit between President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has glossed over cyber hacking concerns, clearly not an issue that Beijing wishes to emphasize. Instead, Chinese commentary is stressing the...
Tags: China, Communist Party of China, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Beijing (China)
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Nelson Mandela's condition remains serious
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Nelson Mandela passed his fourth day under intensive care Tuesday in a Pretoria hospital in serious but stable condition, according to a statement Tuesday by the South African presidency. The statement offered little new...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Punishment, Tuberculosis, Africa, Pneumonia
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Iran's leading reformist candidate drops out of presidential election
TEHRAN -- Leading reformist candidate Mohammad Reza Aref announced Tuesday that he was dropping out of the race to be Iran's next president, leaving centrist Hassan Rowhani as the sole moderate-leaning candidate in Friday’s election. There had...
Tags: Hasan Rowhani, Tehran (Iran), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Elections, Iran
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Suicide bombing outside Afghan Supreme Court kills 17
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, several hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, killing 17 people and wounding 38, police said. The Taliban claimed...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Armed Conflicts
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Edward Snowden gone from Hong Kong hotel, whereabouts unknown
BEIJING -- Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old contractor identified as the source of leaks about the U.S. electronic surveillance program, apparently checked out of his Hong Kong hotel at midday Monday, his destination and whereabouts unknown. "We know...
Tags: Mutual Funds, International Law, Punishment, Justice and Rights, Extradition
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Insurgent attack on Kabul airport ends; all 7 militants slain
KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents launched an hours-long attack early Monday on the heavily guarded military side of Kabul’s international airport, which houses a key NATO strategic headquarters, but failed to breach that part of the complex...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Suicide
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South Africa's president to visit ailing Nelson Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African President Jacob Zuma will visit the ailing Nelson Mandela in a Pretoria hospital, his spokesman said Monday, adding that this would be done discreetly "at the appropriate time." A statement from the president'...
Tags: Tuberculosis, Gallbladder Disease, Government, Pneumonia, Politics
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