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    Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Russian elections watchdog accused under 'foreign agent' law

    The Russian Justice Ministry accused an election watchdog of failing to register as a “foreign agent” on Tuesday, alleging the group still receives funding from abroad.
    The Russian Justice Ministry accused an election watchdog of failing to register as a “foreign agent” on Tuesday, alleging the group still receives funding from abroad. Golos, a nongovernmental organization that monitors Russian elections,...

    Tags: Fines, Judges, Vladimir Putin, Elections, Punishment

    2. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Old animosities thrive in post-Kadafi Libya

    ZINTAN, Libya — The prized scion of Moammar Kadafi is a prisoner of tribesmen in these mountains of scrub and ocher rock.
    ZINTAN, Libya — The prized scion of Moammar Kadafi is a prisoner of tribesmen in these mountains of scrub and ocher rock. The rebels who captured him after the 2011 civil war that toppled his father have refused to turn him over to the central...

    Tags: Government, Human Rights Watch, Christopher Stevens, National Government, Petroleum Industry

    3. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar

    SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine.
    SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....

    Tags: Government, Interior Policy, Thailand, Hospitals and Clinics, Heroin

    4. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Myanmar forces accused of 'ethnic cleansing' as EU ends sanctions

    The European Union discarded the last of its economic sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, despite fresh reports that Rohingya Muslims there face bloody and persistent attempts at "ethnic cleansing."
    The European Union discarded the last of its economic sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, despite fresh reports that Rohingya Muslims there face bloody and persistent attempts at "ethnic cleansing." The decision worried activists working to help the...

    Tags: Thein Sein, Thailand, Human Rights Watch, Foreign Aid, Economic Sanctions

    5. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Sal Castro recalled as inspiring teacher

    Sal Castro was praised as a tireless, inspiring leader and activist by university professors, doctors and a former California Supreme Court justice at his funeral Thursday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
    Sal Castro was praised as a tireless, inspiring leader and activist by university professors, doctors and a former California Supreme Court justice at his funeral Thursday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. But he simply wanted to be remembered...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles Unified School District, Students, University of California, Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa

    6. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Wrong way on human rights

    Human rights groups are appropriately appalled by the breadth of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that would make it exceedingly difficult for some victims of human rights abuses committed in other countries to win redress in U.S. courts.
    Human rights groups are appropriately appalled by the breadth of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that would make it exceedingly difficult for some victims of human rights abuses committed in other countries to win redress in U.S. courts. Led...

    Tags: Laws, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Criminal Laws

    7. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Greek police arrest suspects in shooting of migrant workers

    ATHENS – After an intense two-day manhunt, Greek police on Friday arrested three strawberry farm foremen suspected of shooting and injuring 28 migrants who were demanding wages they claimed they had not been paid for six months.
    ATHENS – After an intense two-day manhunt, Greek police on Friday arrested three strawberry farm foremen suspected of shooting and injuring 28 migrants who were demanding wages they claimed they had not been paid for six months. The violent...

    Tags: Strawberries, Migration, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Police Arrests

    8. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Greek police hunt for suspects in strawberry plantation shootings

    ATHENS — Police scoured much of Greece’s rural south Thursday searching for three strawberry plantation foremen suspected in the shootings of 29 foreign workers in a pay dispute that has fanned fear of rising racism.
    ATHENS — Police scoured much of Greece’s rural south Thursday searching for three strawberry plantation foremen suspected in the shootings of 29 foreign workers in a pay dispute that has fanned fear of rising racism. None of the workers,...

    Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Strawberries, Immigration, Pakistan, Shootings

    9. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Russia's Putin calls Boston attack 'disgusting'

    MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday began a U.S.-Russian youth hockey game opening the world championship competition by declaring a minute of silence for the casualties of the Boston bombings and the West, Texas, explosion.
    MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday began a U.S.-Russian youth hockey game opening the world championship competition by declaring a minute of silence for the casualties of the Boston bombings and the West, Texas, explosion. “In...

    Tags: Russia, Pakistan, Moscow (Russia), Vladimir Putin, Politics

    10. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse rises to at least 149

    The death toll in the collapse of a Bangladesh building surged to at least 149 after rescuers worked through the night to pull people from the rubble, news services reported. As morning dawned Thursday, many remained trapped under fallen slabs of concrete and jumbled debris.
    The death toll in the collapse of a Bangladesh building surged to at least 149 after rescuers worked through the night to pull people from the rubble, news services reported. As morning dawned Thursday, many remained trapped under fallen slabs of concrete...

    Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Government, Plant Openings, Bangladesh, Labor Legislation

    11. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'The Walking' continues the journey of Iranian immigrants

    In "The Walking," a simple and pure young man circles half the world, on foot, by ship and plane, to a place he's longed to see.
    In "The Walking," a simple and pure young man circles half the world, on foot, by ship and plane, to a place he's longed to see. As a boy growing up in Iranian Kurdistan, Saladin lost himself in the dreamy vision of California he's seen in the movies....

    Tags: Migration, Immigration, Ruhollah Khomeini, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief

    12. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Pervez Musharraf flees after Pakistan court orders his arrest

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An Islamabad court Thursday ordered the arrest of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of illegally detaining dozens of judges while in power, but the former dictator slipped away when Pakistani commandos assigned to provide him security shielded him from an arresting officer outside the courthouse and whisked him away to his sprawling, heavily guarded residence just outside the capital.
    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An Islamabad court Thursday ordered the arrest of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on charges of illegally detaining dozens of judges while in power, but the former dictator slipped away when Pakistani commandos assigned to...

    Tags: Government, Police Arrests, Pakistan, Judges, Pervez Musharraf

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