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VENEZUELA Chávez opponents jailed in crackdown Two foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who had publicly criticized the socialist government in recent days found themselves in jail this week as part of a crackdown on opposition figures that has prompted alarm about the state of democracy in the oil-rich Latin American country. On Monday, former [...]
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For the past two years, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has been dominated by fears for the global economy. This year, cautious optimism about the economy has returned. But as economic risk declines, geopolitical risk seems to be on the increase. Read more
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The decision by Egyptian officials to virtually shut down Internet access to the country Friday marked an audacious escalation in the battle between authoritarian governments and tech-savvy protesters. It was also a direct challenge to the Obama administration’s attempts to promote Internet freedom. Read more
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of angry Egyptians rallied in central Cairo on Saturday to demand that President Hosni Mubarak resign, dismissing his offer of dialogue and calling on troops to come over to their side. Read more
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak clung to power Saturday as protesters took to the streets again to demand that he quit. Read more
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is due to appoint a new government after firing his previous administration amid a wave of protests against his rule. Read more
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AP – British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland … Play Video Terrorism Video:Yemen’s ‘Perfect Storm’ of Problems FOX News Play Video Terrorism Video:DHS Ends Color-Coded Threat Level System ABC News Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 11,823.70 -166.13 ^GSPC 1,276.34 -23.20 ^IXIC 2,686.89 -68.39 AdChoices By FRANK [...]
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused on Saturday to bow to demands that he resign after ordering troops and tanks into cities in an attempt to quell an explosion of street protests against his 30-year rule. Read more
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THE suspected mastermind of the Moscow airport bombing is thought to belong to an Islamist militant group in the North Caucasus. Read more
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The former prime minister, who is rarely seen in Westminster, is understood to have been in contact with sympathetic journalists to discuss the phone-hacking allegations. Read more
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Illinois’ highest court yesterday put President Barack Obama’s former White House chief of staff back in the race for Chicago mayor, three days after a lower court threw the name off the ballot because he had not lived in the city for a full year. Read more
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Volunteers carry an injured boy after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on Sept. 3, 2004, in the town of Beslan, Russia. The troops and some local armed militia volunteers stormed the building to end the standoff. Read more
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Here is a roundup of the terrorist attacks that have targeted Russians since the beginning of the Islamist uprising and Russian military response known as the Second Chechen War. Read more
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It’s signs of the domino effect that many rulers in the Middle East feared after protests in Tunisia sent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had held office since 1987 after taking over as prime minister in a bloodless coup, scrambling into exile. (And now there’s a warrant out for his arrest.) Just days [...]
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Now that the Rahm Emanuel residency wrangle is over, our lawmakers in Springfield have a cleanup job on their hands: Clarify, if not toss out entirely, this ancient law that’s caused so much trouble these last few months. Clarify because, despite the insistence of some analysts, the statutory language and legal precedents involving residency and [...]
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8:53am UK, Friday January 28, 2011 Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across Egypt today to protest against the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. [...]
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© ITV Vanilla Ice has revealed that he was recently knocked unconscious after falling during rehearsals for Dancing On Ice. The American rapper was rushed to hospital and required stitches to his head following a nasty accident on Wednesday in which he smashed his head against the ice while attempting a dangerous lift. “I [felt] [...]
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Dozens of Guantanamo inmates are protesting their imprisonment with a sit-in and signs to mark the ninth anniversary of the prison camp’s opening. Read more
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Chilean miners whose rescue from a collapsed mine after being trapped for two months captured the world’s attention arrived at Walt Disney World Thursday for a six-night stay. The Orlando Sentinel reported that 31 of the 33 miners, four of their rescuers and their family members were [...]
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It’s not often you see Republican lawmakers standing alongside Democrats and labor unions to protest welfare cuts, but there they were this morning on the steps of the state Capitol. Assemblymen Brian… Read more