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 France |
French head will attend Olympics| French President Sarkozy has confirmed that he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on 8 August | | |
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| Yesterday |
USA |
Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal |
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| Fri. |
 Zimbabwe |
Film of 'vote-rigging' New evidence of vote-rigging in presidential election has emerged in the form of a secret film made by Shepherd Yuda, a prison guard
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| Thu. |
Zimbabwe |
220 seek refuge in U.S. Embassy About 220 Zimbabweans congregated outside the Embassy in Harare, seeking refuge from election-related violence
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| Jul. 1 |
Venezuela |
General who opposes Chavez detained |
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| Jun. 30 |
Iran |
Iran condemns 'Israeli spy' to death |
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| Jun. 29 |
Zimbabwe |
Observers denounce vote
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Malaysia |
Anwar seeks sanctuary in Turkish embassy
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| Jun. 28 |
South Africa |
Tutu urges Zimbabwe intervention
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| Jun. 26 |
Zimbabwe |
Mugabe rivals plead for end to 'genocide'
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| Jun. 25 |
South Africa |
Mandela condemns Mugabe 'failure'
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Zimbabwe |
Tsvangirai leaves embassy refuge
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| Jun. 24 |
Washington |
US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result
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Zimbabwe |
Mugabe defiant as criticism grows President Robert Mugabe has vowed to press ahead with run-off presidential election despite growing international condemnation
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South Africa |
ANC 'dismayed' by Zimbabwe crisis
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| Jun. 23 |
 UN Security Council |
UN: Free Zimbabwe poll impossible 
The Security Council has unanimously condemned the violence and intimidation against Zimbabwe's opposition party
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Zimbabwe |
Mugabe rival seeks refuge in embassy Opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was taking refuge at the Dutch embassy in Harare
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| Jun. 22 |
Zimbabwe |
Criticism mounts on Zimbabwe poll
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Opposition pulls out of election
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| Jun. 21 |
Zimbabwe |
Judge okays opposition rally
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| Jun. 20 |
Zimbabwe |
Biti ordered to face treason trial| A magistrate ruled that Tendai Biti, the secretary-general of the opposition party, must face trial on charges that include treason | |
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| Jun. 19 |
Zimbabwe |
Africa turns up heat on Zimbabwe |
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| Jun. 18 |
Tibet |
Amnesty: Tibet protesters missing |
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| Jun. 17 |
U.S. Congress |
Interrogation debate detailed |
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Irish reject EU treaty
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Zimbabwe |
Africa pressure grows on Mugabe |
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| Jun. 12 |
Zimbabwe |
Mugabe critic on treason charge Secretary general of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Tendai Biti was arrested in Harare on his return from South Africa
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| Jun. 10 |
Zimbabwe |
Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe 'run by military junta' |
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| Jun.6 |
Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe halts opposition rallies
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| Jun.4 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition leader freed |
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Zimbabwe |
Tsvangirai arrested ahead of runoff vote| Police have detained presidential contender, just weeks before the June 27 runoff election against President Mugabe | |
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| May.27 |
Global |
World 'failing on human rights'
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Myanmar |
Junta extends Suu Kyi house arrest |
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| May.21 |
USA |
U.S. handling of child detainees under fire |
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| May.16 |
London |
Brown: Burma 'guilty of inhuman action' |
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President Hu Jintao visits quake area
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| May.8 |
Zimbabwe |
Journalists, lawyer arrested |
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| May.2 |
Cuba |
Home computer ban lifted |
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| Apr.22 |
Zimbabwe |
Churches: Stop the murder, torture |
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| Apr.20 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition claims mass arrests |
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| Apr.16 |
Zimbabwe |
Police clamp down on strikers |
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| Apr.11 |
Zimbabwe |
Ban on Harare rallies |
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Olympic torch extinguished
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| Apr.6 |
London |
Angry protests as torch reaches London |
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| Apr.3 |
Zimbabwe |
Raids target opposition party |
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| Mar.30 |
Zimbabwe |
Monitors warn on 'delay' |
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| Mar.29 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition cries foul as Zimbabwe votes |
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| Mar.27 |
Zimbabwe |
Mugabe critics predict fraud in elections |
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| Mar.22 |
Tibet |
China threatens Tibetians; West protests |
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| Mar.21 |
U.S. Congress |
House speaker blasts China over Tibet |
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| Mar.20 |
Tibet |
Police 'shot at Tibet protesters' |
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| Mar.17 |
Iraq |
Human rights groups see disaster in Iraq |
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| Mar.16 |
 Tibet |
'Eighty killed' in unrest Indian-based officials said the figure was confirmed by several sources, even though China put the death toll at 10
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| Mar.15 |
Tibet |
Dalai Lama's Tibet bloodshed fear |
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Riots, shots as anti-China unrest grows
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| Mar.5 |
Gaza |
Life in Gaza cited worst since 1967 |
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| Feb.27 |
Thailand |
Thaksin taken into police custody
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| Feb.21 |
London |
UK: CIA rendition flights used British soil |
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Riots erupt after president re-elected
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| Dec.15 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf lifts emergency rule
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| Dec.6 |
 CIA |
CIA 'wiped' interrogation tapes The CIA has confirmed that it destroyed at least 2 video tapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects
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| Dec.3 |
Moscow |
Monitors denounce Russia election |
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Sudan |
Sudan frees Briton in teddy row |
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| Nov.29 |
 Sudan |
UK teacher jailed over teddy row | Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad | | |
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Lahoud steps down; no successor
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| Nov.22 |
Uganda |
Commonwealth suspends Pakistan |
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| Nov.9 |
Pakistan |
Ex-PM Bhutto under house arrest
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| Nov.8 |
Pakistan |
Bhutto house surrounded by police |
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| Nov.7 |
Georgia |
Georgia under state of emergency |
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| Nov.5 |
Washington |
US warns Pakistan over emergency |
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| Nov.4 |
 Karachi |
Police beat up lawyers Police have baton-charged a rally by lawyers protesting outside the High Court against the state of emergency
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| Nov.3 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf imposes emergency rule President Pervez Musharraf has declared emergency rule and suspended the constitution. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has been replaced
| Troops have been deployed inside state-run TV stations. The independent channels have gone off air. Chief Justice Chaudhry, who condemned the moves, has been being confined to the Supreme Court with 10 other judges. The court was to decide whether Musharraf was eligible to run for election while remaining army chief. Benazir Bhutto was in Dubai on a personal visit when news of the declaration broke. She immediately boarded a flight back, landing in Karachi
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'Kidnap' children may not get home
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| Oct.25 |
 Myanmar |
Talks hope as Suu Kyi leaves home Pro-democracy leader, under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years, met with the country's newly-appointed liaison officer
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| Oct.13 |
Myanmar |
Key activists arrested |
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| Oct.12 |
Moscow |
Rice holds Russia rights meetings |
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Gore says prize must spur action
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| Sep.28 |
Myanmar |
Internet cut as violence continues |
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| Sep.27 |
Myanmar |
9 dead in crackdown 
9 people have been killed in a crackdown on anti-government protests, after attempts to clear demonstrators from the streets of Yangon
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| Sep.26 |
Myanmar |
Monasteries in night raids |
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Myanmar |
Death claims amid crackdown |
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| Sep.25 |
Myanmar |
Government imposes curfews |
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| Sep.23 |
Myanmar |
Police block protesters |
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| Sep.22 |
Myanmar |
Monks protest near Suu Kyi house |
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PM Abe resigns
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| Jul.23 |
 Libya |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria | 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria. The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan child... | |
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| Jul.20 |
Washington |
Bush signs order banning 'torture' |
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| Jul.11 |
Libya |
Court upholds death verdicts |
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Brown: Let work of change begin
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| Jun.15 |
 London |
Rushdie knighted in honours list Author who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, has been knighted by the Queen
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| Jun.8 |
European Union |
CIA jails in Europe 'confirmed' |
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| Jun.5 |
Czech Republic |
Bush chides Kremlin over democracy |
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| May.27 |
 Venezuela |
TV station off the air Radio Caracas Television, Venezuela's most-watched television station and outlet for the political opposition, went off the air
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| May.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress backs Iraq funding bill |
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| May.11 |
UN |
Zimbabwe to chair major UN body |
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Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election
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| Apr.14 |
Moscow |
Kasparov held at Russian demo |
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| Apr.7 |
Iran |
CIA tortured me, says Iran envoy |
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| Mar.28 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition leaders arrested |
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| Mar.18 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition aide beaten |
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| Mar.12 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition tortured by police Top opposition leaders were assaulted by police who broke up a prayer meeting planned to protest government policies
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Palestinian talks yield power-sharing pact
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Outspoken journalist shot dead
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| Dec.19 |
Libya |
HIV medics condemned to death
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| Nov.19 |
Baghdad |
Saddam trial 'flawed and unsound' |
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| Sep.6 |
Washington |
Bush admits to CIA secret prisons
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| Jun.29 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal' |
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| Jun.6 |
European Union |
Europe 'connived in CIA flights'
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| Apr.24 |
 Nepal |
King agreed to reinstate parliament Jubilant Nepalis have taken to the streets in celebration in parts of the capital Kathmandu
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| Apr.15 |
Nepal |
Police attack media protest
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Prodi hails Italy poll 'victory'
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| Apr.8 |
Nepal |
Police fire on protesters
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| Mar.23 |
Belarus |
Police storm protest vigil |
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| Mar.21 |
Afghanistan |
Convert 'faces execution'
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Labor law protests turn violent
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| Feb.16 |
UN |
U.N. report: Close Guantanamo |
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| Feb.15 |
Australia |
New Abu Ghraib images broadcast |
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Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze
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| Dec.24 |
Egypt |
Nour jailed for 5 years
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| Dec.16 |
Washington |
Secret U.S. spy powers sparks anger |
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'High turnout' in election
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| Dec.5 |
Baghdad |
Witness at Hussein trial describes torture
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| Nov.26 |
Azerbaijan |
Police break up mass rally |
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| Nov.24 |
 Chile |
Pinochet charged over dissidents Former military ruler has been ordered to stay under house arrest
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| Nov.15 |
Baghdad |
Detainees 'found starving'
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'Secret CIA flights' probed
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| Nov.14 |
Uzbekistan |
Andijan suspects given jail terms |
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| Oct.24 |
 Detroit |
Civil rights icon Parks dies She refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man and inspired the modern civil rights movement
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| Jun.22 |
Zimbabwe |
Evicted moved to 'transit camp'
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal
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| May.31 |
 Moscow |
Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years Russian tycoon has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion
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| May.17 |
Uzbekistan |
Opposition says 745 died |
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| May.12 |
Turkey |
Trial of Kurdish leader 'unfair' |
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Ratzinger elected as new Pope
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Pope John Paul II dies at 84
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| Jan.23 |
Iraq |
'Zarqawi tape: Democracy a lie' |
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| Dec.13 |
Chile |
Judge charges Pinochet |
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| Oct.17 |
Belarus |
Lukashenko wins new term vote |
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| Oct.10 |
Iran |
Rights activist Ebadi wins Nobel |
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| Jun.13 |
Iran |
Militia attack Tehran protesters |
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Millions in peace protests
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| Nov.14 |
Afghanistan |
Aid workers freed
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Closest Presidential election
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| May.24 |
Chile |
Pinochet's immunity ends |
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