The E.U. is worried about Russia’s human rights record, rubber barons deforest Cambodia and Laos and attempts to introduce a …
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Filipino Clans, Celebrities Dominate Midterm Polls
(MANILA, Philippines) — From Imelda Marcos to Manny Pacquiao, familiar names of Philippine political clans and celebrities dominated the ballots for Monday’s congressional and local elections, which will gauge popular support for the president’s anti-corruption drive and other reforms.
Despite scattered violence and fears of fraud, …
Ex-Dictator Convicted of Genocide in Guatemala
(GUATEMALA CITY) — A Guatemalan court has convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison.
The 86-year-old former general is the first …
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Haiti’s cholera victims threaten to sue the U.N., the Israeli government moves to end gender segregation in public spaces and the growth in Nigeria’s consumption of champagne is second to France
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The Bank of China closes the account of North Korea’s main foreign exchange bank, France struggles to contain radical Islam in its prisons and the hacktivist group Anonymous said it may target Aung San Suu Kyi
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The CDC says the current strain of bird flu cannot cause a pandemic, why is Chinese art underrepresented around the world and Germany has experienced its biggest spike in immigration in almost two decades
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North Korea’s nuclear weapons might be able to reach the U.S., Egypt has no family planning policy despite its surging birthrate and Japan is set to build its first overseas nuclear plant since the Fukushima meltdown of 2011
U.S. Military Plane Carrying 3 Crashes in Kyrgyzstan
(CHALDOVAR, Kyrgyzstan) — An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where the U.S. operates an air base key to the war in Afghanistan.
There was no immediate word on the fate of the KC-135 crew. Officials at the U.S. base said they …
Venezuela’s Brawl Is the Latest Edition of Parliament Fight Club
The first rule of Parliament Fight Club is try not to be among the opposition. On the evening of April 30, members of Venezuela’s political opposition, including a former presidential candidate, were apparently roughed up by …
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Sri Lanka intensifies its crackdown on dissenters, the U.K. decides to stop all direct aid to South Africa by 2015 and China’s manufacturing sector has slowed
Workers Rally for Better Conditions on May Day
(JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Tens of thousands of low-paid workers took to the streets on May Day to demand higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions a week after a Bangladesh garment factory building collapse killed hundreds — a grim reminder of how lax safety regulations make going to work a danger in many poor …
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Cellphones are polluting the world and the Irish coalition government is expected to sign off on draft legislation that will lead to limited abortion in the republic
The Reign of Spain: Can Roca Ousts Noma as World’s Best Restaurant
The king is dead; long live the king. Just when it seem that the food world had moved definitively beyond the high-wire pyrotechnics of modern Spanish cooking to embrace the less adorned lichen and sea buckthorn of new Nordic …
