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Karrubi publishes prison detainees rape account
Tuesday, 08.25.2009, 06:36am
They have dismissed him, attempted to silence him and threatened him
with arrest. Mehdi Karrubi, pictured, ran against hardline President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election.
But Iran's Islamic hardliners so far have failed to stifle opposition
leader Mehdi Karrubi's claims that post-election detainees have been
abused -- some even raped -- behind bars.
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Two die in hurricane-whipped surf
Monday, 08.24.2009, 10:25am
Fierce waves churned up by Hurricane Bill were linked to the deaths
of two people at the weekend, including a 7-year-old girl swept out to
sea off Maine, officials reported.
The girl died Sunday after a large ocean wave kicked up by Hurricane
Bill knocked her and two other people into the Atlantic at Maine's
Acadia National Park, a park official said. The other two survived
after being rescued by the Coast Guard.
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Pakistan foils suicide terror plot
Sunday, 08.23.2009, 10:48am
Pakistani forces in the last month foiled a planned attack on the
parliament building, the intelligence agency and other federal
institutions, the country's interior minister told CNN Sunday.
In the last four weeks, authorities arrested three men with suicide
vests who were plotting to carry out the attacks, said Interior
Minister Rehman Malik.
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Afghans risk death to vote
Thursday, 08.20.2009, 06:34am
Despite threats from the Taliban, Afghans went to the polls Thursday to vote in the nation's second national election.
In parts of
the capital Kabul, where recent calm was shattered with a series of
attacks leading up to the benchmark vote, the streets were eerily empty
early in the day, save extra security checkpoints.
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Afghan media blackout call amid vote threat
Wednesday, 08.19.2009, 07:17am
Afghanistan's government on Wednesday called for a media blackout on
reporting violence as fresh attacks threatened disruptions a day ahead
of pivotal presidential elections. An Afghan policeman walks near the
bank in Kabul where an armed robbery ended in a gun battle.The media
was asked to refrain from covering any attacks on election
day in an effort to "ensure the wide participation of the Afghan
people."
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Divisions over Venezuela media measures
Tuesday, 08.18.2009, 07:59am
The recent closure of 32 privately owned radio stations and a
proposed law to punish "media crimes" are signs that Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez is moving to quash criticism of his government,
according to a recent U.S. intelligence report.
Chavez's
government is "moving forcefully to silence critics," said the
unclassified U.S. analysis prepared by the Open Source Center, a
government intelligence center.
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19 killed by bombing in Russias Ingushetia
Monday, 08.17.2009, 07:12am
At least 19 people died and about 70 were wounded following a
suicide bombing Monday morning outside a police headquarters in Nazran
in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, Russian state television
reported.
"The fire was finally extinguished, but there could be more dead and
wounded under the rubble of the exploded building," it said.
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Convicted American freed from Myanmar
Sunday, 08.16.2009, 08:48am
An American sentenced to seven years hard labor in Myanmar after he
sneaked into the home of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi,
arrived in Thailand on Sunday with the U.S. senator who secured his
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Car bomb explodes near NATO HQ in Kabul
Saturday, 08.15.2009, 06:37am
A suicide car bombing exploded outside the NATO headquarters in
Afghanistan early Saturday, killing seven people and injuring 91 just
five days before the country holds presidential elections, an Interior
Ministry spokesman said.
The massive bomb detonated near the main gate of NATO's
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters.
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Missing cargo ship found
Friday, 08.14.2009, 04:28pm
A missing Russian cargo ship is in international waters north of Cape
Verde, according to Portugal's state news agency, which quoted Cape
Verde's defense director.
"The ship is now about 400 nautical miles north of Sao Vicente, outside
the exclusive economic zone of Cape Verde," Pedro Reis said Friday.
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