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Egypt: Cairo in panic as five explosions hit subway stations

Egypt: Cairo in panic as five explosions hit subway stations

June 25, – Five near-simultaneous small explosions went off in subway stations and outside a court building in Cairo on Wednesday, wounding five people and causing widespread panic among morning commuters, officials said, in the first attacks since the election of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the former army chief who last year’s ouster of Islamist […]

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Venezuela:  Housing Ministry set on fire, during protests in Caracas

Venezuela: Housing Ministry set on fire, during protests in Caracas

Apr 02, – Several people, including a young girl, have been rescued from Venezuela’s Housing Ministry after it was set on fire by anti-government protesters. The building in Caracas was engulfed in flames after the attack by opposition supporters angered when an opposition leader was tear-gassed as she tried to enter parliament. Maria Corina Machado tried […]

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2 Spanish journalists arrive home after 6 months captivity in Syria

2 Spanish journalists arrive home after 6 months captivity in Syria

Mar 30, – As Espinosa walked down the steps from the plane, his young son raced across the tarmac and threw his arms around his father in a bear hug. Other family members, newspaper representatives and government officials also were on hand to greet them, according to video of their arrival posted to El Mundo’s […]

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Venezuela unrest: Pregnant woman shot in head dies in Caracas

Venezuela unrest: Pregnant woman shot in head dies in Caracas

Mar 24, – Officials said the 28-year-old pregnant woman was shot in the head after she left a bus that had been held up by barricades built by the protesters. Pregnant woman has been shot dead during an anti-government rally in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. The woman, named as Adriana Urquiola, was five-months pregnant. It remains […]

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China’s flourishing sex industry is dangerous and degrading

China’s flourishing sex industry is dangerous and degrading

Mar 06, – At the White Horse Club, one of Shanghai’s grandest entertainment venues, wealthy women go wild each night, partying with tall, muscular men for whose company they pay. It is at least 800 yuan (HK$1,000) for an evening with each Chinese “model”, or 1,200 yuan for a foreigner, but the party can go […]

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Venezuela: Maduro announces capture of several heads of street protests

Venezuela: Maduro announces capture of several heads of street protests

Mar 05, – Caracas Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday announced the capture of several “heads of the violent and fascist street protests, and they will be brought to the Public Prosecutor Office.” He said that authorities were on the alert to face actions intended to block bridges, tunnels and highways in at least four […]

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Egypt panel criticizes security forces over handling of pro-Mursi sit-in

Egypt panel criticizes security forces over handling of pro-Mursi sit-in

Mar 05, – A government-appointed panel largely blamed supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi for the death of hundreds of people when security forces dispersed a Cairo protest camp last August, one of the bloodiest days in Egypt’s modern history. The panel placed some responsibility on security forces, saying that they did not maintain […]

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Venezuelan protesters keep up momentum despite ‘carnival season’

Venezuelan protesters keep up momentum despite ‘carnival season’

Mar 03, – Thousands of opposition demonstrators in Venezuela have marched through the streets of Caracas in new protests against the government.  At the end of the march, activists clashed with police in the opposition strongholds of Chacao and Altamira. President Nicolas Maduro extended the traditional carnival holidays until the end of this week and […]

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Death toll rises to 33 in knife rampage on China train station

Death toll rises to 33 in knife rampage on China train station

Mar 02, Kunming – More than 10 assailants slashed scores of people with knives at a train station in southern China, drawing police fire, in what authorities called a terrorist assault by ethnic separatists based in the far west, state media said Sunday. As many as 33 people were killed and 130 wounded. Police fatally […]

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Venezuela: UN human rights chief calls for investigation into protest deaths

Venezuela: UN human rights chief calls for investigation into protest deaths

Mar 01, – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, expressed concern on Friday about reports of excessive force by the Venezuelan government against opposition protesters, calling on all sides to renounce violence. “The inflammatory rhetoric from all sides is utterly unhelpful and risks escalating the tense situation in the country,” Pillay said. […]

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