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Thai coup leader: Don’t protest, it’s no use ‘king endorses coup’

Thai coup leader: Don’t protest, it’s no use ‘king endorses coup’

May 27, – Bolstered by an endorsement from Thailand’s king, the nation’s new military ruler issued a stark warning Monday to anyone opposed to last week’s coup: don’t cause trouble, don’t criticize, don’t protest — or else the nation could revert to the “old days” of turmoil and street violence. Speaking in his first public […]

May 27, 2014 | By | Reply More
Polls open in Costa Rica’s Solis running alone in presidential run-off

Polls open in Costa Rica’s Solis running alone in presidential run-off

Apr 06, – Voting got under way in Costa Rica on Sunday, where historian and former diplomat Luis Guillermo Solis faced no opposition in the country’s presidential run-off election. His lone rival in the race, conservative contender Johnny Araya, dropped out last month after polls showed he would be soundly defeated, giving the centrist Solis […]

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Venezuela forces storm protest city of San Cristobal

Venezuela forces storm protest city of San Cristobal

Mar 31, – The National Guards rolled in under the cover of darkness, firing off tear gas and rubber bullets as they advanced with bulldozers and armoured vehicles towards the makeshift barricades. After weeks of protests that have rocked his government, Venezuela’s autocratic left-wing leader Nicolás Maduro had ordered his security forces to regain control […]

March 31, 2014 | By | Reply More
China spots new object possible plane debris in southern Indian Ocean

China spots new object possible plane debris in southern Indian Ocean

Mar 22, – China said new satellite image object was 22 meters long (74ft) and 13 meters (43ft) wide, and spotted around 120 km (75 miles) “south by west” of potential debris reported by Australia off its west coast in the forbidding waters of the southern Indian Ocean. China said on Saturday it had a […]

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Turkey: ‘Two dead’ in clashes during teen’s funeral

Turkey: ‘Two dead’ in clashes during teen’s funeral

Mar 13, – Two people have died during protests across Turkey following the funeral of a teenager wounded in anti-government clashes last year, local media report. One protester died during clashes in Istanbul’s Kurtulus district. In the east of the country a police officer is said to have died of a heart attack while dealing […]

March 13, 2014 | By | Reply More
Venezuela: Beauty queen Genesis Carmona fatally shot in head by Maduro’s gunmen

Venezuela: Beauty queen Genesis Carmona fatally shot in head by Maduro’s gunmen

Feb 20, Caracas – A local beauty queen died of a bullet wound on Wednesday in the sixth fatality from Venezuela’s political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez urged supporters to keep fighting for the departure of the socialist government. College student and model Genesis Carmona, 22, was shot in the head during a […]

February 20, 2014 | By | Reply More
Syria crisis: US ‘to drop military threat’

Syria crisis: US ‘to drop military threat’

Sep 14, – The US will drop its insistence that a UN resolution on Syria must be backed by military force, officials say, after strong objections from Russia. US and Russian diplomats say the two sides are edging closer to a deal on Syria’s chemical arsenal, as talks in Geneva enter a third day. They […]

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