tagged w/ International Politics
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Thoughts on the probable outcomes of revolutions in the Arab world.
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Talk by Noam Chomsky on US Foreign Policy and the Arab Revolution
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Pakistan's Minorities Minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, has died after two gunmen opened fire on his car in the capital, Islamabad, hospital officials say.
He was travelling to work when through a residential district when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets, police said.
Mr Bhatti, a Christian, is a leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party.
In January, he told the BBC he would defy death threats he had received from Islamist militants for his efforts to reform the country's blasphemy law.
The blasphemy law holds a death sentence for anyone who insults Islam, but Mr Bhatti said it had been used to persecute minority faiths.
"I was told that if I was to continue the campaign against the blasphemy law, I will be assassinated. I will be beheaded. But forces of violence, forces of extremism cannot harass me, cannot threaten me," he said.
On 4 January, Punjab provincial governor Salman Taseer, who had also strongly opposed the law, was shot dead by one of his bodyguards.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12617562Pakistan's Minorities Minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, has died after two gunmen opened... more
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Account of solidarity demonstration in Winnipeg manitoba for the Egyptian people.
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Egyptian blogger Wael Ghonim released by Egyptian government.
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Announcement of solidarity rally for Egyptian people in Winnipeg Manitoba, across Canada and internationally.Announcement of solidarity rally for Egyptian people in Winnipeg Manitoba, across... more
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Report from Al jazeera on today's protests in Tahrir Square
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After Mubarak's address last night it is estimated that approximately 70,000 pro Mubarak supporters took to the streets in Tahrir Square. I have been watching it on Euronews in real time and it is getting ugly. Gunfire can be heard ( the Army has denied firing on the crowd) and protesters are being injured by people throwing anything they can get their hands on. It is believed Mubarak may have police in the pro crowd though it has been denied by their Interior Ministry. It is also said the pro Mubarak protesters appear to be well organized. It makes me wonder just what governments in that region who see his staying as positive for them have now clandestinely lent their hands to these protests.After Mubarak's address last night it is estimated that approximately 70,000 pro... more
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The services soon to be "ex" dictator Mubarak rendered to the CIA
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Egyptian protesters find ways around internet shutdown.
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Egyptian Police Were Shooting To Kill
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Wikileaks documents expose US Complicity in torture by Mubarak regime in Egypt.
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Petition from the School of the America Watch for the UN to abandon its military actions in Haiti and provide more aid.Petition from the School of the America Watch for the UN to abandon its military... more
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New Russian site strives to become the Russian Wikileaks
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Coomunistcontrolled CCOO rewarded for its complicity with austerity program by control of Barcelona union building.Coomunistcontrolled CCOO rewarded for its complicity with austerity program by control... more
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A U.S. offer to supply Pakistan with its own fleet of surveillance drone aircraft delighted Islamabad a year ago but now threatens to turn into another source of friction between the two nations.
The offer was made by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates during a trip to Islamabad in January 2010 but talks have failed to gain traction, with Pakistan privately voicing concern about what it says are exorbitant prices and a snail-pace delivery timeline.
http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/reuters/National/76576A U.S. offer to supply Pakistan with its own fleet of surveillance drone aircraft... more
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Article on the student movement in Italy and its opposition to the government.
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Campaign by Amnesty International for rlease of jailed Iranian union activist Reza Shahabi.Campaign by Amnesty International for rlease of jailed Iranian union activist Reza... more
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Statement of groups affiliated to the Anarkismo statement in Europe on the present social struggles in EuropeStatement of groups affiliated to the Anarkismo statement in Europe on the present... more
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