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Rights group: Wounded and dead in Syria prison riot - 2nd Update
Damascus - A number of inmates were killed and wounded when prison authorities put down a riot staged by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya prison north of Damascus over poor conditions, Syrian human rights groups said. It is difficult to known...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political turmoil in India over nuclear deal with US
New Delhi - India's political scene was on the boil on Saturday after a major regional party said it would support Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority government on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with the United States. The announcement c...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Iran again threatens to block Gulf oil route
Tehran - Iran on Saturday once again threatened to block the oil export route in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz if attacked, Fars news agency reported. We have a great deal of respect for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open but other countries should k...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Human rights group: Dozens dead in Syrian prison riot - Update
Damascus - Dozens of inmates were killed when prison authorities put down a riot staged Saturday by Islamist political prisoners in a military jail near Damascus, a Syrian human rights group quoted an inmate as saying. The Syrian Observatory of Human...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Large demonstration in northern Japan before G8 summit - Summary
Toyako, Japan - Several thousand demonstrators took part in a largely peaceful and colourful protest in northern Japan on Saturday against the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit. Organizers said an estimated 5,000 people, including members of non-go...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ World ]

Visitor pulls Hitler head off at Berlin waxworks show - Summary
Berlin - A man tore the wax head off an effigy of Adolf Hitler in Berlin on Saturday, just minutes after a new branch of the Madame Tussaud's waxwork-museum chain opened for the first time to the public. German police said they detained the man, 41. ...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Parliamentarian, militant commander killed in Afghanistan - Summary
Kandahar/Kabul - An Afghan parliamentarian and renowned chieftain from the southern Kandahar province was assassinated overnight by unknown gunmen, while a militant commander believed to be involved in last year's kidnapping of two German engineers w...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

The 95th Tour de France gets underway - no prologue, no holder
Brest, France - The 95th edition of the Tour de France got underway on Saturday, with a regular stage and no short prologue for the first time in 42 years, and also without the defending champion. The 180 riders from 20 teams started the three-week a...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

No changes in Iranian nuclear position, says spokesman - Summary
Tehran - There have been no changes in Iran's position regarding its nuclear programme, an Iranian government spokesman said Saturday. Iran on Friday replied to the latest incentive package of the United Nations veto powers plus Germany (5+1) to Euro...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Zimbabwe polls further discredited by footage of vote-rigging
Johannesburg - Further damning evidence of the undemocratic nature of last week's election in Zimbabwe that returned longtime leader Robert Mugabe as president emerged Saturday in the form of video footage of blatant vote-rigging. In the footage prod...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]