Kremlin Rules: Russia’s Liberals Lose Their Voice
Wednesday, den 24. December 2008Tired of being hounded, a prominent opposition leader decided to accept a job with the Kremlin.
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Kremlin Rules: Russia’s Liberal Opposition Loses Its Voice
Wednesday, den 24. December 2008Tired of being hounded, Nikita Y. Belykh, who once represented the future of the liberal opposition to Vladimir V. Putin’s government, took a Kremlin job.
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Generation Faithful: Jordanian Students Rebel by Embracing Islam
Wednesday, den 24. December 2008Across the Middle East, young people use religion to defy the status quo and challenge their governments.
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Generation Faithful: Jordanian Students Rebel, Embracing Conservative Islam
Wednesday, den 24. December 2008Across the Middle East, young people use Islam as a way to defy the status quo and challenge their governments.
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Kremlin Rules: Russia’s Liberal Opposition Loses Its Voice Under Putin’s Umbrella
Wednesday, den 24. December 2008Tired of being vilified in the state-controlled news media, of being hounded by the state security forces, of being arrested at demonstrations, one opposition leader took a Kremlin job.
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Nigeria Forces Are Implicated in the Killings of Muslims
Sunday, den 21. December 2008Government security forces were implicated in the deaths of at least 90 people killed in religious violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos last month, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.
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Kashmiris Weary of Violence Fight Back by Voting
Saturday, den 20. December 2008After years of insurgency, many in Kashmir — the disputed territory between Pakistan and India — are weary of fighting and are turning out in record numbers to vote.
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Weary of Violence, Kashmiris Fight Back With Their Votes
Saturday, den 20. December 2008After years of insurgency, many in Kashmir — the disputed territory between Pakistan and India — are weary of fighting and are turning out in record numbers to vote.
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On Education: State Mulls Changes to School-Related Votes
Friday, den 19. December 2008The state is considering streamlining school board elections by combining them with the general election, and eliminating certain budget votes altogether.
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Legal Victory Can’t Erase Nigerian Leader’s Troubles
Sunday, den 14. December 2008The last legal challenge to the legitimacy of President Umaru Yar’Adua was quashed by the Supreme Court last week, but he and Nigeria are far from out of the woods.
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