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A branch of city governments China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorized construction is rife with abuse of power, stoking already high social tensions, a rights group said Wednesday.
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The monkey population of Delhi has grown large and aggressive, overwhelming the city’s efforts to control it, but Hindu tradition calls for feeding the monkeys twice a week.
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Relatives of Chen Guangcheng describe beatings meted out by local officials after the Chinese activist's escape from house arrest last month.
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The police in Indian-administered Kashmir arrest dozens of people to foil a protest march called by a separatist group on Monday.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - The former police chief at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in two decades will be tried for treason as early as next month, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources briefed on the case.
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Justice secretary says Greece has to 'face up to reality' or risk debt default and exclusion from eurozoneGreece will face a disastrous future in which it will default on its debts and may be forced to leave the euro if it votes for "cranky extremists" in...(more)
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State media in Syria have denied claims by the Free Syrian Army that it has assassinated six of Bashar al-Assad's highest ranking officials1.35pm: More from Reuters on the explosion in Douma, in Damascus suburbs, today near a convoy carrying the head of the UN observers:Major General...(more)
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BRINDISI, Italy (Reuters) - The bomb attack which killed a teenaged girl and wounded 10 others in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably done by an individual with no links to the mafia, a senior official said on Sunday. The attack on the Francesca...(more)
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ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Sunday it expects to start exporting its crude oil production along a new pipeline to the Turkish border by August 2013, defying Baghad in a long-running dispute over who should control the country's oil exports.
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A former president whose term ended with the worst economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic will seek to make a comeback Sunday as he faces an old rival in a race to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination.
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The Home Office disputes claims that 1,600 police officers will be lost in Wales due to spending cuts.
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Quake of magnitude 5.9 brought down buildings and was widely felt in cities including Bologna and Modena, reports sayAt least three people have died in a strong earthquake that rocked northern Italy on Sunday morning.The quake struck between Modena and Mantova, about 35km (22 miles) north-northwest...(more)
