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In the 1960s, during the military dictatorship, Dilma Rousseff, 61, participated in the armed struggle against the dictatorship, operating in clandestine and terrorist organizations.
She was tortured by the military between 1970 and 1973 in...
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One person dies in Argentina every 28 hours as a result of repression by state security forces, according to a report by the Committee against Police and Institutional...
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At least seven people have been killed in two bomb blasts in India’s north-eastern state of Assam, police say.
The explosions happened within minutes in Nalbari,...
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To avenge the arrest of their leader, Mexican drug cartel commandos went on a rampage this summer across the lawless state of Michoacan, seizing 12 Mexican police...
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Few here doubt that the case began with something threatening: in June 2007, 27 hand grenades and fuses were found in the attic of a house in an Istanbul slum....
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Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren’t met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders...
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Now, he and hundreds of other successful farmers are replanting trees as part of an ambitious initiative to reduce deforestation. Their goal — to set aside...
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The leftist Venezuelan leader praised Carlos — whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sánchez — as “one of the great fighters of the Palestinian Liberation...
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Sabar Mina is cloaked in a light green shawl tinged with dirt. She is holding an empty flour sack that she plans on filling with firewood.
Her eyes are soft and kind,...
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Rwanda is set to succeed in its bid to join the Commonwealth this week despite serious concerns over its human rights record, according to a senior source close to the...
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A dark cloud continues to gloom over the media industry in Uganda as government of the National Resistance Movement (NRM,) headed by dictatorial General Yoweri...
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The wife of a candidate for governor and about 30 others were abducted Monday morning in the southern Philippines — with at least 21 of them later killed, army...
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It is with deep shock and regret that we have learnt that 24 inmates have died of Cholera at the Kamiti Maximum prison.
It is regrettable and unfortunate if such a...
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Armed operation against militants in Orakzai agency has frightened civilians in Hangu city since last morning, as told by locals of Hangu. The operation has reportedly...
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Silvio Berlusconi faces more damage to his reputation with claims that he was directly linked to Mafia bosses and new disclosures about his private life in the memoirs...
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Iran has begun a large-scale war games air defensive aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack. An air force commander is boasting his country can deter...
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There’s nothing like the threat of war to mobilize the support of a nation. So perhaps it’s not surprising that posturing over a soccer war with Algeria may...
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The Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq has rebounded in strength in recent months and appears to be launching a concerted effort to cripple the Iraqi government as...
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Two fire-red birds swooped screeching through the forest, flared their yellow and blue wings and alighted on the upright trunk of a dead palm tree. In the green...
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The United States will make $1.3 billion available for a program that rewards Afghanistan’s anti-Taliban militias with development money, according to unnamed...
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A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to...
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Accepting responsibility for once action enhances the stature of the person doing so & earns him a place in the history.Let the parties who have got the drubbing...
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Ye jo public hai ye sab janti hai, the verdict Ye jo public hai ye sab janti hai,the verdict.
While I wait for the election results, I am humming this old number which...
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The general election in India is over and every one is looking for the results to come out. Without wasting time, the electronic media have begun to show the exit poll...
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With hardly a week ahead of my historic vote (first in my life because I got an electoral card only this year; I am 36 years old now) for a general election, I am...
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Once in every five years the people of India enjoy an all India festival and that is the elections. These elections have become a thamasha or us because we know our...
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Back in the old days, when a political party was in “opposition,” that is, not the governing party, their job was quite simple.
They were expected to...
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Checking the political corruption and ensuring transparent way of
financing the democracy has long been part of public debate on electoral reforms in the country. In...
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United Nations, April 07: The United Nations has said that the momentum continues to build ahead of historic constituent assembly elections in Nepal, but violent...
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Criminal-turned-legislator Anant Singh abducted NDTV reporter for 2 hours on Thursday morning when the reporter went at his residence to ask about the mysterious death...
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The two main national parties in India, Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party, need to have a major self-assessment for its policies and ideologies in post-UP election...
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India has a long history of family links in its political sphere. The Leader of the opposition, Lal Krishna Advani, has questioned about the credibility of politicians...
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