Amidst the threat of protestors to intensify their stir in the capital Bangkok today , there is no improvement in the situation in Thailand a day after two people died and over 400 were injured in the worst...
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The US is organizing at least two evacuation flights immediately for Americans in Bolivia who wish to leave the country amid continuing political unrest."Officials in Washington and at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz say the flights will leave Bolivia on Wednesday for neighboring...
The Associated Press out of La Paz, Bolivia is reporting that violence between pro-government and anti-government protesters has led to the death of 18 people. The AP says the Bolivian President Evo Morales accused...
Caracas, Venezuela, 12 September, 2008. As the unrest reaches dangerous threats to life and private property, the Evo Morales administration has imposed a limited emergency at Pando. The Bolivan army has taken...
09-09-2008 Bangkok, Thailand.The nine-judge panel,Chat Chonlaworn announced that the prime minister has "violated Article 267 of the constitution, and his position as prime minister has end". The rest of the Cabinet...
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Thousands of People's Alliance Party supporters stormed the Thai Government house and the National Broadcast Company on 26 August 2008. Police say that some 65 people have been arrested so far and the court has...
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Burma's most popular comedian, Maung Thura who is well known as Zarganar faces 20 years in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison for helping Cyclone Nargis victims in the Irrawaddy delta " The repressive and...
source: BBC News World!(BBC article follows UP Article)Niger army admits civilian deathsBy, Uwe Paschen.Niger has admitted that the army killed seven Tuareg civilians at the weekend.The Government finally does admit...
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800,000 public sector workers, including school dinner ladies and council trash collectors, are going to stage a strike in the UK next month. The union, Unison, is just one of many that are threatening to stage a "summer of discontent" of strikes over the skyrocketing cost of...
China has now released over 1,000 people from jail that were involved in the unrest in Tibet earlier this year."The official Xinhua news agency quoted a senior official saying those freed had been held for minor...
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Soaring to the highest level in seven years Inflation in India has become a big concern for ruling government. Indian government will be going for an election and it will find it very difficult to explain the rising...
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For the first time since the apartheid era, South African soldiers have been deployed to stop the ongoing anti-immigrant violence. One person was killed in East Rand.""We unfortunately had an incident where a member...
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There is no let up in attacks on foreigners in South Africa and government has ordered Army to be deployed to check the violence. Police has failed to contain attack on foreginers after it started few weeks back....
"UNITED NATIONS - “A rolling tsunami of social unrest is underway as we speak — hungry people are desperate people capable of taking desperate actions. This tsunami is rapidly enveloping the global South, and it...
China has announced three days of mourning for victims of the recent earthquake, including a delay of the Olympic torch relay."The torch relay suspension will begin on Monday, the organising committee said in a...
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