Amnesty International has claimed Chinese authorities are intensifying their crackdown on human rights activists prior to the 20th anniversary in June of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.
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Few women in Africa work in regular, formal sector jobs, and even those generally earn too little to escape from poverty.
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Five Dutch festival-goers at a royal parade have been injured in a deliberate car-ramming incident.
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Pakistani troops have battled with Taliban militants for a third day in Buner district.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has claimed the recent series of deadly bombings in Iraq has been caused by al-Qaeda sparking sectarian violence.
The 20 million or so residents of Mexicorsquo;s capital are heeding government advice and staying home after the probable deaths of 176 people with swine flu.
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The third-largest automaker in the US, Chrysler, will file for bankruptcy.
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An intended sex attacker has been jailed in the UK, but will not have to sign the sex offenders register.
Zambian President Mr Rupiah Banda yesterday called on the world to support Zimbabwe in its efforts to revive the economy.
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Russia#039;s special police forces are being investigated for an initiation rite that turned deadly.
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