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• Security net drops on Denver for Democrat jamboree

  - 2008-08-24

  DENVER AFP — A tight security net enveloped Denver as the city braced Sunday for the arrival of tens of thousands of supporters and protestors for the Democratic Party's political extravaganza. Some 45,000 people are expected in the city, nestled on the edge of the Rocky Mountains, with an...

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• Gaza activists fear Israeli sabotage of anti-siege bid

  - 2008-08-04

  NICOSIA AFP — Activists who plan to break the blockade of the poverty-stricken Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip from the sea said on Monday they fear Israel may try to scupper the venture. Two sailing boats carrying 40 activists are set to sail from Cyprus 370 kilometres (230...

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• Egypt jails Facebook activists for 'threatening national security'

  - 2008-07-24

  CAIRO AFP — Police have arrested 26 Internet activists in the port of Alexandria, and 14 of them were jailed for more than two weeks for "threatening national security," a security official said on Thursday. Around 30 young Egyptians who belong to the so-called "6 April" group on social...

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• Chinese out in force for SKorea's Olympic torch run

  - 2008-04-26

  SEOUL AFP — The Beijing Olympic torch on Sunday began the South Korean leg of its troubled worldwide relay, with cheering flag-waving Chinese vastly outnumbering protesters amid a huge police presence. A huge cheer rang out as the relay began, accompanied by 60 track-suited police runners. Another 60 will...

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• Syrian rights watchdog says activist arrested

  - 2008-04-03

  DAMASCUS AFP — A Syrian human rights activist was arrested last month in Damascus after writing articles critical of the government, the National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria NOHRS said on Thursday. "Badih Dak al-Bab was summoned by the military security services on March 2 in Damascus. NOHRS...

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• New arrests as Yemen government and socialists trade charges

  - 2008-04-03

  SANAA AFP — Yemeni authorities arrested more activists in the south on Thursday as they traded charges with the southern-based Yemen Socialist Party YSP over protests that led to deadly clashes with security forces. Two security men and a civilian were injured during arrests in the province of Lahj,...

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• Dozens arrested in Yemen after protests: relatives

  - 2008-04-01

  SANAA AFP — Dozens of people were arrested on Tuesday in southern Yemen, including opposition politicians, after two days of protests by local residents refused entry into the army, relatives said. They said three politicians from the Yemen Socialist Party YSP, the ruling party in former south Yemen, were...

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• China sees 'life or death struggle' in Tibet

  - 2008-03-18

  BEIJING AFP — China said Wednesday it was engaged in a "life or death struggle" over Tibet as dramatic footage emerged of Tibetan protesters rampaging on horseback and hoisting their national flag. With China deploying a massive security force to quash the uprising and sealing off the hotbed areas...

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• Syrian rights activist detained in Kurdish northeast

  - 2008-02-28

  DAMASCUS AFP — Syrian police have detained a human rights activist in the mainly Kurdish northeastern city of Hasakah, rights watchdogs said on Thursday. "The state security service in Hasakah arrested activist Osama Edward Qario on Wednesday evening because of his activities and his writings about public life in...

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• Thai protesters force parliament to shut down

  - 2007-12-12

  BANGKOK AFP — Hundreds of protesters forced Thailand's army-installed parliament to suspend its meetings Wednesday after the activists stormed into the chamber's halls. About 1,500 union advocates, students and political activists surrounded the parliament building, claiming the military-appointed lawmakers had no mandate to pass legislation, an AFP reporter witnessed....

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