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• Activists seek fresh ban on Sierra Leone timber exports

  - 2008-09-01

  FREETOWN AFP — The Environmental Forum for Action, one of the most influential activist groups in Sierra Leone, called Monday on the government to reimpose the ban on timber exports that was lifted in July. "With less than five percent of forested areas left in the country, the decision...

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• Syrian rights group urges Assad to free economist

  - 2008-07-26

  DAMASCUS AFP — A human rights organisation on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to grant an amnesty to activist Aref Dalila from his 10-year prison term, saying his health had deteriorated. Dalila, a 68-year-old economist, was arrested in September 2001 along with nine other opposition activists and...

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• S.Korea activists launch US beef boycott

  - 2008-07-03

  SEOUL AFP — South Korean activists on Thursday launched a nationwide campaign to boycott US beef as President Lee Myung-Bak issued a fresh warning against violent protests. At least four protest groups including two national women's associations denounced the government for allowing the distribution of US beef despite unabated...

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• Beirut's architectural heritage erased by modern towers

  - 2008-06-28

  BEIRUT AFP — The Ottoman-style mansions, with Venetian windows, arches and lavish gardens that once epitomised Beirut are being levelled one after the other as high-rises mushroom across the capital. "Now everyone is looking for towers, because they realise that above the tenth floor you can see the sea,"...

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• Arab rights groups urge Saudi to free jailed reformist

  - 2008-06-12

  DUBAI AFP — More than two dozen Arab human rights groups urged Saudi Arabia on Thursday to release a prominent reformist who has been jailed since May, saying they feared for his health. "Signatories to the present statement, call upon the Saudi authorities to put an end to their...

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• First Greek gay marriages spark judicial battle

  - 2008-06-03

  ATHENS AFP — A heated debate on gay rights opened in Greece on Tuesday hours after the country's first same-sex civil marriages were held on the small Aegean island of Tilos, sparking an immediate judicial reaction. Greek Justice Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis quickly declared the marriages "non-existent" and accused the...

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• Kangaroo cull begins in Australia: animal welfare group

  - 2008-05-19

  SYDNEY AFP — A controversial kangaroo cull began at an Australian military site in the national capital Canberra Monday, an animal welfare group said. The RSPCA said its inspectors had confirmed the killings were being carried out in accordance with appropriate guidelines. "Our inspectors were on site this...

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• Australian activists urge Paul McCartney to save kangaroos

  - 2008-05-18

  SYDNEY AFP — Former Beatle Paul McCartney will be asked to to help save hundreds of kangaroos from being killed in Australia, animal rights activists said Monday. The campaigners are hoping the multi-millionaire star, who is a member of an animal rights group that has opposed the cull, will...

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• Sarkozy praise for Tunisian rights 'progress' sparks outrage

  - 2008-04-29

  PARIS AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's remark that "the sphere of liberties" in Tunisia is improving sparked outrage Tuesday among human rights groups and the Socialist opposition in France who accuse the North African state of torturing dissidents and blocking press freedoms. "His unacceptable declaration has led him...

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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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