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• US calls for inquiry in death of Kremlin critic

  - 2008-09-03

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States on Tuesday called on Russia to investigate the death of Russian web journalist Magomed Yevloyev while in police custody. "It's very disturbing," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. Yevloyev, the publisher of the independent news website Ingushetiya.ru, was detained by local interior...

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• Milan and Fiorentina fans to be kept out

  - 2008-09-03

  ROME AFP — Following the violence and destruction caused by Napoli fans in Rome on the opening Serie A weekend of the season, AC Milan and Fiorentina supporters will be banned from travelling to their club's next away matches. The decision has been taken by the Committee for the...

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• US forces detain Reuters photographer in Iraq

  - 2008-09-03

  BAGHDAD AFP — Ibrahim Jassam, an Iraqi photographer working for Anglo-Canadian news group Reuters, has been arrested by American forces just south of Baghdad, the US military and the agency told AFP Wednesday. "He has been detained because he has been assessed to be a threat to the security...

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• France to call for EU, UN action on women's and gay rights

  - 2008-09-03

  PARIS AFP — France is to call for a European Union drive to tackle violence against women worldwide and for the United Nations to step up action against homophobia, the French human rights minister said on Wednesday. Junior Human Rights Minister Rama Yade told the 61st annual conference of...

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• Iraq PM says Ramadan to celebrate victory over 'terrorists'

  - 2008-08-31

  BAGHDAD AFP — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday that Iraqis will this year celebrate Ramadan as a victory over terrorism amid an overall drop in violence across the country. Iraqi Sunnis will observe the Muslim holy month of Ramadan from Monday, to be followed a day later...

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• Mexican president seeks help from public to beat crime

  - 2008-08-31

  MEXICO CITY AFP — President Felipe Calderon called on all Mexicans to help fight escalating crime, a day after tens of thousands protested against insecurity and impunity across the country. Violence has spiked across Mexico since Calderon, who took office at the end of 2006, launched a crackdown on...

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• Protest leaders to meet president after mass Mexican marches

  - 2008-08-30

  MEXICO CITY AFP — The organizers of mass marches in which white-clad protesters lit up the streets of Mexico to protest escalating violence were Sunday to hand in their demands to the president. Towns and cities across the country's 32 states took part in Saturday's "Iluminemos Mexico" or "Let's...

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• Egypt FM moots Arab force for Gaza

  - 2008-08-30

  CAIRO AFP — Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said an Arab force for the Gaza Strip could help end violence in the impoverished territory, the official news agency MENA reported on Saturday. However the minister, in a magazine interview to appear on Sunday, stopped short of making a...

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• Pakistan military air strike kills 22 militants

  - 2008-08-29

  ISLAMABAD AFP — At least 22 militants, including two senior commanders, were killed late Friday in an air strike by Pakistan's military in the troubled northwest Swat valley, a senior security official told AFP. Troops backed by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery have for weeks been pounding militant positions...

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• Chinese police kill six in Xinjiang clash: reports

  - 2008-08-29

  BEIJING AFP — Chinese police killed six people and arrested three others during a clash in the restive Muslim northwest region of Xinjiang, state media reported on Saturday. Police carried out an operation late Friday in Kashgar prefecture in the far west of Xinjiang against a group of people...

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