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Recriminations over post-vote violence stoke Venezuela tensions
ReutersBy Diego Ore CARACAS, May 8 (Reuters) - Residents of La Limonera neighborhood in Venezuela's capital Caracas are still on edge and in mourning after a wave of post-election violence that killed two people in their community. Neighbors of the low-...Tags: Justice and Rights, Elections, Venezuela, Caracas (Venezuela), Crime, Law and Justice
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May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.
May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Employees, Robert J. Lopez, Jamie Dimon, Occupy Wall Street
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Labor, immigrant activists to unite in Phoenix May Day rallies
PHOENIX — Two groups that rarely see eye to eye — immigrants rights activists and labor organizers — are expected to join forces here Wednesday, marching a mile and a half from the state Capitol to join a picket at the Hyatt Regency...Tags: Labor Legislation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Phoenix (music group), Employees, AFL-CIO
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Syria Internet back up after day-long outage
ReutersBEIRUT, May 8 (Reuters) - Syria's Internet and phone lines started working again on Wednesday evening, residents said, after a day-long blackout left much of the population cut off from the outside world. Communication networks have been crucial for...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Google Inc., Bashar Assad, Human Rights, Politics
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Alarm among activists after Malaysia kills nearly 100,000 monkeys
Tourists adore them. Homeowners bemoan them. And the Malaysian government has killed them –- by the tens of thousands. They are macaca fascicularis, mischievous monkeys with unusually long tails that give them their common name: long-tailed...
Tags: Malaysia, Conservation, World Wildlife Fund, Bananas, Wildlife
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Political Dissent, Prisons, Parliament, Riots, Russia
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Nun, other activists face trial for breaching US nuclear security
ReutersBy Preston Peeden KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 6 (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of an elderly nun and two other environmental activists who broke into a supposedly secure facility that stores enriched uranium for nuclear bombs,...Tags: National Security, Government, U.S. Congress, Manufacturing and Engineering, Defense Equipment
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NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'
HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Justice and Rights, National Rifle Association of America, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Interior Policy
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Russian opposition seek to revive protests against Putin
Reuters* Opposition marks anniversary of rally that turned violent * Protests have faded since peak early last year * Putin denies repression, has tightened grip on power By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 6 (Reuters) - Russian protestors unfurled a huge banner...Tags: Political Dissent, Political Corruption, Punishment, Human Rights, Prisons
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INSIGHT-Egypt opposition can't harvest Brotherhood unpopularity
Reuters* Secular parties split on Mursi, elections, IMF * Salafi Nour party gaining on anger at Brotherhood * Some Egyptians look to army By Paul Taylor and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO, May 5 (Reuters) - It's harvest time in Egypt but the secular opposition is...Tags: Arab Spring, Mohamed Morsi, Political Corruption, Cairo (Egypt), Elections
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Israel strikes Syria again, rocking Damascus
Reuters* Israel declines to comment, Netanyahu speaks of "security" * Attack targeted missiles bound for Hezbollah -Western source * Syria says raid struck research facility hit in January * Assad, Hezbollah ally Iran condemns, urges resistance (Incorporates...Tags: Rebellions, Beirut (Lebanon), Explosions, Barack Obama, United Nations
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Whiteclay protesters vandalize beer truck, charges expected to be filed
LINCOLN, Neb. - A beer truck in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay was vandalized by activists who were protesting the town's alcohol stores near the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Two eyewitnesses tell The Associated Press that more than a dozen...
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