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Russian pro-, anti-gay activists arrested after defying ban
Reuters* Police arrest around 30 at unauthorised gay rallies * Arrested include gay rights, anti-gay activists * Banned Moscow rallies highlight divisions over homosexuality By Jason Bush MOSCOW, May 25 (Reuters) - Russian police detained around 30 pro-...Tags: Minority Groups, Vladimir Putin, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Russia
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Egypt court rejects election law, further poll delays expected
ReutersCAIRO, May 25 (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary election were unconstitutional, casting fresh doubt over a poll that has already been delayed. The Islamist-...Tags: Laws, Labor Legislation, Elections, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Tanzania says work on China-funded gas pipeline to continue
Reutersutility DODOMA (Reuters) - Tanzania will continue building a China-funded $1.2 billion gas pipeline from the south of the country to the commercial capital Dar es Salaam despite violent protests over the project, the energy ministry said. Tanzania's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World Bank Group, Africa, Riots, China
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Egypt court rejects religious slogans in election law
ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary vote were unconstitutional, casting fresh doubt over a poll that has already been delayed. The Islamist-dominated upper...Tags: Laws, Labor Legislation, Elections, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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British police arrest three more over killing of soldier
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police arrested three men on Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder over the killing of a soldier near a barracks in London. Police arrested two men, aged 24 and 28, at a house in the south of the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kenya, Police Arrests, Shootings, Terrorism
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Iran will investigate blogger's death in custody 'if necessary'
World NowAn Iranian parliamentary panel will investigate the death in custody of a young Iranian blogger, Sattar Beheshti, "if necessary," according to a lawmaker quoted by an Iranian news agency.... -
UK Parliament speaker's wife settles libel case after court rules her tweet was defamatory
LONDON (AP) — A tweet posted by the wife of Britain's parliamentary speaker about a politician wrongly linked to child sex abuse was libelous, the High Court ruled Friday. A BBC report last year led to widespread Internet chatter that falsely...Tags: BBC, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, United Kingdom
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"Ironical" tweet was defamatory, context was key, UK court rules
ReutersBy Estelle Shirbon LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - A tweet by a British parliamentarian's wife that pointed her 56,000 followers to online traffic wrongly naming a retired politician as a paedophile was defamatory, even though it did not spell out the false...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Margaret Thatcher, BBC, Social Media, Politics
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Russia's oldest rights group fights 'foreign agent' tag
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's oldest rights group began a legal battle on Friday to avoid being branded a "foreign agent" under a new law it sees as a tool of repression by President Vladimir Putin. Memorial, which has fought to preserve the memory of...Tags: Labor Legislation, Vladimir Putin, Human Rights, Justice and Rights, Judges
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Q&A: Questions and answers about restrictions proposed on alcohol sales and ads in Turkey
Associated PressANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Gul, Travel, Separation of Church and State, Government
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BOJ's Kuroda to appear in parliament from 0400GMT
ReutersTOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will appear before a parliamentary committee on Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (0400-0430 GMT), a parliamentary official said. Kuroda will answer questions from an opposition...Tags: Politics
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FACTBOX-Key facts about Japan's constitution, proposed changes
ReutersTOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making amending the pacifist, U.S.-drafted constitution one focus of his ruling party's campaign for July's upper house election. He hopes pro-revision parties will obtain the two-thirds...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan, Elections, Human Rights, Civil Rights
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