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PublishedMay 27, 2012
Watching dissidents is big business in China
China has outsourced watching political dissidents to co-workers, neighbors, government workers, unemployed young people, gang members and whoever else is willing to accept money to conduct surveillance.
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PublishedMay 27, 2012
Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian show after threats
Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence. Some accused police of buckling to the will of a small group of thugs.
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PublishedMay 27, 2012
Syria denies massacre, UN council meets
The Syrian government blamed the killings on "hundreds of heavily-armed gunmen", who also attacked soldiers in the area, it said.
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PublishedMay 26, 2012
Vatican in chaos after the Pope’s butler arrested for leaks
The Vatican confirmed Saturday that the pope's butler had been arrested in its embarrassing leaks scandal, adding a twist to a remarkable tale of power struggles, intrigue and corruption at the highest levels of the Catholic Church.
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PublishedMay 22, 2012
NKorea vows to push ahead with nuclear program
An outside analysis of satellite images said North Korea has also ramped up work at its nuclear test site over the past month.
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PublishedMay 22, 2012
Indian passenger and freight train collide; 25 dead
A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire early Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more.
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PublishedMay 21, 2012
Suicide bombing kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal Monday in one of the deadliest attacks in Yemen in years, officials said.
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PublishedMay 20, 2012
22 states join campaign finance fight
The states are trying to prevent the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision — which allows corporations to spend unlimited money on political campaigns — from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Prosecutors: Trio at NATO summit planned to attack Obama’s HQ
The suspects allegedly planned to use Molotov cocktails to attack various high-profile sites, but their lawyer says they were entrapped by undercover police officers.
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PublishedMay 19, 2012
Blind Chinese activist leaves on flight for U.S.
A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, the latest chapter in a month-long diplomatic tussle.
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