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Tony Nicklinson Dies

Tony Nicklinson, a British man affected by a body paralysis, died today after losing to the authorities a long battle for the possibility of assisted dying, his family informed. Nicklinson, 58, had refused to eat since last week, contracted pneumonia over the weekend and...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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Syrian Regime Executes People in Damascus

Today forces of the Syrian regime and its ‘shabiha’ militias forced its way in three neighborhoods of Damascus and executed around 80 people. Meanwhile the civil war continues to assail the entire country. Opposition groups denounced that the killings occurred in the Damascus...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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Tungurahua Volcano Continues to Generate Agricultural Problem

The Tungurahua volcano continues its eruptive process, causing damage in agricultural areas west of the volcano and affecting entire villages. In recent days, the Tungurahua has launched columns of ash and gases up to a mile above the crater, which until last Sunday, left...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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48 Killed by a Territorial Conflict in Kenya

At least 48 people were killed due to clashes between members of two rival tribes, the Pokomo tribe and the Orma tribe, in Tana River District, eastern Kenya, Kenyan media reported. “I can confirm that 48 people died. Among them, six men, eleven children and the rest are...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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Japanese Journalist Dies in Syria

A Japanese journalist was killed during the fights in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the latest victim of the press after the media work restrictions imposed by the government of Damascus. Mika Yamamoto, who worked for the Japan Press news agency, reported on the Free Syrian Army,...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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Russia Warns Obama Not to Violate International Law

Russia replied with strong criticism the threat of unilateral action against Syria made by the U.S. President Barack Obama last Tuesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after a meeting with China’s top diplomat, stated that Moscow and Beijing are committed to “the need to...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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Foreign Minister of Australia: Sweden will not Extradite Assange to the U.S.

Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange should not be extradited from Sweden to the United States if there are risks of facing a military tribunal or death penalty, said today the Foreign Minister of Australia, Bob Carr. Carr said Sydney could not intervene in cases outside their...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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Syrian Forces Kill 23 People in Damascus

This Wednesday the regime forces of Syria shelled two districts in Damascus before assaulting the neighborhoods and conducting house-to-house raids in search of opposition fighters. Today Bashar al-Assad regime killed 23 suspected rebels after they rained mortars down on the...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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Ecuador Expects UK to Retract to Negotiate

Ecuador hopes the UK to retract from what Ecuador considered a threat to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken refuge inside its embassy in London, after the South American country granted him asylum. “We would not even expect them to apologize, we are not...
Posted On 22 Aug 2012
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