Assange calls for US to end ‘witch-hunt’
WikiLeaks founder and wanted fugitive Julian Assange made a defiant statement from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
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Hollywood director Tony Scott dies
Authorities in Los Angeles say movie director Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Top Gun, Days of Thunder
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Russia Watch: Kremlin x Pussy Riot: Girls win!
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” – Alexander Pope, 1735 This summer, Vladimir Putin tried to break three of
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Pussy Riot members found guilty, given two-year sentences – updated
A Moscow court found three members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” on
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UN Security Council ends Syria observer mission
A day after a bombing near the U.N. observer headquarters in Damascus, the United Nations Security Council decided to end
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Support for Pussy Riot in Sofia
Supporters for jailed Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot covered the heads of sculptures at the base of the monument
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Bulgaria warns citizens to be ready to quit Lebanon if spillover of problems from Syria worsens
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a call on August 16 2012 for Bulgarians in Lebanon to “exercise the utmost
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Australian high court upholds plain cigarette packaging
Australia’s highest court has ruled that new laws requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging without company logos do
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Bomb wounds three near UN hotel in Syrian capital
Syrian state television says a bomb has exploded near a hotel used by United Nations observers in Damascus, wounding three
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