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Friday saw protests accross Syria calling for a no-fly zone to be imposed over the nation. The protests are thought to have resulted in around 37 deaths. At least 170 different protests took place yesterday despite threatened violence as part of the growing unrest in the country. Demonstrators want the country’s people to receive international [...]

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Google has been asked by a US law enforcement agency to remove several videos exposing police brutality from the video sharing service YouTube, the company has revealed in its latest update to an online transparency report. Another request filed by a different agency required Google to remove videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. The two [...]

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The Right Reverend Graham Knowles, the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in London, has announced that the cathedral will shut down. The street area around the cathedral is home to the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest that has been running continuously since last Saturday, October 15. The statement read by Rev. Knowles describes the issues [...]

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Despite protests where one person was killed, Greek lawmakers voted to pass a new budget-cutting law. The result was 154 in favour to 144 against. The new law would bring in tax hikes and wage cuts. The law, unpopular with the public, aims to reduce Greece’s enormous national debt, which currently stands at 162% of [...]

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Former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after heavy fighting in his home town of Sirte. Libyan television today announced that former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi was killed by revolutionary forces in Sirte following weeks of brutal fighting. It has been reported that he was shot and killed while fleeing from his house. The [...]

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Parliamentary media policy in South Africa will be subject to legal advice after complaints journalists have a lack of freedom in reporting government proceedings. The move follows a call to ban journalist Deon de Lange from reporting on parliament, after he allegedly breached reporting protocol by speaking to a parliament official without permission. De Lange [...]

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Despite copious publicity, the unauthorised autobiography of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, published Thursday, September 22, sold less than 700 copies that week, according to Nielsen BookScan. Assange’s autobiography, published by Canongate publishers despite his lack of consent, was subject to much media coverage. Yet Nielsen BookScan, the sales figures monitor, showed readers that week only [...]

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Genocide Watch upgraded South Africa to stage 5 (polarization) from 2001 – 2011 because the country’s racial divisions continued, there was a high level of youth unemployment in the black population, and the country had an appalling crime rate, including one of the world’s worst rape rates gainsays all groups in the country. Genocide Watch has [...]

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