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14 Mar 2011 15:22

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World: Protesters fired upon and teargassed, Governor stabbed in Yemen

  • yemen, boiling over: The vehement protests against Yemeni President Ali Abudullah Saleh have racheted up in recent days, culminating in live rounds being fired on citizens, and the attack of a provincial governor. Naji al-Zaidi was stabbed in the neck with a dagger, as were four of his bodyguards, and was rushed to a hospital from where no further information has been announced. Government forces have deployed teargas against the protesters, and all told about sixty people were injured across Yemen, part of a violent crackdown that President Saleh is employing in a bid to maintain control (h/t pantslessprogressive). source
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02 Feb 2011 12:34

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World: Mubarak tries to turn back the tide with violent pro-government protesters

  • yesterday A million anti-Mubarak protesters in the streets of Cairo, an American President calling for an immediate, peaceful transfer of power, Turkish leadership saying much the same, and a military that is unwilling to use force against protesters. Bad day for Mr. Mubarak?
  • today Mubarak supporters, reportedly being bused into Tahrir Square, turn violent. An Egyptian statement claims calls for Mubarak to step down are designed to “incite the internal situation in Egypt.” Time to start worrying about the desperate, last stand bloodbath, people. source
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15 May 2010 13:08

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World: How bad is the fighting in Bangkok right now, anyway?

  • 25 have been killed since the
    Thai government ordered a
    crackdown on Red Shirt protesters
    in Bangkok a few days ago
  • 150 have been wounded in the
    crackdown; Prime Minister Abhisit
    Vejjajiva suggests the Red Shirts are
    trying to cause a civil war source
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01 Jan 2010 11:44

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World: China’s hardcore porn crackdown saw a lot of victims in 2009

  • 5,394 animal-like people were arrested throughout the year
  • 4,186 criminal investigations; that’s 4x the amount of 2008 source
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