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20 May 2011 13:04

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U.S.: Dominique Strauss-Kahn house arrest plans not going so well

  • situation Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF leader, will leave Rikers Island after a court ordered that he can pay $1 million in bail on his sexual assault charge. He’ll be under house arrest while he waits for his court date.
  • problem Unfortunately, he may not have a place to stay. His wife, Anne Sinclair, tried to rent him an apartment in a posh Upper East Side building. However, the building balked when they found out who was staying there. source
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28 Jan 2011 13:46

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World: Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei: Let our voice be heard

  • Here’s an AP clip which notes with a statement from opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, currently under house arrest speaking out about the crisis. He’s asking other countries not to get involved at the moment, beyond demanding their freedom of expression. source
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26 Nov 2009 10:21

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Culture: Roman Polanski’s thankful for doing house arrest in style

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  • This Swiss-chalet-shaped thing is probably gonna be Roman Polanski’s version of prison after this whole paying-bail mess is over. It’s so nice that he’ll probably have no desire to flee – which is probably why they’re gonna let him do it. source
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11 Aug 2009 10:26

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World: Burma sentences Aung San Suu Kyi as if nobody’s gonna notice

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13 Jul 2009 11:54

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World: Aung San Suu Kyi is probably wishing he never got swimming lessons

  • eleven days until the closing arguments for jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial in Myanmar. She is widely expected to be found guilty.
  • five years that she could be put in jail – all for having an uninvited (and very determined) American swim to her lakeside home source
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14 May 2009 20:40

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World: Some weird guy on a mission to Burma just ruined an activist’s life

  • one Burmese pro-Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was living out the waning days of her house arrest and very close to a possible release.
  • two A weird, creepy guy from the U.S., John Yettaw, swims to her house and tries to meet with her. (Nobody’s really sure why outside of insanity.)
  • three Burma finds that, because this guy visited her house, she broke the terms of her house arrest and now faces likely jail time. WTF, Burma? source
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