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Tbilisi protests 05 23 2013
May 24, 2013
6:01 am
TBILISI — Many believe the government is seeking to divert attention from a confrontation with an increasingly powerful church by arresting the head of the main opposition party, a close ally of outgoing President Mikheil Saakashvili. That’s helping raise concerns about the country’s direction months before a presidential election this fall.
May 24, 2013
5:47 am
British Airways heathrow
British Airways plane heading for Oslo was forced to turn back due to a technical fault, and all passengers were evacuated from the aircraft.
May 23, 2013
7:27 pm
Maria Alyokhina
A Russian court has rejected a parole request by hunger-striking Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, despite pleas for leniency from former Beatle Paul McCartney, Patti Smith and Peter Gabriel.
May 23, 2013
7:08 pm
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Turkish-Armenian blogger Sevan Nisanyan was sentenced on Wednesday to a year in jail for blasphemy over a blog supporting a controversial anti-Islam film.
May 23, 2013
6:27 pm
Shuan shuan panda
Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing revealed Thursday that he was once attacked by a panda when the animal jumped on him at a zoo.
May 23, 2013
5:51 pm
Caucasus attack 04 24 2013
Incident part of ongoing violence in Russia's restive North Caucasus.
Need to Know, Russia
May 23, 2013
4:26 pm
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Germany overtook Japan at first place in a survey carried out in 25 countries.
May 23, 2013
3:33 pm
woolwich attack
The high-profile attack on a British soldier stands in contrast to the little-noted knifing of a Muslim man in Birmingham.
May 23, 2013
3:21 pm
Paris eiffel tower couple kissing
French lawmakers back a controversial plan to offer more university courses in English.
May 23, 2013
3:13 pm
English Defense League protests
In the wake of the horrific Woolwich attack, members of the EDL have taken to the streets in protest. Who are they and what do they stand for?
May 23, 2013
2:56 pm
Woolwich attack 6 1
Mourners laid flowers Thursday near the site of a brutal knife attack the day before.
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