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  1. World Briefing | The Americas: Venezuela: Protests at Prisons

    nytimes.com » NYT > World - 22 hours ago

    Thousands of relatives of inmates staged sit-in protests in prisons across the country to protest poor conditions and the abuse of inmates.

    Also tagged: venezuela, prisons and prisoners

  2. Left-Leaning President Gives Paraguayans Hope

    nytimes.com » NYT > NYTimes.com Home - Oct 14, 2008

    Landless peasants see President Fernando Lugo as their best chance in decades to help them win back land for small-scale cultivation.

    Also tagged: agriculture, politics and government, farmers, paraguay, lugo mendez fernando

  3. Left-Leaning President’s Election Gives Hope to Landless Paraguayans

    nytimes.com » NYT > World - Oct 13, 2008

    Landless peasants see President Fernando Lugo as their best chance in decades to help them win back land for small-scale cultivation.

    Also tagged: agriculture, politics and government, farmers, paraguay, lugo mendez fernando

  4. World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Powerful Gas Used in Protests, Study Finds

    nytimes.com » NYT > World - Oct 13, 2008

    Thai riot police officers used a cheap Chinese tear gas, which contained an explosive powerful, to disperse protesters, an investigator said.

    Also tagged: police, thailand

  5. World Business Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Protests at Exchange

    nytimes.com » NYT > Business - Oct 13, 2008

    The police surrounded Pakistan’s biggest stock exchange to thwart violence by investors demanding a trading halt.

    Also tagged: pakistan, stocks and bonds

  6. Memo From Ban Huay Chan: In Thai Protests, a Divide Between Urban and Rural

    nytimes.com » NYT > World - Oct 12, 2008

    In the hope of changing the balance of political power, protesters have put forward a reform plan that would weaken rural voices by creating a mostly appointed Parliament.

    Also tagged: politics and government, élections, thailand, rural areas

  7. Israeli City Divided by Sectarian Violence

    nytimes.com » NYT > Middle East - Oct 12, 2008

    Jewish and Arab residents of Acre traded allegations of blame on Sunday after it had been rocked by four nights of rioting and sectarian violence.

    Also tagged: israël, arabs, jews, vandalism

  8. Tax Delay Fails to Quell Iranian Protest

    nytimes.com » NYT > World - Oct 12, 2008

    A strike in Iran’s traditional bazaars expanded on Sunday despite an order by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to suspend a new tax on sales that ignited the protest more than a week ago.

    Also tagged: iran, taxation, tax exemptions, retail stores and trade, ahmadinejad mahmoud

  9. The World: A Specter’s Shadow Returns to Haunt Moscow

    nytimes.com » NYT > World Business - Oct 12, 2008

    Fifteen years after Communists failed to reverse history, can a credit crunch succeed?

    Also tagged: politics and government, russia, putin vladimir v, economic conditions and trends, yeltsin boris n

  10. Congressman Rebukes McCain for Recent Rallies

    nytimes.com » NYT > Washington - Oct 11, 2008

    Representative John Lewis, the Georgia Democrat and civil rights leader, said Senator John McCain was “sowing the seeds of hatred and division.”

    Also tagged: ku klux klan, mccain john, presidential election of 2008, palin sarah, lewis john

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