By: BBC News, November 7, 2005
Burma's military junta has confirmed that it has begun moving parts of the government to a new jungle location. Information Minister Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan said nine ministries had begun the move to Pyinmana, 600km (373 miles) north of Rangoon.
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On Saturday, police used teargas to break up protests in the five major cities
By: ZWNews, November 7, 2005
Armed anti-riot police patrolled the streets of Harare on Sunday as tension gripped the crisis-hit southern African country after a weekend of public demonstrations to demand a new constitution and to protest against senate elections at the month-end.
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By: The Guardian, November 8, 2005
Christopher Dell, the US ambassador to Zimbabwe, did not mince words. President Robert Mugabe's government was guilty of gross mismanagement and corruption, Mr Dell said in a speech last week. "No wrongs are righted. The rule of law (is) in a shambles."
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By: Independent Online, November 7, 2005
Harare - Members of Zimbabwe's main trade union plan to hold marches across the country Tuesday to protest growing economic hardship, an official said.
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By: Epoch Times, November 7, 2005
Upon approaching the activity, slogans such as "NO Chinese Communist Party" could be seen all over the street corner. Standing beneath the banners were people dressed as a persecuted monk, a persecuted intellectual, a homeless young Falun Gong practitioner, and a CCP Red guard. The persecuted Monk and intellectual had signs around their necks that degraded them, while the CCP Red Guard held the book of chairman Mao high in the air.
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By: Mail and Guardian, November 7, 2005
From esteemed college professor to one of China's most recent prisoners of conscience, the fate of Zheng Yichun (47) has followed a familiar pattern for the country's growing community of cyber dissidents.
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By: Epoch Times, November 7, 2005
A highly respected human and civil rights lawyer, who recently spoke out against human rights abuses of Chinese citizens who practise Falun Gong, has received strict orders from Chinese authorities to close his Beijing practice for one year.
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By: Voice of America, November 2, 2005
The United Nations International Labor Organization, the I-L-O, has issued a report describing a Burmese government campaign of intimidation. The Burmese authorities have organized anti-I-L-O rallies, announced Burma's intention to withdraw from the I-L-O, and refused to investigate more than twenty death threats against Richard Horsey, the International Labor Organization's liaison officer. One letter addressed to Mr. Horsey says, "Your head will be cut off and our people will crush and poison you."
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By: Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2005
Just one day after the last ballot was cast in Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections, opposition parties, backed by foreign observers, are calling the vote invalid and threatening massive street rallies to force a replay of the vote.
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By: BBC Online, November 7, 2005
International observers monitoring elections in Azerbaijan say the vote did not meet democratic standards. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe complained of significant irregularities in the parliamentary vote and vote-counting.
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By: Radio Free Europe, November 7, 2005
Baku's ambassador to Ukraine, Taliyat Aliyev, today accused the Ukrainian youth movement Pora of supporting Azerbaijanis seeking to organize "public disorders" in Azerbaijan.Aliyev was commenting at a press conference in Kyiv. He justified the decision by Azerbaijani authorities to deny entry to a group of Ukrainian observers of Sunday's parliamentary elections.
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By: Russian News and Information Agency, November 7, 2005
BRUSSELS, November 7 (RIA Novosti, Alexander Shishlo) - The foreign ministers of the European Union's 25 member states expressed concern over ongoing human rights abuses in Belarus as they met in Brussels Monday. In a joint statement, the EU ministers called on the Belarusian government to stop the oppression of opposition parties, non-governmental organizations and independent mass media and to ensure that the presidential election scheduled for next year is free, fair and in line with the standards set by the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, especially in terms of giving all candidates equal access to the state-run news media.
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By: The Daily Star, November 8, 2005
Under a pragmatically all-encompassing religious slogan - "Islam is the solution" - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has demonstrated consummate political savvy during the parliamentary campaign.
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By: Web India News, November 7, 2005
Tens of thousands of Communists and their allies demonstrated in Ukraine Monday to mark the 88th anniversary their party's taking control of the Soviet Union.
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