Sex, lies and videotape in Putin’s Russia
How women, sex and viral video have characterised Russia’s election season… Young women calling on co-enthusiasts to rip off their clothes for Putin last summer, seemed to have disappeared from the scene after making the headlines for a couple of weeks. As the election season draws to a close in Russia, now, it is worth [...]
Where is the international response to the coup in the Maldives? Sit back and let your mind wander. Where would you like to be if you could choose any destination? Are you picturing sandy beaches? Crystal clear waters? Maybe a palm tree or two? You’re probably thinking of the Maldives. Now picture violent [...]
Continue reading …Julia Gillard had to be rescued along with opposition leader Tony Abbott, after being surrounded by angry protesters. The pair were escorted by 50 police officers from a Canberra restaurant following ‘offensive’ comments by Tony Abbott Abbott had suggested it was time to remove the historic Aboriginal Tent Embassy Police called as 200 protesters surrounded [...]
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Political activist Alexei Navalny discusses his fight against corruption and the Russian state… Blogger and activist Alexei Navalny has been at the forefront of recent democracy protests in Russia, leading the charge against Prime Minister (soon to be President again?) Vladimir Putin. In an recent interview with Time magazine Navalny gave his views on [...]
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The media considers whether protests in Russia represent a real threat to Vladimir Putin… Following the recent disputed elections is Russia, protests have erupted on the streets of Moscow and St Petersburg, and former President Mikhail Gorbachev has called for the result to be annulled, and polls re-run. Vladimir Putin’s government has been [...]
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Concerns raised over shipments of tear gas used against Egyptian protesters… Months after former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, and just days after many people were reported to have suffocated and died allegedly because of new types of tear gas used by the Egyptian police, a new tear gas shipment arrived at the Suez Port from the United [...]
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Amnesty calls for an end to the brutal crackdown on Tahrir Square protesters… Egypt’s military must urgently end the brutal and deadly response to protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and in Alexandria, Amnesty International said today. Some two dozen people reportedly were killed and hundreds were injured in the violent clashes that erupted [...]
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British writer Lucy Emmerson blogs from Cairo on events taking place in post-revolution Egypt… The largest protests since February have rocked Downtown Cairo over the last few days, leaving at least 3 dead and 800 injured. Events began on Friday, when Islamists mobilised to occupy Tahrir Square, their numbers in the tens of [...]
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