Man suspected of killing Politkovskaya arrested

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) was killed in 2006 and Rustam Makhmudov, the man suspected of shooting her, has been arrested in Chechnya.

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Cambodia brings temple dispute to UN court

Thailand and Cambodia (map, from bbcimg.co.uk) have been fighting for months over 11th Century Preah Vihear temple, and now the dispute arrives before the UN’s highest court.

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War crime suspect Mladic arrested in Serbia

Ratko Mladic (photo, from nytimes.com), Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, has been arrested early on Thursday in a village in the province of Vojvodina in northern Serbia, after 16 years on the run.

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California must free thousands of inmates, said Supreme Court

California has been ordered by the US Supreme Court to release 40,000 prisoners within two years, due to overcrowding. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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Ecuador referendum results show president’s victory

Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) appears to have won 7 May referendum on political reforms, although the national electoral council still needs to confirm the final results and the opposition has several days to challenge those results.

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Obama talks about US diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa

US President Barack Obama (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) gave a key speech at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, in which he developed his vision of the future for the American diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa.

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ICC chief prosecutor seeks Gaddafi’s arrest warrant

The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor is targeting Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi, for crimes against humanity.

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IMF chief charged over alleged sexual assault

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (photo, from cnn.com), was taken off an Air France plane at JFK airport on Saturday minutes before if left for Paris and has been charged by New York police over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid.

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Facebook’s anti-Google campaign

On Thursday US-based news website the Daily Beast, discovered that Facebook embarked on a smear campaign against Google.

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New study says 48 women raped every hour in DR Congo

According to a study by US scientists published in the American Journal of Public Health, an average of 48 females aged 15-49 are raped every hour in Democratic Republic of Congo. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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