30.01.2013 - New York Times
Myanmar
According to a group of lawyers, police used white phosphorus, a munition normally reserved for warfare, to disperse protesters outside a copper mine in central Myanmar on 29 November 2012 [ID 237084]
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Media report: Myanmar Police Used Phosphorus on Protesters, Lawyers Say |
14.11.2011 - New York Times
Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey
More than 19,000 Syrians have fled to Turkey since Syria's crackdown on anti-government protests in June 2011; more than 7,600 Syrian refugees live in Turkish government-sponsored camps; as the government of President Bashar al-Assad steps up its violent crackdown, refugees in Turkey appear to be settling in for a long stay [ID 208090]
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Media report: For Refugees From Syria, a Visit With No Expiration Date |
31.07.2011 - New York Times
Pakistan
Quetta: at least 11 Shiites killed in sectarian attacks [ID 199486]
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Media report: 11 Shiites in Pakistan Die in Sectarian Attacks |
31.07.2011 - New York Times
Libya
Benghazi: According to reports of rebel fighters Qaddafi loyalists who had posed as a rebel brigade who were hiding out in a factory were besieged and captured; 7 fighters were killed and 20 wounded in a gunfight that lasted 8 hours [ID 199467]
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Media report: Clash in Benghazi Exposes Cracks in Libyan Rebel Ranks |
31.07.2011 - New York Times
Afghanistan
Herat: Public outrage because of a young unmarried couple of different ethnicities; both are in juvenile prison and threatened to be killed [ID 199483]
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Media report: Afghans Rage at Young Lovers; A Father Says Kill Them Both |
30.07.2011 - New York Times
Uganda
According to researchers of the University of Washington who conducted a study on maternal deaths about 5,200 women died from pregnancy-related causes in 2008 [ID 199461]
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Media report: Promising Care: Maternal Deaths Focus Harsh Light on Uganda |
30.07.2011 - New York Times
China
Court has upheld eight-year sentence of journalist on charges of "extortion and blackmail"; he reported on corruption of local officials [ID 199482]
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Media report: China Jails Journalist Who Reported on Corruption |
29.07.2011 - New York Times
Libya
Rebel General Abdul Fattah Younes, former chief of security under Colonel Qaddafi, was allegedly killed by rebel soldiers; rebels fear a tribal backlash over the killing because it could undermine the rebels' unity [ID 199356]
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Media report: Killers of Libyan Rebel General Were Among His Own Forces |
28.07.2011 - New York Times
Afghanistan
Oruzgan Province, Tirin Kot: 7 suicide bombers attempt to kill the provincial governor and the influential businessman Matiullah Khan, neither was killed; according to security and health officials at least 21 civilians die [ID 199470]
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Media report: Team of Suicide Bombers Attacks Afghan Provincial Capital |
28.07.2011 - New York Times
Indonesia
Banten Province, Cikeusik village: 12 members of a mob who attacked adherents of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect and killed 3 of them, received sentences of 3 to 6 months in jail; human rights groups are critical of the light sentences [ID 199471]
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Media report: Rights Advocates Criticize Light Sentences in Sectarian Killings in Indonesia |
27.07.2011 - New York Times
Afghanistan
Kandahar: Mayor Ghulam Haider Hamidi killed in his office by a suicide bomber; another person was injured [ID 163685]
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Media report: Suicide Bomber Kills Kandahar Mayor |
26.07.2011 - New York Times
Lebanon
Sidon: 5 French soldiers wounded by roadside bomb [ID 163687]
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Media report: World Briefing | MIDDLE EAST Lebanon: Bomb Hits U.N. Convoy |
23.07.2011 - New York Times
Egypt
Cairo: At least 25 people hospitalised and 125 others treated on the scene after violent clashes between protesters against the military and youths; the youths are opposed to continued demonstrations which they think threaten stability [ID 163642]
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Media report: March Against Egypt’s Military Collapses Into Violence |
23.07.2011 - New York Times
Senegal
Dakar: Thousands go to the streets to urge the country's president Abdoulaye Wade to step down; Wade is trying to extend his time in office in what critics call a violation of the country's constitution [ID 163644]
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Media report: Protesters Urge President to Step Down in Senegal |
22.07.2011 - New York Times
Saudi Arabia
A proposed counterterrorism law would allow prisoners to be held without trial and mandate jail sentences for people who criticise the king according to human rights advocates [ID 163640]
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Media report: Proposed Law Would Mandate Jail for Critics of Saudi King |
21.07.2011 - New York Times
Syrian Arab Republic
Homs: Numerous people arrested by security forces in raids according to residents and activists [ID 163638]
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Media report: Syrian Forces Crack Down in Restive City With Raids and Gunfire |
20.07.2011 - New York Times
Afghanistan
Northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif: 4 people killed and 12 wounded in an attack by a suicide bomber on a bicycle [ID 163308]
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Media report: Ahead of Security Transfer, Suicide Blast Shakes Afghan City |
20.07.2011 - New York Times
Morocco
Article on pro-democracy protesters and 1 July referendum on a new constitution [ID 163277]
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Media report: Morocco's Democratic Changes Fail to Appease All |
20.07.2011 - New York Times
China
Xinjiang region: Authorities have increased the death toll in a recent clash, saying now that 18 people died in the violence; originally state media reported that 4 people were killed in an attack on a police station in the city of Hotan [ID 163309]
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Media report: Death Toll Increases in Xinjiang |
20.07.2011 - New York Times
Somalia
The UN officially declared Somalia’s food crisis a famine in several parts of the country, with millions of people close to starvation and aid deliveries complicated by the fact that Islamist militants aligned with al-Qaeda control the famine zones [ID 163279]
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Media report: Food Crisis in Somalia Is a Famine, U.N. Says |
