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Police riot in Barcelona
May 31, 2011Friday's bloody police action against demonstration in Barcelona's beautiful Plaza Catalunya has led to calls for the resignation of the center-right government of Catalonia.
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World Notes: Venezuela, Somalia, Fiji and more
May 27, 2011Sanctions on Iran hit Venezuela; labor rights under siege in Iraq, Fiji and Turkey; humanitarian crisis in Somalia; and Cuba at the UN.
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Left humbled in Indian state elections
May 25, 2011In India's state elections, the Communist-led left governments lost in West Bengal and Kerala.
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Colombian court blocks witch-hunts
May 25, 2011The top court issued a writ of prohibition in the case of former Congressman Wilson Borja, ending investigation into allegations he had connections with the FARC.
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Iran rulers sharpen knives as economy bleeds
May 25, 2011The struggle to influence the outcome of the presidential vote in 2013 is already under way.
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