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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Ukraine MPs pass tough anti-protest laws

Ukraine MPs pass tough anti-protest laws


Ukraine MPs pass tough anti-protest laws

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 07:58 AM PST

Legislators backing the president have forced through measures, including long jail terms, designed to crack down on anti-government demonstrations

Voters support Egypt’s new charter

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:13 AM PST

The result of the referendum, which was boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood, increases the likelihood of a presidential run by General Sisi

Romanian minister warns of skills exodus

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:45 AM PST

Bucharest aims to attract émigrés back home as an outflow of highly qualified labour, in particular doctors and engineers, stings the economy

Syria opposition calls for more arms

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 12:28 PM PST

Syria's main exiled opposition umbrella organisation called on its western and Arab backers to expand the arming of moderate rebels

White House tests new mood in Congress

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:20 AM PST

The looming limit to US borrowing authority will test whether the passage of a budget heralds a new era of bipartisanship in Congress

Regime allies turn on Turkish prosecutor

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:00 AM PST

Suspected Gulenists such as Zekeriya Oz, who is leading a corruption probe that has rocked Turkish politics, are accused of mounting a judicial coup

Iran’s reformists angered by slow change

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 06:10 AM PST

Supporters of President Rouhani hoped for a cultural flowering and easing of internet censorship, but anger grows as he fails to meet expectations

Indian business takes aim at AAP policies

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 05:46 AM PST

Less than a month after the party won control of Delhi's government, critics question initiatives they say are hostile to a free market

EU bank rescue plan faces legal challenge

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:50 AM PST

Lawmakers tell the EU's rotating presidency that the intergovernmental agreement on the banking union resolution fund is illegal

President shakes up Nigerian military

Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:56 AM PST

Overhaul seen as an attempt to assert Nigerian president's authority and assure loyalty in security services in run-up to 2015 elections

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