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Marches, protests and violence marks May Day festivities
Tens of thousands of government supporters and opponents are demonstrating across Russia in rallies marking May Day. The traditional holiday celebrating labor is colored by growing unemployment amid Russia's worst economic crisis in a decade. UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Says Obama Violating International Law
US boycotting UN racism meeting
State Department spokesman Robert Wood says the U.S. will boycott the conference "with regret" because of objectionable language in the meeting's draft declaration. China Announces $10 Billion Asian Infrastructure Investment
He also called Saturday for a more diversified monetary system and responsible oversight. In his opening remarks at the Boao Forum on Asia, Mr. Wen said the China-ASEAN Fund on Investment Cooperation would support infrastructure development in the region. UN torture monitor says US is obliged to go after CIA torturers
Georgia protests enter fifth day calling on President Saakashvili to step down
The demonstrators gathered outside the parliament in Tbilisi, before marching on to the presidential palace, where they plan to hold an ongoing protest. Correspondents say turnout is falling and the opposition seems increasingly unsure of how to continue its campaign. Mr Saakashvili says Russian oligarchs are financing the Georgian opposition. The opposition accuses him of mishandling last year's conflict with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, and of being increasingly autocratic. Iran welcomes nuclear talks plan
"[Iran] welcomes discussion with the group of six for a constructive cooperation", Mr Jalili said. Last week the six - US, Russia, China, France, UK and Germany - said that they were inviting Tehran for talks. The group's statement also reaffirmed its members' commitment to a "dual track" strategy, promising economic and political assistance if Iran agreed to international demands to halt uranium enrichment operations, but tighter sanctions if it did not. Egypt-Hezbollah standoff dents Egypt-Iran relations
The experts -- fanned by statements made by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on TV in which he confessed that the main suspect in the arrested group of operatives was a member of his organization -- said Iran uses Hezbollah as a pawn in its war with Egypt over influence in the Middle East. |
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