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“We had a democracy with arms; that is the worst kind of hypocrisy,” Libyan activist Zahra’ Langhi told The Stream on Al Jazeera this week. Women were at the forefront of the ‘Day of Rage’ movement that lead to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s removal from power in 2011. Langhi
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British national Violette Uwamahoro, the pregnant wife of a political opposition activist living in exile, who was arrested by Rwandan authorities and held incommunicado, will make her first appearance in court at a bail hearing in the capital Kigali tomorrow, said Amnesty International. Violette Uwamahoro, who lives in the UK
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Bengaluru, India
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In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers there. Some of them were under-age at the time; some of them are now single mothers as a result; most described anonymous, violent attacks. “The United Nations Mission
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Sandra Martin-White<br /><br />LOS ANGELES [LNC] – When judges in Paris dismissed the case of allegations of rape, and several forms of sexual abuse committed against minors in CAR by French troops from the SANGARIS, if it is scandalous and unfair, it is none the less, just the reality of the will o
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China consists of 56 ethnic groups, in which Han people make up 91.51 percent of the whole population. Xinjiang is home to 47 of them, among which Uygur, Han, Kazak, Hui and other nine ethnic groups are native inhabitants.
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By now, a total of 1,499 foreign experts from 70 countries have received the honor. Fifty experts from 18 countries were conferred with the award in 2016.
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Last year, Liaoning created over 420,000 new jobs, lifted over 270,000 residents out of poverty and relocated 235,000 children of migrant workers to schools in the province.
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"The two sessions are more open. The organizer has offered more convenience for reporters, such as arranging on-site simultaneous interpretation service, opening the WeChat accounts of National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), keeping us inf
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Justin Yifu Lin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said that though quite a number of international and domestic challenges still lay ahead China’s economy, the around 6.5 percent target is attainable.
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“At present, the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) is being implemented in a full and effective manner. The directly concerned countries have returned to the right track of settling their disputes through dialogue and consultation,” Wang introduced at a recent press