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Damascus Blast Kills 5

Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
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A Syrian rights group says a bomb has exploded in Damascus, killing five people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday the blast targeted the neighborhood of Qaboun, which has been the center of several protests against President Bashar al-Assad. The blast came a day after activists said government forces stormed the village […]

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Malaysia’s Anwar Charged with Violating Protest Ban

Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 2:30 am (UTC-5)
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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been charged with defying a controversial court order banning street protests, in a case he says is politically motivated. Anwar and two members of his opposition party were charged Tuesday with violating the Peaceful Assembly Act last month by taking part in a massive street protest to demand electoral […]

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SpaceX Trying Launch to ISS Again

Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
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A privately-owned company will make another attempt Tuesday to send a supply capsule to the International Space Station. The Falcon-9 rocket carrying the Dragon space capsule, built by U.S.-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida in the pre-dawn hours . The rocket was about to blast off […]

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Malaysia’s Anwar Charged with Violating Protest Ban

Posted May 22nd, 2012 at 12:45 am (UTC-5)
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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been charged with defying a controversial court order banning street protests, in a case he says is politically motivated. Anwar and two members of his opposition party were charged Tuesday with violating the Peaceful Assembly Act last month by taking part in a massive street protest to demand electoral […]

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