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Somali pirates attack Spanish ship
According to CNN, Somali pirates have used a Japanese-owned freighter they seized in October to stage an attack on a Spanish warship.† The pirates attacked the ship carrying International Peacekeepers on Saturday night.† The Spanish ship only used minimal force to defend itself. The attack was disrupted and the pirates immediately fled the scene.† No…
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Two men in China banned from traveling
The New York Times reported that two prominent legal scholars and rights advocates bound for an international law conference in London were blocked from leaving China on Tuesday on vague charges that their departure might endanger national security. The two men believed they could not leave because the government feared they would try to attend…
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Two-year YouTube ban lifted in Turkey
For the first time since 2007, Internet users are allowed to watch YouTube in Turkey. The Turkish government blocked the video-sharing website based on complaints about† videos uploaded on the site that made fun of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.† It is illegal to insult Ataturk under Turkish law. According to…
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58 people killed in Iraqi massacre
A massacre of Iraqi Christians occurred on Monday at Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad. The New York Times reported that this was the worst massacre of Christians since the war began in 2003. Before the war, Iraq was home to somewhere between 800,000 and 1.4 million Christians, but today at least half have…
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Violence in Mexico follows drug seize
13 people were killed at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Tijuana on Sunday, a sign that the relative peace there celebrated recently by Mexican Presiden Felipe CalderÛn himself might be fracturing. The New York Times reported that the killings in Tijuana followed the shootings of 14 youth at a party Friday night in nearby El…
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Volcano erupts in Indonesia, 15 dead
The Mount Merapi volcano in Indonesia erupted at least three times Tuesday, forcing thousands of nearby residents to flee. According to CNN, the eruption caused 15 deaths, including journalists staying at a guest house close to the volcano to report on the eruption.† When the alarms sounded and warned of the eruption, local neighborhoods fled…
