Police and protestors faced off in the capital of Male, and the island nation’s former president claimed he was forced to resign this week at gunpoint.
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Violent Clashes Continue in Maldives
The Occupy London protest group, which occupied a central London building in its fifth “occupation” in the capital, leave the site.
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Occupy London group leaves site
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Every winter, the capital of Pakistan’s Islamic republic is overrun by what is many Muslims’ worst nightmare: sounds of screeching wild pigs. Motivated by hunger, the reviled animals descend each night from neighboring hills to feed on the garbage bins of Islamabad’s most exclusive addresses — from high-end hotels to the capital’s embassies and even the president’s residence. On their way to feeding grounds pigs cause traffic accidents and send locals hurrying for cover. Some Islamabad residents have reportedly been injured or even killed by belligerent hogs. Read full article > >
Thousands of Egyptians attend a rally at Tahrir Square in the capital, Cairo, to denounce the authorities’ violent tactics against protesters.
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Egyptians march against military
The state funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel is taking place in the capital, Prague, attended by leaders from around the world.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancels a trip to the UK to return to Afghanistan after Tuesday’s deadly attacks in the capital, Kabul, and Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Karzai flies home after bombings
It was the second attack in days in the capital, which had so far largely been spared the unrest in other cities.
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Insurgents Attack Baath Party Offices in Damascus
This reclusive and secretive country is now officially open for business — the tourism business, that is. It has mountains, rivers, waterfalls and pine forests. Pyongyang, the capital, boasts 70 parks, water so clean you can drink from the tap, wide boulevards uncluttered by traffic or neon signs, beautiful traffic policewomen at nearly empty intersections, and a plethora of soaring monuments and memorials. Read full article > >
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Reclusive North Korea opens its door a crack for tourists
This reclusive and secretive country is now officially open for business — the tourism business, that is. It has mountains, rivers, waterfalls and pine forests. Pyongyang, the capital, boasts 70 parks, water so clean you can drink from the tap, wide boulevards uncluttered by traffic or neon signs, beautiful traffic policewomen at nearly empty intersections, and a plethora of soaring monuments and memorials. Read full article > >
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Reclusive North Korea opens its door a crack for tourists
BANGKOK — As floodwaters drained from Thailand’s flood-ravaged central heartland through Bangkok on Monday, residents in long-submerged provinces to the north of the capital were starting to rebuild their lives. The water slowly advancing through Bangkok’s northern and western neighborhoods was threatening the city’s subway system, two key industrial estates and the emergency headquarters set up to deal with flooding that has claimed more than 500 lives nationwide. Read full article > >
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Floods approach Bangkok’s rail systems, as northern provinces start cleaning up
The District of Columbia is the capital of the topical Halloween costume. Concepts can be ripped from the headlines; delve deeply into the arcana of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s headbands or hair clips or scrunchies and a Washingtonian will get it. But something happened in 2011 that has stymied costume vendors and party-goers alike. Where are our Joe the Plumbers? Our demon sheep? Read full article > >
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Halloween costumes, politics not mixing this year
SANAA, Yemen — Hundreds of Yemeni women on Wednesday set fire to traditional female veils to protest the government’s brutal crackdown against the country’s popular uprising, as overnight clashes in the capital and another city killed 25 people, officials said. In the capital Sanaa, the women spread a black cloth across a main street and threw their full-body veils, known as makrama, onto a pile, sprayed it with oil and set it ablaze. As the flames rose, they chanted: “Who protects Yemeni women from the crimes of the thugs?” Read full article > >
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SANAA, Yemen — Troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and forces opposed to his rule were engaged in heavy fighting across much of the capital Sanaa on Monday, with rockets, mortars and heavy machine-guns being used. The fighting began shortly after midnight and intensified around 3 a.m. local time, with the sound of explosions rocking many parts of the city. Read full article > >
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Forces loyal to Yemeni president, opposition fighters battle in Sanaa
At least five people were killed as demonstrators again marched into government territory in the capital, Sana.
Bulldozers begin demolishing the fortress-like Bab al-Aziziya compound of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the capital Tripoli.
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Floods approach Bangkok’s rail systems, as northern provinces start cleaning up
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