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Junta silent as Myanmar awaits Suu Kyi release (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Security personnel man a check point near the home of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, currently under house arrest near Yangon November 12, 2010. The house arrest of Myanmar's Suu Kyi is due to expire on Saturday, but the country's reclusive military rulers have given no indication about whether or not the long-time campaigner for democracy will be freed. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Detained Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was due to be freed from house arrest Saturday, but there was still no sign the country’s army rulers…

Rumors swirl in Myanmar over Suu Kyi release (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Security personnel man a check point near the home of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, currently under house arrest near Yangon November 12, 2010. The house arrest of Myanmar's Suu Kyi is due to expire on Saturday, but the country's reclusive military rulers have given no indication about whether or not the long-time campaigner for democracy will be freed. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Rumor and speculation about the imminent release of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi swept across Myanmar on Friday but there was no word from the country’s secretive…

Cuba missed prisoner release deadline: dissidents (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - The dissident group “Ladies in White” accused the Cuban government on Sunday of failing to meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to continue their weekly…

Cuba to release longest-held political prisoner (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Reuters - Cuba will free its longest-held political prisoner, jailed since 1985, and send him to Spain as the government continues to ship opponents out of the country.

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Iraq WikiLeaks release offers new casualty details (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

FILE - In this May 17, 2006 file photo, three brothers of a man shot dead by a gunman in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad sit next to his coffin as it is carried on top of a vehicle en-route to the funeral in Najaf, Iraq. Writing on coffin in Arabic reads 'Belonging to Al-Arqam Mosque'. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, File)AP - An Iraqi family gunned down after approaching a U.S. patrol too fast. Dozens of men shot execution-style by sectarian death squads.


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Iraqi PM: WikiLeaks release politically timed (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - New documents detailing alleged prisoner abuse by Iraqi security officials prompted fresh doubts Saturday about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bid to remain in power for a second term.


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Iraqi PM on the defense in WikiLeaks release (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq’s prime minister is accusing WikiLeaks of releasing documents that detail prisoner abuse by Iraqi security forces to sabotage his re-election hopes.


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WikiLeaks near release of secret US war documents (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

File - The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In a message posted to its Twitter page on Thursday Oct. 21, 2010, the organization said there was a 'major WikiLeaks press conference in Europe coming up.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports…

China letter demands peace prize winner’s release (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - More than 100 Chinese activists have signed and released an open letter asking that Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo be released from prison.

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Pakistan to fight for terrorist convict’s release (AP)

September 24th, 2010

Pakistani protesters rally near to condemn the arrest of alleged Al-Qaida suspect Aafia Siddiqui on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 in Karachi, Pakistan. Siddiqui's strange legal odyssey began two summers ago in Afghanistan, where she turned up carrying evidence that — depending on the argument — proved she was either a terrorist or a lunatic.(AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - Pakistan’s prime minister called a female scientist convicted of trying to kill U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan “the daughter of the nation” on Friday and vowed to campaign for…

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