Topic: Civil Unrest
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Where do things stand at Guantánamo? Six basic questions answered.
President Obama this week pledged to “reengage” with Congress to find a way to close the terror detention camp at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, naval base. The renewed focus comes as 100 of the 166 detainees are reported to be engaged in a hunger strike. Here is a brief look at where things stand now.
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9 chats with top true-crime authors
In 2012, writers pondered murder and mayhem across the globe and across centuries.
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15 best books of 2012 – nonfiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the 15 best nonfiction books of 2012.
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JFK White House recordings: 8 excerpts from the new book
Excerpts from some of the secret recordings made in the JFK White House are revealed in the new book 'Listening In.'
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Blasphemy riots: 6 examples around the world
Many Muslims consider any depiction of the prophet to be forbidden, and Islamic teachings call for handling the Quran with respect. Incidents of both intentional and unintentional disrespect have occasionally prompted protests and violence around the world. Here are six examples:
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Blasphemy riots: 6 examples around the world
Many Muslims consider any depiction of the prophet to be forbidden, and Islamic teachings call for handling the Quran with respect. Incidents of both intentional and unintentional disrespect have occasionally prompted protests and violence around the world. Here are six examples:
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UN eyeing Texas invasion? Probably not, but ‘civil war’ fears abound
Lubbock County Judge Tom Head’s suggestion that President Obama, if reelected, will send UN troops to invade Texas caused chuckles (or gasps) across the country. But coming at the height of a polarized presidential race, his comments highlighted fears of political unrest.
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Police in South Africa shoot dead several striking miners (+video)
It appears to be one of the bloodiest police operations in South Africa since the end of the apartheid: Police in Johannesburg killed and wounded dozens in an operation intended to disperse 3,000 protesting drill operators who had massed near the mine.
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For Latinos, Anaheim gang sweep rubs riots' wounds. Should police have waited?
Anaheim police say the sweep couldn't wait, and getting gang members and guns off the street will make the city safer. But Latino residents, still bitter after police shootings that sparked riots, saw a power play.
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Indian soldiers patrol Assam state following deadly riots
Over 30 people have been killed in ethnic clashes between tribesmen and Muslims that started over the weekend in the northeast part of the country.
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Sudan: 'Arab Spring' protests wane, but activists remain optimistic
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been a 'genius' at cracking down on opposition, activists say. But the government's control may work to its disadvantage, as economic woe continues.
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Inside Sudan's prisons: Sudanese protesters speak out
Sudan's National Intelligence Security Service, blamed for the arrests and detention of some 2,000 protesters in the past month, are using torture, activists say.
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Rioting 'anarchy' in Belfast after token Orange parade
Shots were fired and dozens of Catholic youths threw bricks and petrol bombs at riot police in Belfast Friday morning, a day after a small Protestant parade passed their neighborhood.
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Spanish police clash with miners in Madrid
Six demonstrators were hospitalized after police fired rubber bullets. Police made seven arrests, and two officers were injured.
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In Tunisia, leaders struggle to kick the problems that toppled Ben Ali
Rioting broke out in Tunisia earlier this month after rumors that a local art exhibit insulted Islam. But most of the protesters were not ultra-religious – just young, poor, and angry.
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Is Sudan having its own 'Arab Spring?'
Prompted by rising prices for food, housing, and fuel, student protests have spread to cities across the country. Will the government's harsh crackdown backfire and fuel the movement?
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Rodney King, key figure in LA race riot, reported dead
Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, died Sunday.
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'Island Practice': 4 stories from an island's go-to doctor
Nantucket turns to Dr. Timothy Lepore for a wide-range of needs. Here are four of the more unusual stories included in "Island Practice," Pam Belluck's book about Lepore.
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In Tunisia's sentencing of a dictator, a model for bringing justice?
A Tunisian court yesterday sentenced Ben Ali to life in prison. The country's efforts to bring former regime members to justice could offer lessons for other Arab Spring countries.
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After Mubarak conviction anger and political maneuvers
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's conviction led to large protests by Egyptians worried it will be overturned on appeal, and the Muslim Brotherhood positioning itself to win the presidency.
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Israel, land of Jewish refugees, riled by influx of Africans
Violent riots broke out in Tel Aviv last night as a growing tide of African migrants strains Israel's ideal as a land for refugees.
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Palestinians mark Nakba Day with slingshots, despite calls for calm
Nakba Day, translated to 'catastrophe day,' marks the day the state of Israel was created and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced.
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On eve of Putin's inauguration, protest and reaction bigger than expected (+video)
Russian police cracked down with tear gas and hundreds of arrests after anti-Putin protesters in Moscow tried to cross a barricaded bridge.
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Occupy 2012: Day 1 of protests yields a mixed review (+video)
Turnout for the Occupy movement's May Day protests was respectable in New York and Chicago. In some West Coast cities, police resorted to tear gas or pepper spray. Did the movement do itself any favors during its relaunch on Tuesday?
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May Day: Around the world, anger and fear
Continuing economic turmoil around the globe gave this year's May Day rallies an undertone of angry class conflict.
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May Day: Tear gas in Oakland, broken windows in Seattle (+video)
Most of the May Day protests were peaceful, but violence reared its head in some cities. The Occupy Wall Street movement was at the forefront of many rallies.
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Backchannels In Malaysia, a May Day pay raise, but no victory for democratic reformers
The protesters of the Malaysia's Bersih democracy reform movement appear to have pushed Malaysia into announcing its first ever minimum wage. Electoral reform is something else again.
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Chapter & Verse 12 days of disaster that changed Chicago forever
Author Gary Krist looks back at 1919 and the blimp crash, murder, and race riot that made the Chicago the metropolis we know today.
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$1 felony: Florida man charged over soda bill at McDonald's
$1 felony: Local authorities in Florida say a man faces felony charges after refusing to pay for a cup of soda at a McDonald's restaurant.
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Opinion: A weakened Putin is questioned abroad, under siege at home
Russia's President-elect Vladimir Putin may have won the presidential election, but he lost Moscow. And he faces an engaged, active generation that did not grow up as Soviets. Political legitimacy is more than an official election result; it requires trust.
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