Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and 22 others pleaded not guilty to treason charges Tuesday at the opening of their trial in Kampala. The charges allege that the men plotted to forcefully overthrow the Ugandan government in operations in Kampala, in Rwanda, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2001 and 2004. If convicted, [...]

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King Gyanendra and the royal government of Nepal on Tuesday banned all public meetings in the cities of Kathmandu and Lalitpur, a move the opposition has vowed to fight. The ban, which goes into effect Wednesday, is aimed at curbing anti-government protests, including a pro-democracy protest planned for Saturday supported by seven opposition parties. The [...]

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CPE: contrat premiere embauche ou contrat pour esclaves? Ou peut-etre comment perdre les elections? "A en croire les syndicats, les manifestations du 4 avril ont ete comparables a celle du 28 mars. La CGT a annonce en fin d'apres-midi qu'environ 3 millions de personnes ont défilé en France. A Paris, les organisateurs ont comptabilisé 700 [...]

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French demonstrators staged a fifth day of protests Tuesday against the First Employment Contract (contrat premiere embauche, CPE) , a labor law that would create an age-based exception to traditional French labor regulations by allowing workers who were under 26 years of age at the time of hiring to be fired without cause at any [...]

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