Internet company Yahoo may be responsible for leading Chinese police to the identity of a pro-democracy activist who was sentenced to four years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday. Jiang Lijun was jailed in 2003 for allegedly promoting democracy through "violent means" on the Internet. According to Reporters Without Borders, Jiang's 2003 guilty verdict [...]

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Certification of April 9-10 parliamentary elections, Italian Court of Cassation, April 19, 2006 . Excerpt: Il dianzi menzionato provvedimento del 16 marzo 2006 è stato adottato applicando le norme di cui agli artt.14 e segg. D.P.R. 30 marzo 1957 n.361 e successive modifiche e integrazioni, le quali non prevedono tra i requisiti di ammissibilità di [...]

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The Italian Court of Cassation on Wednesday confirmed that Romano Prodi , former Italian prime minister and head of a center-left coalition, was the winner of the disputed April 9-10 general elections over current Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi . The court certified the results after judges reviewed the validity of more than 5,000 provisional ballots, [...]

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Nepal police on Wednesday arrested approximately 250 college professors who were protesting in the town Pokhara against the direct government of King Gyanendra . Organizers set up the demonstration in violation of government-imposed curfew meant to curb pro-democracy rallies . Gyanendra's government has previously announced that anyone violating the curfew would be immediately shot. Gyanendra [...]

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Leading Tuesday's international brief, following China and Russia's block of an attempt to implement targeted sanctions in the UN sanctions committee on Sudan against four Sudanese officials alleged to have intentionally hindered the peace process in the Darfur region of Sudan, the US has proposed an official Security Council resolution that calls for the same [...]

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