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Lawmakers grant Suriname president immunity for murders
April 6, 2012Suriname parliament granted President Desi Brouterse immunity for 1982 murders, raising ire of human rights groups.
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Former Guatemalan strongman, on trial, may beat genocide rap
April 6, 2012Soldiers terrorized and murdered at record levels during his tenure.
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“Third Man” Mélenchon can no longer be ignored
April 5, 2012The radical Left Front's presidential candidate has gained in opinion polls, a result that would see him take the third spot in the first of the two round vote.
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As rebels seize half of Mali, the whole Sahel region is destabilized
April 4, 2012Tuareg separatist rebels and their shaky Islamist allies seized more than half of Mali, setting alarm bells ringing in all of West Africa and beyond.
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Who gets the big pay raises, Germany’s workers or CEOs?
April 3, 2012The squeeze on incomes for the 99% comes as the flow of euro-millions to Germany's 1% has been getting considerably more generous over the same period.
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