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Housemaid prostitution crackdown underwayA crackdown is underway to try and trace those gangs responsible for kidnapping housemaids and forcing them into prostitution, to prevent them from exploiting the vulnerable and ruining their lives, a top Bahraini government official said. More… |
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Stung by gas prices, Obama seeks oil crackdownUS President Barack Obama proposed higher penalties for companies accused of oil market manipulation and sought more money for government oversight on Tuesday, trying to blunt the impact of high energy prices on his re-election chances. Re More… |
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Over 7,500 killed in Syria crackdown: UNSyrian President Bashar Al-Assad could be classified as a war criminal, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said as the United Nations announced more than 7,500 civilians had been killed by his forces since the start of the revolt. At l More… |
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UN assembly condemns Syria crackdownThe 193-nation UN General Assembly ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad by overwhelmingly approving a resolution that endorses an Arab League plan calling for him to step aside. The resolution, similar to one Russ More… |
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Russia in surprise UN move on SyriaRussia offered the UN Security Council a new, stronger draft resolution on the violence in Syria, lifting Western hopes of UN action after the killing of 27 Syrian soldiers by deserters raised the spectre of a slide into civil war. Wester More… |
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Major battle in Syria; shops shut by strikeSyrian troops and army defectors have fought one of the biggest battles in its nine-month uprising while a protest strike shut businesses in a new gesture of civil disobedience, residents and activists said. More… |
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Syrian oil, VIPs targeted in new sanctionsThe Arab League put Syrian VIPs on a travel ban list on Thursday and European Union foreign ministers readied a raft of economic sanctions against President Bashar Al Assad to press him into stopping a military crackdown on popular protests. More… |
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Saudi asks citizens to leave SyriaSaudi Arabia urged its citizens on Tuesday to quickly leave Syria to avoid getting caught in a military crackdown on months of popular protests, the Saudi state news agency reported. 'The foreign ministry renewed its warning to citizen More… |
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UK vows crackdown on tax evadersBritain will step up international pressure on British tax evaders after reaching an agreement with Switzerland, said finance minister George Osborne. Osborne said this week's deal with Switzerland to tax money kept by British resident More… |
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Egypt to remove police blamed for crackdownEgypt's government plans to reshuffle senior police to remove officers implicated in a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in January, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday. The announcement seems designed to assauge popular ang More… |
