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...last of a group of 14 Tibetan "singing nuns" who attracted worldwide attention after recordings of them singing proindependence songs were smuggled out of a Chinese prison; in Lhasa, Tibet. Nyidron was jailed in 1989 for "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement" after participating with other nuns in a public protest...
...alleged political assassination. First, Prime Minister Tony Blair's government caught flack when prosecutors dropped charges against a former intelligence analyst who had exposed U.S. and British plans to spy on U.N. Security Council members opposed to the Iraq war. Then former Cabinet Minister Clare Short, who resigned in protest after the fall of Baghdad and has been a thorn in Blair's side ever since, declared on a bbc radio program that British spies had bugged the office of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She said that she had read transcripts of conversations conducted there. Various politicians and commentators...
Roma Riot For Rights To protest the halving of their social benefits, thousands of unemployed Roma in eastern Slovakia went on a spree of looting and rioting. Police and military units struggled to restore order, with the worst clashes coming in Trebisov, where groups of Roma threw rocks and bottles. Roma leaders called off protests to prevent further violence and the government agreed to pay the reduced benefits weekly instead of monthly. Prime Minister Mikulás Dzurinda defended the cuts: "For 30 years, there was not enough courage to consider whether it was normal and sustainable for those...
...think if you believe in idealism, you should be here,” she said. “I think it’s a good protest, but I wish it were bigger...
Although Palmer was not in attendance, two of his colleagues—Professor of Romance Languages Brad Epps and Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology David G. Mitten—made speeches during the protest...