Protests have broken out in Belarus after the government made it illegal to export cheese, butter, macaroni and several other food products. The authoritarian regime has also prevented the export of refrigerators, kitchen stoves and gasoline.
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In his strongest statement yet on the civil unrest in Syria the Turkish prime minister has accused Damascus of “atrocities”, and behaving in an “inhumane” manner towards protesters.
Nearly 100 people in Inner Mongolia have been arrested after the recent demonstration sparked by the death of a Mongol herder. Chinese authorities last week blamed the unrest on unnamed “foreign sources”, and the region remains under heavy police presence.
Fresh attacks on Tripoli as Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi vows to ‘fight to the end’.
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Portugal’s Social-Democrats are expected to put together a centre-right coalition after beating the socialists in the country’s snap election. The PSD won 105 places in the 230-seat parliament. Along with the 24 MPs of the right-wing CDS the result would be a strong majority.
Peru’s left-winger Ollanta Humala has claimed victory in the country’s presidential election.
At least 25,000 university student protesters have marched through the streets of Santiago, Chile’s capital, calling for reforms in education, local news reported.
Heavy sandstorms blanketed Iraq’s capital Baghdad and other provinces on Thursday, causing traffic chaos and flooding hospitals with people suffering from respiratory problems.
It was a day many people had waited for. The arrival of the former Bosnian Serb general at the Hague’s Scheveningen detention centre was watched by media and locals alike.