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On July 24, the Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea reported that it had been boarded by gunmen posing as law-enforcement officers off the coast of Sweden and that its 15 Russian crew members had been tied up and beaten. Four days later, the ship - which was carrying a load of...
According to Swedish police and the Maltese Maritime Authority (MMA), the Arctic Sea's crew reported that a group of eight to 12 men boarded at 3 a.m. on July 24, occupying the vessel for 12 hours. "During their stay onboard, the members of the crew were allegedly assaulted, tied...
Prisons are violent places by nature. America's first recorded prison riot took place even before the Declaration of Independence, in Connecticut's Newgate prison in 1774, and uprisings continue to this day. One report estimates that U.S. correctional institutions saw more than 1,300 riots in the 20th century...
According to interviews with a half-dozen protesters, their objective appears to have evolved beyond reclaiming the votes for Mir-Hossein Mousavi in the disputed election. The aim is now to attack the very legitimacy of the theocracy. The immediate triggers for street protests, however, vary and are often tied...
The attempt will probably backfire. The verdict is likely to cripple the prospect of better relations with the U.S, which had tied an ongoing review of its pro-sanctions policy to Suu Kyi's release. "The door remains open for the regime to respect the wishes of the Burmese people...