Protests clash with police outside Malaysian court
Police used tear gas and chemical water on hundreds of anti-government demonstrators outside a Kalim court where opposition leaders faced charges. At least eight protesters were arrested and 12 injured as organizers from the National Justice Party blamed police for the clashes amid a week of protests.
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Malaysia
National Justice Party
Kuala Lumpur
Mahathir Mohamad
Internet use hits 56 percent of U.S. adults Pew study reports growth and access gaps
The Pew Internet Project found 56 percent of U.S. adults online last year with 104 million online adults and 16 million new users in six months. Only 15 percent of seniors and 38 percent of the poorest Americans were online, while 82 percent of higher earners had access. Email remained dominant and 52 percent shopped online.
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New York
U.S
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Pew Center
Lee Rainie
Pew
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Palestinians protest Iraq attack outside Gaza City
About 1 000 Palestinians rallied in Gaza City denouncing the U S and British airstrike in Iraq and pledging support for Saddam Hussein. Palestinians fired into the air as banners urged liberation of Jerusalem and warned of possible wider conflict amid Israeli security concerns.
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Gaza Strip
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Iraq
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Palestine
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Ehud Barak
Israel
Ephraim Sneh
Middle East
Sneh
Israel Radio
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Iran
Syria
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Jerusalem
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Lebanon
Prison uprisings hit Sao Paulo Brazil prison system
The Sao Paulo prison system faced at least 19 uprisings as about 15 000 inmates seized hundreds of prisoners and civilians across facilities including Carandiru. Police claimed 1000 hostages while authorities fought to regain control with hostile exchanges and widespread protests outside.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Carandiru
Latin America
Globo
South America
Car of Dartmouth murder suspects found in Sturbridge
Two teens sought in the Dartmouth College professors murders were seen at a truck stop near Sturbridge Massachusetts where their silver 1987 Audi was found covered in snow. Robert Tulloch and James Parker, both 16 and 17, of Chelsea Vermont, face two counts of first degree murder in Hanover New Hampshire.
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James Parker
Chelsea
Massachusetts
Dartmouth College
Sturbridge
Mass
Vermont
Sturbridge Isle
Connecticut
Ronald Sieberg
National Weather Service
Hall
Susanne Zantop
Dartmouth
Hanover
N.H
Warming to Worsen Says IPCC Panel Report
A Geneva based IPCC panel forecasts warming will trigger more heat waves floods and droughts causing tens of millions of displacements and up to 200 million coastal flood exposures. They warn tropical diseases crop failures water shortages and famine will rise as global temperatures climb.
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Washington
Geneva
Switzerland
IPCC
Prison population surged under Clintons crime era policy
A Justice Policy Institute study cites 673000 people sent to state and federal prisons and jails during the Clinton years, far above Bush and Reagan terms. It attributes the rise to heavier sentencing, more prisons and police, and the 1994 crime bill with 30 billion in state funding.
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Clinton
Criminal Justice Think Tank
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Reagan
Justice Policy Institute
Center On
Justice Department
Vincent Schiraldi
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