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Africa
10/25/2022 11:22:14 AM
Sudan on Tuesday blocked internet access across the country as pro-democracy activists marked the first anniversary of a military takeover that derailed the transition to civilian rule, a web monitor said.
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World
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International
10/18/2022 8:07:16 PM
The UK's foreign office on Tuesday summoned a top Chinese diplomat in London over footage of a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester being assaulted in the grounds of a Chinese consulate in Britain.
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World
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International
10/2/2022 6:47:35 PM
Brazilians were voting on Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another four years.
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Egypt
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Politics
9/15/2022 5:59:56 PM
Egypt is adopting a culturally appropriate formula of democracy based on fair representation of all society's forces in parliament while also achieving social justice and sustainable economic development at the same time, said Egyptian Speaker of the House of Representatives Hanafy El-Gebaly on Thursday.
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World
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Africa
9/13/2022 1:16:57 PM
William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's president on Tuesday after narrowly winning the Aug. 9 election in East Africa's most stable democracy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/25/2022 12:36:00 PM
Abdel-Moneim Said heralds an Arab future already undwerway.
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World
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International
8/18/2022 10:50:17 AM
Taiwan and the United States announced plans on Thursday for trade talks in the early autumn as a senior US diplomat warned Beijing will continue to squeeze the self-ruled democracy it claims as its own.
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World
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International
8/11/2022 11:12:08 AM
Taiwan's army held another live-fire drill Thursday after Beijing ended its largest-ever military exercises around the island and repeated threats to bring the self-ruled democracy under its control.
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World
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International
8/9/2022 11:51:44 AM
Taiwan's foreign minister said Tuesday that China is using military drills to rehearse an invasion of the self-governing island democracy, while Taiwan's military began its own live-fire exercises in a show of readiness to thwart off a potential attack.
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World
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International
7/31/2022 5:31:21 PM
The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, confirmed Sunday she will visit four Asian countries this week but made no mention of a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing, which claims the island democracy as its own territory.
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World
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International
7/30/2022 1:08:07 PM
China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.
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World
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Region
7/21/2022 9:51:25 PM
A Sudanese pro-democracy protester was shot dead Thursday during rallies against a military power-grab, taking the toll of those killed in crackdowns since the army takeover to 115, medics said.
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World
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Region
7/17/2022 8:12:27 PM
Police fired tear gas in Sudan's capital Khartoum Sunday against hundreds of pro-democracy protesters who also called attention to increasingly deadly tribal clashes in the country's south.
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World
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Africa
7/17/2022 12:58:22 PM
Sudanese police and soldiers deployed in large numbers Sunday across the capital Khartoum, ahead of mass protests planned by pro-democracy groups.
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World
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Region
7/11/2022 1:53:12 PM
Organisers of Khartoum's sit-ins, begun 10 days ago to force Sudan's army to return power to civilians, announced Monday that they had dismantled two of their four camps.
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World
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Region
6/8/2022 5:22:52 PM
Talks aiming at ending Sudan's ongoing political deadlock began Wednesday, the United Nations said, although the country's main pro-democracy alliance is boycotting them over a continued police crackdown on those protesting last October's military take over.
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World
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Africa
5/29/2022 1:06:51 PM
The UN envoy for Sudan on Sunday decried the killing of two people in a violent crackdown against pro-democracy protesters who once again took to the streets of the capital to denounce an October military takeover .
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/28/2022 5:00:00 PM
The killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while reporting on Israeli military raids in the West Bank has dealt a severe blow to Israel’s image as a democracy, and shattered illusions for a genuine Middle East peace probably forever.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/25/2022 11:39:00 AM
Wafd’s Yasser Qoura tells Gamal Essam El Din how the liberal party sees the national Dialogue.
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World
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International
5/9/2022 10:19:30 PM
The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a shocking start to a tumultuous year that also saw the end of the United States' longest war, in Afghanistan.
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