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Liu Xiaobo, jailed in China, honored in absentia by Nobel committee

OSLO – The blue-and-white upholstered chair reserved for him was empty. His words were spoken not in his own voice, but by the Norwegian actress and movie director Liv Ullmann. While the Nobel committee honored him …Washington Post · 29 minutes ago

Jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner applauded in Oslo

Associated Press

Nobel Peace Prize Is Bittersweet for Jailed Dissident

Time

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Los Angeles Times

Attack on Prince Charles’ car by protesters prompts flurry of questions about UK security

LONDON (AP) — How could rampaging students so easily threaten Britain’s heir to the throne? Government security officials had no quick answer Friday for that mortifying question, amid calls in the media for officials to be …Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel · 2 hours ago

Cops were seconds from drawing guns on mob attacking Prince Charles’ car

New York Post

Why Students are Rioting in London

Time

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Wired News

Hacker group defends attacks on WikiLeaks foes

Computerworld – Anonymous, a loosely affiliated group of Internet vigilantes that has claimed responsibility for a series of Internet attacks against organizations perceived as hostile to WikiLeaks, today sought to cast itself …Computerworld · 2 hours ago

Assange Distances Himself From WikiLeaks Cyber Attacks

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Spam downloads surge among WikiLeaks supporters

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Boston Globe

Bucking trend, Bolivia lowers retirement age to 58

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia enacted a law Friday lowering the country’s retirement age to 58, bucking a global trend in which countries push people to work longer to counteract the burden on national treasuries of rising life …Houston Chronicle · 18 minutes ago

Bolivia lowers retirement age to 58, nationalizes pensions and extends them to the poor

Los Angeles Times

Bolivia Retirement Age

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Town Hall

Somali Pirates Hijack US-operated Ship, Crew Of 23

(AP) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The European Union anti-piracy force says pirates have hijacked a U.S.-operated ship with 23 crew members aboard. The EU Naval Force said the MV Panama was attacked Friday just east of …CBS News · 1 hour ago

Somalia mulls privately trained antipiracy force

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EU: Pirates take control of U.S.-operated ship

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Boston Herald

Mexican police hunt leaders of La Familia cartel

MORELIA, Mexico — Federal police kept up the hunt Friday for leaders of
the La Familia drug cartel, and authorities said a top drug lord may be among several people killed in two days of narco-blockades and shootouts …Houston Chronicle · 22 minutes ago

Mexican marines hunt for La Familia cartel leaders

Reuters

Mexican security spokesman says La Familia cartel chief believed killed in shootout

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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