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Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.

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Web censure ‘curbs human rights’

Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last Sunday’s violence near Jos, where many women and children were massacred.

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Nigeria women protest at killings

Bangladesh’s government is ignoring the plight of thousands of starving Burmese refugees, a US medical charity warns.

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Burma refugees ‘face starvation’

Cuba criticises the actions of a dissident journalist, on hunger strike for 12 days in protest at the death of a political prisoner.

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Cuba lashes out at hunger striker

Reuters - A new poll on Monday found signs of trouble ahead for President Barack Obama and his Democrats on national security issues such as the handling of terrorism suspects.

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New poll spells potential trouble for Democrats
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AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that an action plan to reintegrate low- to mid-level insurgent fighters into society and negotiate with the Taliban’s top echelon will be crafted next month at a peace conference aimed at ending the war.

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Afghan president to host April peace conference
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Iran’s most celebrated female poet is banned from travelling out of the country by the government.

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Iranian poet handed ‘travel ban’

Jim Muir reports on the new Kurdish party that has emerged in northern Iraq to mount a challenge in Sunday’s election.

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New Kurdish party to challenge polls

Reuters - Chilean authorities extended a curfew in the country’s second-biggest city on Tuesday as troops struggled to contain worsening looting and crime in the wake of a devastating earthquake.

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Chile struggles to keep order in quake-hit city
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AP - Senate Democrats needed all the 60 votes at their disposal Thursday to muscle through legislation allowing the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.

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Senate permits gov’t to borrow an additional $1.9T
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