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"No Hope Of Good News": Kremlin Critic Ally On His Health
An ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday she was braced for bad news on the health of the hunger-striking opposition politician when his lawyers see him again, after they were kept away over the weekend.
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US Warns Of "Consequences" If Kremlin Critic Dies In Prison
The United States on Sunday warned Moscow of "consequences" if the hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison, as the opposition politician's team called for mass protests across Russia to help save his life.
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Chandrababu Naidu's Partymen Seen Mocking Colleague's Hunger Strike
A video showing a purported casual banter of a group of Telugu Desam Party lawmakers in Delhi about 'hunger-strike' had gone viral on social media on Thursday.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Deputy Join AIADMK's Statewide Hunger-strike Over Cauvery Issue
With anger sweeping Tamil Nadu over the Centre seeking more time to constitute the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB), citing elections in neighbouring Karnataka, the ruling AIADMK has called for a hunger strike today. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K. Palaniswami and his deputy O Pannerselvam have joined the day-long hunger strike
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Rewari School Girls Protest Again, This Time For Teachers
A couple of months after their hunger-strike forced the Haryana government to upgrade their village school to senior secondary level, the girls students of Gothda Tappa Dahina today began another protest.
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Sacked AAP Minister Kapil Mishra Faints Moments After Fresh 'Expose' On Arvind Kejriwal
Amid detailing sensational charges of corruption against Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference, sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra today fainted. The former minister has been on a hunger-strike that entered its fifth day today.
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Manhandled by Cops, Jishnu Pranoy's Parents Begin Hungerstrike In Hospital
The protesting parents of Jishnu Pronoy - a student who allegedly committed suicide -- have started a hungerstrike at the hospital where they have been admitted. The couple had been brutally manhandled by the Kerala police yesterday after they tried to hold an indefinite hunger-strike outside the police headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Opposition Legislators On Hunger-Strike Over Fee Hike In Kerala Colleges
Three legislators of the Congress-led UDF have started a hunger-strike inside the Kerala Assembly, demanding a roll-back of the steep fee hike by self-financing colleges after their agreement with the government. The Assembly was adjourned amid protest by UDF legislators.
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Putin, Ukraine's Poroshenko Discuss Jailed Ukrainian Pilot, Russians Held In Ukraine: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Monday discussed the fate of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia and two Russians captured and tried in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.
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Ukrainians Picket Russian Embassy Over Jailed Pilot
Hundreds of angry Ukrainians picketed Moscow's embassy in Kiev today as global calls grew for a hunger-striking helicopter pilot's release and return from Russia.
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Ukrainians Pelt Russia Embassy With Eggs, Demand Pilot's Release
The Russian embassy in Kiev was pelted with eggs and stones, cars were smashed and hundreds took to the streets on Sunday as Ukrainians' anger boiled over at Moscow's refusal to free a hunger-striking pilot.
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Hunger-Striking Angolan Dissident Hospitalised: Wife
Hunger-striking Angolan dissident rapper Luaty Beirao has been hospitalised nearly four weeks into his protest over being detained without trial, his wife said today.
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1965 War Heroes Fight a New Battle as India Celebrates its Golden Jubilee
As India celebrates the golden jubilee of India's victory in the 1965 war with Pakistan, most of the veterans who fought in that war, are fighting a very different battle on the streets now, demanding One Rank One Pension from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance government.
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US Will Not Release Hunger-Striking Guantanamo Detainee
U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday blocked a legal request that a Guantanamo Bay detainee who weighs just 74 lbs (33.5 kg) after an eight-year hunger strike be released for health reasons.
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Israel Detains Former Palestinian Hunger-Striker
Israeli police detained a Palestinian militant leader on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a deal ending an almost two-month-long hunger strike.
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"No Hope Of Good News": Kremlin Critic Ally On His Health
An ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday she was braced for bad news on the health of the hunger-striking opposition politician when his lawyers see him again, after they were kept away over the weekend.
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US Warns Of "Consequences" If Kremlin Critic Dies In Prison
The United States on Sunday warned Moscow of "consequences" if the hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison, as the opposition politician's team called for mass protests across Russia to help save his life.
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Chandrababu Naidu's Partymen Seen Mocking Colleague's Hunger Strike
A video showing a purported casual banter of a group of Telugu Desam Party lawmakers in Delhi about 'hunger-strike' had gone viral on social media on Thursday.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Deputy Join AIADMK's Statewide Hunger-strike Over Cauvery Issue
With anger sweeping Tamil Nadu over the Centre seeking more time to constitute the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB), citing elections in neighbouring Karnataka, the ruling AIADMK has called for a hunger strike today. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K. Palaniswami and his deputy O Pannerselvam have joined the day-long hunger strike
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Rewari School Girls Protest Again, This Time For Teachers
A couple of months after their hunger-strike forced the Haryana government to upgrade their village school to senior secondary level, the girls students of Gothda Tappa Dahina today began another protest.
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Sacked AAP Minister Kapil Mishra Faints Moments After Fresh 'Expose' On Arvind Kejriwal
Amid detailing sensational charges of corruption against Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference, sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra today fainted. The former minister has been on a hunger-strike that entered its fifth day today.
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Manhandled by Cops, Jishnu Pranoy's Parents Begin Hungerstrike In Hospital
The protesting parents of Jishnu Pronoy - a student who allegedly committed suicide -- have started a hungerstrike at the hospital where they have been admitted. The couple had been brutally manhandled by the Kerala police yesterday after they tried to hold an indefinite hunger-strike outside the police headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Opposition Legislators On Hunger-Strike Over Fee Hike In Kerala Colleges
Three legislators of the Congress-led UDF have started a hunger-strike inside the Kerala Assembly, demanding a roll-back of the steep fee hike by self-financing colleges after their agreement with the government. The Assembly was adjourned amid protest by UDF legislators.
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Putin, Ukraine's Poroshenko Discuss Jailed Ukrainian Pilot, Russians Held In Ukraine: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Monday discussed the fate of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia and two Russians captured and tried in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.
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Ukrainians Picket Russian Embassy Over Jailed Pilot
Hundreds of angry Ukrainians picketed Moscow's embassy in Kiev today as global calls grew for a hunger-striking helicopter pilot's release and return from Russia.
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Ukrainians Pelt Russia Embassy With Eggs, Demand Pilot's Release
The Russian embassy in Kiev was pelted with eggs and stones, cars were smashed and hundreds took to the streets on Sunday as Ukrainians' anger boiled over at Moscow's refusal to free a hunger-striking pilot.
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Hunger-Striking Angolan Dissident Hospitalised: Wife
Hunger-striking Angolan dissident rapper Luaty Beirao has been hospitalised nearly four weeks into his protest over being detained without trial, his wife said today.
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1965 War Heroes Fight a New Battle as India Celebrates its Golden Jubilee
As India celebrates the golden jubilee of India's victory in the 1965 war with Pakistan, most of the veterans who fought in that war, are fighting a very different battle on the streets now, demanding One Rank One Pension from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance government.
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US Will Not Release Hunger-Striking Guantanamo Detainee
U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday blocked a legal request that a Guantanamo Bay detainee who weighs just 74 lbs (33.5 kg) after an eight-year hunger strike be released for health reasons.
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Israel Detains Former Palestinian Hunger-Striker
Israeli police detained a Palestinian militant leader on Monday for questioning over his travel to Jerusalem, a police spokeswoman said, a day after he was freed from prison in a deal ending an almost two-month-long hunger strike.
