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"West Didn't Supply Weapons For Decades": S Jaishankar On Russian Imports
India has a substantial inventory of Soviet and Russian-origin weapons because the Western countries opted for a military dictatorship in the region as its preferred partner and did not supply weapons to New Delhi for decades, S Jaishankar said.
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Brazil President Calls Convicted Torturer A "National Hero"
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that an Army officer who was convicted of torture during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship was a "national hero."
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Xi Jingping's Role As Party 'Core' Is Not A Sign Of Dictatorship: Official
Bestowing President Xi Jinping with the title of "core" leader is not a sign of dictatorship in China's ruling Communist Party, a senior party official said on Monday, stressing that the designation was crucial to achieving important reforms.
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Xi Jinping's Role As Party 'Core' Is Not A Sign Of Dictatorship: Official
Bestowing President Xi Jinping with the title of "core" leader is not a sign of dictatorship in China's ruling Communist Party, a senior party official said on Monday, stressing that the designation was crucial to achieving important reforms.
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Posters Begging For Military Coup Appear Overnight In Pak
Posters begging Pakistan's powerful army chief to launch a coup appeared in major cities including the capital Islamabad overnight, raising eyebrows in a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half its history.
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Thai Inquiry Finds "Irregularities" In Controversial Military Park
A Thai defence ministry looking into allegations of corruption at a military-built park said today it had found financial "irregularities" in the project but had no authority to investigate any wrongdoing.
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Thai Junta Detains Opposition Leaders Ahead of Anti-Graft Inspection
Thailand's army detained two leaders of an opposition group today who were planning to visit a public park dedicated to the monarchy that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal involving the military government.
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Argentine Torture Suspect Arrested in Brazil
An Argentine man alleged to have been a government torturer during the country's military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 has been arrested in Brazil and could face genocide charges, police said Wednesday.
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Nigerians Vote in First Genuine Contest Since End of Dictatorship
Nigerians voted today in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of military rule in 1999, one in which an opposition aspirant has a fighting chance of unseating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Report Accuses Myanmar Commanders of War Crimes
A report by human rights researchers at Harvard Law School has found that military activities carried out by Myanmar's powerful Minister of Home Affairs when the country was still under dictatorship could constitute war crimes.
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Argentina Activist Finds Stolen Grandson after 35 Years
The long lost grandson of the head of an Argentine rights group that has fought to find babies stolen by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship has been found after a 35-year search.
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Nigerian Soldiers Block Roads, Burn Buses in Lagos Protest
Nigerian soldiers blocked roads, fired shots into the air and burned several buses in Lagos on Friday after a soldier was killed in a bus accident, an episode residents said recalled the country's former military dictatorship.
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Opponents of Thai Military Regime Launch Campaign for Democracy
Opponents of Thailand's junta launched a campaign on Tuesday to restore democracy and "oppose the military dictatorship and its aristocratic network", the first sign of organised resistance to the army since it seized power last month.
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Vatican denies Pope Francis stayed silent during dictatorship
The Vatican on Friday strongly denied accusations by some critics in Argentina that Pope Francis stayed silent during systematic human rights abuses by the former military dictatorship.
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Suspicions rise in Pablo Neruda's death
The suspicions have lingered for decades. Pablo Neruda, Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, would have been a powerful voice in exile against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. But that all changed just 24 hours before Neruda was to flee the country in the chaos following the 1973 military coup.
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"West Didn't Supply Weapons For Decades": S Jaishankar On Russian Imports
India has a substantial inventory of Soviet and Russian-origin weapons because the Western countries opted for a military dictatorship in the region as its preferred partner and did not supply weapons to New Delhi for decades, S Jaishankar said.
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Brazil President Calls Convicted Torturer A "National Hero"
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that an Army officer who was convicted of torture during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship was a "national hero."
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Xi Jingping's Role As Party 'Core' Is Not A Sign Of Dictatorship: Official
Bestowing President Xi Jinping with the title of "core" leader is not a sign of dictatorship in China's ruling Communist Party, a senior party official said on Monday, stressing that the designation was crucial to achieving important reforms.
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Xi Jinping's Role As Party 'Core' Is Not A Sign Of Dictatorship: Official
Bestowing President Xi Jinping with the title of "core" leader is not a sign of dictatorship in China's ruling Communist Party, a senior party official said on Monday, stressing that the designation was crucial to achieving important reforms.
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Posters Begging For Military Coup Appear Overnight In Pak
Posters begging Pakistan's powerful army chief to launch a coup appeared in major cities including the capital Islamabad overnight, raising eyebrows in a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half its history.
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Thai Inquiry Finds "Irregularities" In Controversial Military Park
A Thai defence ministry looking into allegations of corruption at a military-built park said today it had found financial "irregularities" in the project but had no authority to investigate any wrongdoing.
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Thai Junta Detains Opposition Leaders Ahead of Anti-Graft Inspection
Thailand's army detained two leaders of an opposition group today who were planning to visit a public park dedicated to the monarchy that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal involving the military government.
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Argentine Torture Suspect Arrested in Brazil
An Argentine man alleged to have been a government torturer during the country's military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 has been arrested in Brazil and could face genocide charges, police said Wednesday.
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Nigerians Vote in First Genuine Contest Since End of Dictatorship
Nigerians voted today in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of military rule in 1999, one in which an opposition aspirant has a fighting chance of unseating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Report Accuses Myanmar Commanders of War Crimes
A report by human rights researchers at Harvard Law School has found that military activities carried out by Myanmar's powerful Minister of Home Affairs when the country was still under dictatorship could constitute war crimes.
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Argentina Activist Finds Stolen Grandson after 35 Years
The long lost grandson of the head of an Argentine rights group that has fought to find babies stolen by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship has been found after a 35-year search.
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Nigerian Soldiers Block Roads, Burn Buses in Lagos Protest
Nigerian soldiers blocked roads, fired shots into the air and burned several buses in Lagos on Friday after a soldier was killed in a bus accident, an episode residents said recalled the country's former military dictatorship.
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Opponents of Thai Military Regime Launch Campaign for Democracy
Opponents of Thailand's junta launched a campaign on Tuesday to restore democracy and "oppose the military dictatorship and its aristocratic network", the first sign of organised resistance to the army since it seized power last month.
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Vatican denies Pope Francis stayed silent during dictatorship
The Vatican on Friday strongly denied accusations by some critics in Argentina that Pope Francis stayed silent during systematic human rights abuses by the former military dictatorship.
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Suspicions rise in Pablo Neruda's death
The suspicions have lingered for decades. Pablo Neruda, Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, would have been a powerful voice in exile against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. But that all changed just 24 hours before Neruda was to flee the country in the chaos following the 1973 military coup.
