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Most Corrupt Countries 2015

Edit Forbes 01 Jun 2016
In 2011, the Arab Spring ignited protests and a civil war in Libya resulting in the death of its dictatorMuammar Gaddafi, who was in office since 1969 ... South Sudan became an independent state in 2011 and soon after found itself in the midst of a civil war ... The Somali civil war began in the 1980s and it took until 2012 for the country to appoint itsfirst permanent central government....

Mohamed Abdelaziz, Leader of Western Sahara's Independence Movement, Dies After Long Illness

Edit Newsweek 01 Jun 2016
ALGIERS (Reuters) - The long-standing leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, Mohamed Abdelaziz, died on Tuesday after more three decades of war and diplomatic struggle for the disputed territory with Morocco ... Morocco took over most of the territory in 1975 from colonial power Spain, but the Polisario Front began a guerrilla war for ......

Leader of Western Sahara independence movement dies after illness

Edit Reuters 01 Jun 2016
ALGIERS (Reuters) - The long-standing leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, Mohamed Abdelaziz, died on Tuesday after more three decades of war and diplomatic struggle for the disputed territory with Morocco. ....

Tune Out This Viacom-Redstone Soap Opera for Now

Edit The Street 01 Jun 2016
The analysis comes a day after Frederic Salerno, the lead independent director at Viacom, issued a letter to shareholders declaring the directors would legally contest any attempts to remove them from the board by Redstone, the 93-year-old controlling shareholder whose failing health and attempts to remove board members has sparked the showdown....

Kristol's white knight: David French

Edit CNN 01 Jun 2016
Washington (CNN)Bill Kristol's white knight independent presidential candidate is a fellow conservative writer with no national name recognition ... French is a writer for another conservative publication, National Review, and a constitutional lawyer. He's also an Iraq war veteran and a Bronze Star recipient ... "He's been wrong for two years," Trump said....

UN Security Council renews sanctions on South Sudan

Edit China Daily 01 Jun 2016
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed sanctions on South Sudan for another year to support the implementation of a peace agreement in the country ... of the panel of experts who monitor the sanctions for 13 months....

Lindor can use push from fans in ASG voting

Edit MLB 01 Jun 2016
Entering Tuesday, Lindor had posted betters numbers than four of the five shortstops in batting average (.311), OPS (.789), OBP (.369), and WAR (2.1) ... On Tuesday, his average (.270), OPS (.746), OBP (.318), and WAR (0.7) were better marks than Royals second baseman Omar Infante, who was second in the voting at second base ... Vote up to five times in any 24-hour period for a maximum of 35 times ... Or text VOTA for a ballot in Spanish....

Western Sahara: Polisario Front leader Abdelaziz dies

Edit BBC News 01 Jun 2016
The leader of the Western Sahara independence movement has died after a long illness ... The UN has long been trying to broker a settlement for the region's future ... The same month, senior Polisario Front member Bachir Mustafa Sayed warned of possible war over the disputed territory if the UN failed to set a timetable for a referendum on self-determination....

EU Referendum: How European is Scotland?

Edit BBC News 01 Jun 2016
The majority for staying in was lower here than anywhere else in the United Kingdom except Northern Ireland. Now, according to the opinion polls, Scotland is second only to Northern Ireland in its enthusiasm for the EU ... "I want Scotland to be independent but I wouldn't choose to have another referendum [on independence] on the basis that the rest of the UK had chosen to do something damaging for the rest of the UK."....

Palestine: Hamas Should Halt Executions (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
Those executed on May 31 were identified by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), an independent human rights group, as Sh., 43, from Khan Younis, a police officer who was shot to death by a firing squad; and E., 28, from Rafah; and Sh., 38, from an unspecified town, both of whom were hanged ... The Palestinian Independent Commission for ......

Associate Member Spotlight: Independent Record Pressing (American Association of Independent Music)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
American Association of Independent Music). Independent Record Pressing is a vinyl record manufacturing plant created to serve the independent label community ... We strive to be the 'go to' plant for independent labels ... American Association of Independent Music published this content on 01 June 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

Masterclass 1: Heaven and Earth According to Breugel (Birkbeck - University of London)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities Masterclass ... Chair.Jacqueline Rose, Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London ... Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War (written with 'Retort', 2005); The Sight of Death ... A regular writer for The London Review of Books, she is a co-founder of Independent Jewish Voices in the UK and a Fellow of the British Academy....

Vegans in Tbilisi, Georgia pelted with grilled meats and sausages in restaurant

Edit The Examiner 01 Jun 2016
While the incident at face value reads like a comedy sketch on Saturday Night Live, concerns are growing over a potential culture war in a country where a majority of its residents are gravitating to the more liberal values of the West with a desire to establish ties with NATO and the European Union ... Georgia declared its independence from Russia in ......
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