Political activism

Political activism

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  Syrian rebels capture air base near Damascus

  Syrian rebels captured a helicopter base just outside Damascus Sunday in what an activist called a "blow to the morale of the regime" near President ... 

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  Divided Kuwait limps toward boycott-hit elections

  The message from Kuwait's emir is blunt heading into this week's parliamentary elections: Opposition factions should express dissent in the ... 

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  Indian gay rights parade demands greater tolerance

  Hundreds of gay rights activists marched through New Delhi on Sunday to demand that they be allowed to lead lives of dignity in India's deeply ... 

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  Civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot dies at 73

  Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get ...