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Russia passes website blacklisting bill said to stifle political dissent

Russia's Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin (background, C) speak in the State Duma lower house of parliament in Moscow on April 11, 2012. (AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

The Russian parliament on Wednesday voted to approve a contentious bill that activists fear will introduce Internet censorship by blacklisting sites deemed as undesirable. In a further controversial move, deputies also passed in first reading a bill that makes libel and slander criminal offences with punishment of up to five…

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Greek anti-austerity protesters surround parliament

ATHENS (AFP) – Thousands of Greek protesters surrounded the parliament building in Athens on Wednesday as a general strike paralysed the country and the prime minister held emergency talks on a controversial reform package. Riot police and barricades blocked approaches to parliament as 20,000 people gathered in the capital, summoned…

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