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National Rifle Association vows to fight arms trade treaty at U.N.

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The leading U.S. pro-gun group, the National Rifle Association, has vowed to fight a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global arms trade and dismissed suggestions that a recent U.S. school shooting bolstered the case for such a pact.

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50 arrested in Occupy Wall Street demonstration - CNN.com

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New York (CNN) -- New York police arrested 50 protesters Saturday on what organizers from Occupy Wall Street were dubbing a day to "re-occupy," coinciding with the movement's three-month anniversary.

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Kudankulam row: Protest rally over PM's remark begins

Kudankulam row: Protest rally over PM's remark begins | MN News Hound | Scoop.it
With the Prime Minister announcing that the Kudankulam plant will be operationalised in a couple of weeks, at Ground Zero, villagers have begun a huge protest rally, from Kudankulam to nearby Radhapuram in Tamil Nadu.
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Vladimir Putin's persecution campaign targets protest couple

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Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov has gone on hunger strike in a Moscow prison as his wife Anastasiya carries on organising the pro-democracy campaign.

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