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Thousands of Russians join Navalny-inspired ‘noon against Putin’ election protest

Thousands of Russians join Navalny-inspired ‘noon against Putin’ election protest

THOUSANDS of people turned up at polling stations in Russia and capitals across the world to take part in what the anti-Kremlin opposition said was a peaceful but symbolic protest against the re-election of President Vladimir Putin. In an action called "noon against Putin", Russians who oppose the veteran Kremlin leader went to their local polling station at midday to either spoil their ballot paper or to vote for one of the three candidates standing against Putin, who is widely expected to win by a landslide. Others had vowed to write the name of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died last month in…
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Somali government forces, opposition clash

Somali government forces, opposition clash

ABDI SHEIK SOMALI government troops and opposition supporters - including some soldiers - exchanged gunfire in Mogadishu yesterday in street clashes that broke out during a protest march over delayed elections. Demonstrators said they had been attacked first by the government forces. Residents reported sporadic shooting and said rocket-propelled grenades had also been fired. The violence, which followed fighting overnight, subsided by Friday afternoon. But it fueled concern that the military could split along clan lines. It could also strengthen an al Qaeda-linked insurgency, especially as hundreds of U.S. troops have just pulled out of Somalia. Lawmakers were due to…
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