<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Political Dissent: News &amp; Videos about Political Dissent - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Political_Dissent</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Political Dissent from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:50:12 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Political Dissent: News &amp; Videos about Political Dissent - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Political_Dissent</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Political Dissent from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>N. Ireland charges two in shooting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/24/nireland.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/24/nireland.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two men face a court hearing in Northern Ireland on Wednesday after being charged with attempted murder and other counts in connection with what police called a foiled terrorist attack, police announced.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police targeted in N. 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Ireland police investigate massive bomb</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/09/nireland.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/09/nireland.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police in Northern Ireland were investigating Wednesday after "reckless criminal terrorists" planted a 600-pound bomb along a country road.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>European envoys visit jailed Cuban's family</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/27/cuba.eu.diplomats/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/27/cuba.eu.diplomats/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>European diplomats visited the family of a jailed Cuban dissident Thursday over concern the government has arrested him on criminal charges in a bid to block his political activities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition movement in Iran not over, experts say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/01/analysis.iran.whats.next/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/01/analysis.iran.whats.next/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The chants, the clashes, the outrage, the blood -- for more than two weeks, the world watched as the fallout from Iran's presidential elections unraveled from peaceful demonstrations to government-led crackdowns on city streets.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Defenders' help homeowners fight eviction</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/18/rtr.homedefenders/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/18/rtr.homedefenders/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Olive Thompson's living room is filled with dozens of delicate glass figurines: swans, angels, Asian dolls. She has spent the past five years fixing this house. The bedroom is pink, the kitchen dotted with red pots and pans.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police officer killed in Northern Ireland shooting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/09/northern.ireland.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/09/northern.ireland.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A police officer was slain in a shooting in Northern Ireland late Monday, just two days after two British troops were killed at a military base in the province, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Student News One-Sheet: Martin Luther King Jr.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/01/13/one.sheet.mlk.background/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/01/13/one.sheet.mlk.background/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 19, 2009</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>They saw King's 'Dream' speech, heard Obama -- and marvel</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/29/obama.dream/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/29/obama.dream/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Courtland Cox stood on a podium with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 and listened to a dreamer.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hong Kong's Dissident Diva</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832744,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832744,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>How a Hong Kong philosophy student became the city's anti-Olympic poster child</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush chides China over human rights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/06/bush.china.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/06/bush.china.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. President George W. 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It's a cold, sunny morning. A stiff breeze has banished the city's habitual blanket of brownish-gray smog, and the air outside is crystalline. I start to introduce my translator to Shen Tong, an American entrepreneur, and his team of Chinese engineers and sales representatives. But Tong shakes his head sharply, and I fall silent. We are not alone.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Myanmar: CNN video coverage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/myanmar.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/myanmar.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Myanmar has witnessed its largest anti-government protests in 19 years after demonstrations that began in mid-August over sharp fuel price increases.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peaceful Iraq protests spark clashes; 50 reported dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fighting between Iraqi security forces and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr left 50 dead in the southern city of Basra and spread to several Baghdad districts Tuesday, Iraqi officials said. </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Sulzberger beat the hedge funds at their own game</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/18/news/companies/leonard_times.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/18/news/companies/leonard_times.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>It seemed too easy. Two months ago, a pair of little-known hedge funds informed the New York Times that they were mounting a campaign to elect four directors to the company's board. Monday, the nation's most powerful newspaper publisher capitulated and agreed to support two of the insurgent nominees at its annual meeting next month.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kenya's opposition threatens mass protests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/22/kenya.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/22/kenya.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Kenya's opposition party says it will embark on a "mass civil disobedience campaign next week" if its demands aren't met in the intensive negotiations aimed at defusing the political crisis in the tense East African nation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: What if Pakistan's opposition wins?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/opinion.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/opinion.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Italian politicians in times of political turmoil have been known to call impending elections a "bridge to the unknown." This is an apt metaphor for the nationwide parliamentary vote set to occur in Pakistan on Monday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Raul Castro's First Guest: The Vatican</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714799,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714799,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Pope's Secretary of State is the first important figure to visit Cuba, part of the Catholic Church's attempt to mediate a post-Fidel transition</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Coalition Threat to Musharraf</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714315,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714315,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Having seen his party crushed in Pakistan's general elections, the President could see his grip on power broken</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan opposition see gains</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One day after a pivotal vote that will determine Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability, early returns on Tuesday showed gains for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhutto's death clouds Pakistan campaign</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party will restart its campaign this week to unseat President Pervez Musharraf's ruling party from parliament following the end of its self-imposed mourning period.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>S.L. Price: The Silent Partner</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/sl_price/02/13/beijing.point.after/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/sl_price/02/13/beijing.point.after/index.html</guid><description>On Feb. 5 a court in Hangzhou sentenced dissident journalist Lu Gengsong to four years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" with his critical essays about the ruling Communist Party. Lu responded by yelling, "Long live democracy!" Then he was taken away.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking over the NY Times - gently</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/30/news/companies/leonard_nyt.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/30/news/companies/leonard_nyt.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman of the New York Times Co., has had his hands full lately. Last year, he warded off a campaign by a Morgan Stanley fund manager to abolish the newspaper publisher's two-tiered shareholder structure. 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</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush reaffirms Cuba embargo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/25/bush.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/25/bush.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush ruled out any easing of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba but proposed loosening some restrictions on contacts with the communist-ruled island, if more freedoms were allowed.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yahoo accused of misleading Congress about Chinese journalist</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/yahoo.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/yahoo.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao, Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Myanmar: The world is watching</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/28/ww.burma/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/28/ww.burma/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Close the borders, shut down the media, expel dissidents and restrict visitors: The world's most oppressive regimes have developed watertight ways of shielding themselves from the eyes of the world. </description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Fighting Monks of Burma</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1663397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>How will the thuggish regime of this piously Buddhist country deal with demonstrations by saffron-robed clerics?</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Myanmar: 13 dissidents arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/myanmar.dissidents.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/myanmar.dissidents.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Myanmar's military rulers arrested 13 leading dissidents on Wednesday in a series of midnight raids in Yangon designed to quash protests against rising fuel prices and falling living standards.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Targeting the Olympic 'Sweatshops'</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Activists are using the Games to prod Beijing to reform. Will it pay off?</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: Russian democracy 'derailed'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/05/bush.europe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/05/bush.europe/index.html</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush risked escalating a rumbling row with Russia over his country's plans for a Europe-based missile defense system on Tuesday by warning that democratic reforms in Russia had been "derailed."</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice: U.S., Spain allies with differences</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/01/rice.spain/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/01/rice.spain/index.html</guid><description>The United States and Spain share concerns on many fronts, but Spain is going its own way in its relations with Cuba, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vietnam's War on Dissent Goes Public</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625876,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625876,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hanoi trots out Cold War-style denunciations to convince citizens that  one-party rule is the only way forward</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 14:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tangling Over a Russian Spy's Murder</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1623957,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1623957,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>British prosecutors seek extradition of a Russian suspect in the murder of an ex-KGB man.  But the Kremlin is balking </description><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Tiananmen rebel turns capitalist</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/04/01/8403869/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/04/01/8403869/index.htm</guid><description>I'm standing in an elevator on the ground floor of the Information Science and Technology building at Tsinghua University in Beijing. It's a cold, sunny morning. 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It used to fit pretty well. 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