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British mercenary pardoned over Equatorial Guinea plot

British mercenary Simon Mann, jailed last year for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been granted a presidential pardon, the country's Information Ministry said Tuesday.

N. Ireland police investigate massive bomb

Police in Northern Ireland were investigating Wednesday after "reckless criminal terrorists" planted a 600-pound bomb along a country road.

European envoys visit jailed Cuban's family

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.

Attacks, arrests slowing online news from Iran

Bloody attacks and midnight arrests, combined with a regime growing more technologically savvy, have begun stemming the flow of online information from dissidents in Iran, activists and human rights officials say.

Opposition movement in Iran not over, experts say

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.

'Defenders' help homeowners fight eviction

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.

Police officer killed in Northern Ireland shooting

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.

CNN Student News One-Sheet: Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 19, 2009

They saw King's 'Dream' speech, heard Obama -- and marvel

Courtland Cox stood on a podium with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 and listened to a dreamer.

Time.com: Hong Kong's Dissident Diva

How a Hong Kong philosophy student became the city's anti-Olympic poster child

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