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Russia charges dissenter Sergei Udaltsov in crackdown Oct 26th 2012, 12:54 MOSCOW — Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov was charged Friday with plotting mass disorder, part of a clampdown by Russian authorities on public dissent, but was unexpectedly allowed to remain free on his own recognizance. Read full article >> Chinas version of The Onion takes on Wen Jiabao story Oct 26th 2012, 11:52 Backstory: The family of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has accumulated $2.7 billion in personal wealth, apparently through Wens connections, according to an explosive New York Times story that was published online Thursday night and promptly got the paper censored in China. Read full article >> China blocks New York Times Web site after report on leader's wealth Oct 26th 2012, 11:14 BEIJING — An explosive story about the massive wealth accumulated by the family of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao prompted the Chinese government to block the Web site of the New York Times early Friday morning, just days before a sensitive, once-in-a- decade transition of power from Wen and others to a new generation of leaders. Read full article >> Skirmishes reported as holiday cease-fire begins in Syria Oct 26th 2012, 09:52 BEIRUT — A tenuous truce went into effect in Syria on Friday after the government and the rebel Free Syrian Army said they will observe a four-day ceasefire to coincide with a major Muslim holiday, amid reports of significant rebel gains in the strategically vital northern city of Aleppo. Read full article >> Chinas censors move with unusual speed on Wen Jiabao revelation Oct 26th 2012, 03:45 It was about 5 in the morning in Beijing when the New York Times revealed, in a story posted to its website, that the family of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has amassed assets worth at least $2.7 billion. Whether deliberate or not, the timing could have been helpful for allowing the story an opportunity to spread in China, going online early enough that censors might not be watching closely but late enough that it might have a chance of making it into web users first social media scan of the morning. Read full article >>

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