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Putin grants Russian citizenship to Depardieu Jan 3rd 2013, 23:29 MOSCOW — Not quite halfway through Russia's nine-day New Year's break (yes, nine days), the Kremlin announced on its Web site Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had granted Russian citizenship to the French actor Gerard Depardieu. Read full article >> Defense bill's Guantanamo Bay provisions have human rights groups upset with Obama Jan 3rd 2013, 21:20 With the second Obama term about to begin, one of the administration's first promises, that it would close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, looks all but abandoned after the president signed a defense bill late Wednesday that includes an array of tough restrictions on the transfer of detainees out of the facility. Read full article >> Radio Liberty loses its license in Moscow, and Russians raise voices in dismay Jan 3rd 2013, 20:50 MOSCOW — American-financed Radio Liberty, which penetrated the Iron Curtain with news of the outside world during the Cold War, has been trying to join today's information revolution — and the static crackling around its efforts has been loud enough to reach Washington. Read full article >> Car bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims reflects Iraq tensions Jan 3rd 2013, 20:23 ABU DHABI — A car bomb targeting Shiite Muslim pilgrims in southern Iraq killed at least 27 people on Thursday, stoking fears of escalating sectarian violence after the authorities threatened to use force against persistent streets protests in the country's Sunni-majority west. Read full article >> The political cartoons that maybe got their artist shut down on Chinese social media Jan 3rd 2013, 19:30 Political cartoonist Kuang Biao is one of several influential Chinese voices to find his accounts on Sina Weibo, China's ultra-popular micro-blogging service, suddenly terminated without warning. As the Post's Keith B. Richburg reports, the move cuts against "the hopes of many here that the country's new Communist leaders might begin to relax strict controls over the Internet and free expression." Read full article >> Venezuelans demand answers on Chavez's health Jan 3rd 2013, 19:28 Venezuelan officials have been tight-lipped about the health status of President Hugo Chavez, causing rumors about Chavez's health status to swirl on Twitter and in the Latin American media. Chavez has not been seen or heard from since a Dec. 11 surgery for an undisclosed type of cancer, and his administration has released few details about his status other than saying his condition remains "delicate" due to complications from a respiratory infection. Read full article >> War tourism: A thrill-seeking Japanese trucker in Syria Jan 3rd 2013, 15:56 Yesterday's news that the death toll in Syria has climbed to 60,000, as well as the near-daily reports of shelling and violence there, are probably enough to keep most tourists away from the war-torn nation. Unless, of course, you're a bored Japanese truck driver who gets a buzz running from snipers. Read full article >> A fascinating interview with China's biggest rock star Jan 3rd 2013, 15:38 Cui Jian would probably be the first person to lament that he, at 51, is still the biggest name in Chinese rock music, and that his music last occupied the cultural zeitgeist in a dramatic 1990 concert tour. That's the impression he gives in this revealing interview with Vice, anyway. Whether you think Cui's cynicism is misplaced or not, his thoughts on the state of Chinese are revealing. Read full article >> Why Depardieu has a friend in Putin Jan 3rd 2013, 15:30 MOSCOW Not quite halfway through Russia's nine-day New Year's break (yes, nine days), the Kremlin announced on its Web site Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had granted Russian citizenship to the French actor Gerard Depardieu. Read full article >> Police file formal charges against suspects in brutal New Delhi rape Jan 3rd 2013, 15:27 NEW DELHI — Police filed formal charges of rape and murder in a New Delhi court on Thursday against five men accused of gang raping a 23-year-old woman aboard a moving bus, an incident that sparked nationwide outrage and grief. Read full article >> China's 'weibo' accounts shuttered as part of Internet crackdown Jan 3rd 2013, 15:23 BEIJING – Several influential Chinese bloggers, activists and even a popular cartoonist have had their online microblogging accounts shut down in recent days, belying the hopes of many here that the country's new Communist Party leaders might begin to relax strict controls over the Internet and free expression. Read full article >> In Bahrain, cameras are weapons Jan 3rd 2013, 14:29 On Dec. 29, a photographer named Ahmed Humaidan was abducted by five plainclothes security officers in a Bahrain shopping mall parking lot. According to reports from the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, five men in civilian clothing, who are believed to belong to the security forces, surrounded Humaidan and abducted him. After 19 hours, Humaidan was allowed to call his family for 20 seconds to inform them that he was alive, that he was at the Criminal Investigation Department and was being interrogated without the presence of his lawyer. Read full article >>

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