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| Britain offers Nigeria military advisers as Boko Haram plan emerges |
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 By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Britain is offering to send advisers to help Nigeria's military structure its efforts to fight Boko Haram, Foreign Minister William Hague said on Saturday, ahead of a meeting to hammer out a strategy to tackle the Islamist group. Outrage over the girls has prompted Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, criticised at home for his government's slow response, to accept U.S., British and French intelligence help in the hunt for the girls. "We can help with that which is why we are offering to embed military advisers within the Nigerian headquarters." U.S. officials have said the effort to retrieve the girls is now a top priority, but has been complicated by Nigeria's early reluctance to accept assistance, and U.S. rules banning aid to foreign forces that have committed human rights abuses. "It is very important (Nigeria) upholds high standards of human rights and are well coordinated in their actions," Hague said.
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| Thai protest leader promises final push for alternative PM |
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 By Viparat Jantraprap BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Thailand are to stage mass rallies in coming days to try to get a new prime minister installed, but their leader said if this final push in a six-month fight did not succeed, he would surrender to the authorities on May 27. This show has been going on for so long," Suthep Thaugsuban told a meeting of supporters from around the country on Saturday. Whether it will be a happy ending depends on the great mass of people in this country and our state officials." Thailand has been in turmoil since the protests flared up in November, the latest phase in nearly a decade of antagonism between the Bangkok-based establishment and supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who won huge support among the rural and urban poor but was ousted by the army in 2006. Thaksin's sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, was forced to step down as prime minister on May 7 when the country's Constitutional Court found her and nine ministers guilty of abuse of power.
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| China detains two rights lawyers in widening crackdown on activists |
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| Chinese police detained two prominent human rights lawyers this week, the latest arrests in a growing crackdown on dissent that has targeted rights activists and journalists. Tang Jingling, a prominent Guangzhou-based lawyer known for his work in cases involving land grabs, counterfeit vaccinations and petitioners protesting corruption, was arrested on Friday afternoon, his lawyer Liu Zhengqing said. Tang was accused of "starting quarrels and provoking disputes," Liu said on Friday evening. Police had searched Tang's home and taken away computers, cell phones and other electronics, according to a police document Liu showed Reuters. |
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