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- CEC Quraishi to monitor Russia polls
- 25 die in Syria, as defectors battle regime forces
- Assange will name Indians with Swiss accounts in 2012
| CEC Quraishi to monitor Russia polls Posted: As Russia prepares for Duma polls to elect sixth post-Soviet parliament of the country today, India's Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi will be one of the many foreign monitors observing the election process. Quraishi is on a five-day visit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Churov accompanied by his E C Director General Akshay Rout. Russia has hosted over 700 foreign monitors to observe the poll process in the country, even as the authorities cracked down on a US-funded marginal NGO 'Golos', projected by the Western media as an independent election watchdog. It was fined 30 thousand roubles (about Rs 50,000) by a civil court allegedly for indulging in smear campaign against United Russia and some other parties.
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| 25 die in Syria, as defectors battle regime forces Posted: Violence sweeped across Syria killing 25 people on Saturday, including seven soldiers and policemen, as well as five defectors and three civilians. Most of them were killed in a battle between troops and a growing force of army defectors, who have joined the movement to oust Bashar Assad, the autocratic ruler, activists said. The revolt against Assad's rule began with peaceful protests in mid-March, triggering a brutal crackdown. Arab officials were to meet on Saturday in Qatar to review punitive steps by the Arab League, including a travel ban on 17 Syrian officials, among them cabinet ministers and security officials. The UN's top human rights official this week said that Syria is in a state of civil war and that more than 4,000 people have been killed since March.
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| Assange will name Indians with Swiss accounts in 2012 Posted: The names of Indians holding Swiss bank accounts may be revealed by WikiLeaks sometime next year, its founder Julian Assange said on Saturday. Assange, who is under house arrest in the UK, said at a media summit through video-conferencing, that whistle-blower Rudolf Elmer, who passed CDs containing information to him, is undergoing trial and it would not be proper to make disclosures at this juncture. He said since Elmer was jailed and facing legal action, he would not like to comment on the issue at the moment. "For that reason, unfortunately I cannot speak about information related to Swiss accounts in great detail...we must protect our people," he added.
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