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Cuban woman dissident, 60, beaten en route to meet US diplomat Moussaoui Mom on the attack as jury weighs son's fate Nepal's Maoists announce three-month truce: report Thousands join Chernobyl demo in Belarus, authorities detain activists Nepal's Maoist rebels call three-month truce

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Thousands join Chernobyl demo in Belarus, authorities detain activists About 6,000 people demonstrated in Belarus calling for President Alexander Lukashenko's ouster on the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, leading to the detention of several activists.		Nepal's Maoist rebels call three-month truce Maoist rebels in Nepal have called a three-month truce after the country's designated new prime minister backed a constituent assembly that would likely trim the powers of King Gyanendra, it was reported.

Moussaoui Mom on the attack as jury weighs son's fate The mother of Al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui hit out at US justice, as jurors pursued a tense search for a verdict in his death penalty trial.		Cuban woman dissident, 60, beaten en route to meet US diplomat Cuba's most prominent female dissident, ailing economist Marta Beatriz Roque, said she was brutally beaten at her home by a pro-government mob of people who knew she was heading to a meeting at the home of the top US diplomat in Havana.

Nepal's Maoists announce three-month truce: report Nepal's Maoist rebels have announced a three-month unilateral ceasefire following King Gyanendra's decision to reinstate parliament, the Press Trust of India said.		EU lawmaker says over 1000 secret CIA flights passed through Europe The CIA has carried out more than 1,000 secret flights in Europe since 2001 without governments raising questions, an EU lawmaker trying to shed light on alleged kidnappings claimed.