Stabilitas Flashpoints - News for 29 Dec 2016

Stabilitas Flashpoints

December 29, 2016
Stabilitas uses artificial intelligence to ingest and analyze news reporting from around the world. Flashpoints is an automated collection of notable events that have been identified by our machine learning logic and labeled as significant.

Congo Opposition Leader Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

ndtv.com and 8 other sources
Dozens of opposition politicians and anti-Kabila activists have been arrested in the past year on what rights groups say are politically motivated charges and the opposition has called for some of those charges to be dropped as a show of good faith.

Five dead in attack in China's Xinjiang

dnaindia.com and 15 other sources
The government has blamed the unrest on Islamist militants, though rights groups and exiles say anger at Chinese controls on the religion and culture of Uighurs is more to blame for the unrest.

Mystery bombing wounds 33 in Philippines

gulf-times.com and 10 other sources
A bombing wounded 33 people during an amateur boxing match in a central Philippines province, the government said on Thursday, the second attack on a public place by unknown perpetrators in less than a week.

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