noted. 03/10/2012

• Far right hardcore 'willing to prepare for armed conflict' | World news | The Guardian

  • A hardcore of far-right supporters in the UK appears to believe violent conflict between different ethnic, racial and religious groups is inevitable, and that it is legitimate to prepare even for armed conflict, according to a new report.

• Putin skis as riot girls' arrest rocks capital | The Australian

  tags: russia pussyriot putin

  • two women face up to seven years in jail after being charged with hooliganism in a case that has sparked fierce debate about freedom of expression and the limits of protest in Russia's new era of political activism.
  • The women are believed to be members of an all-women punk band called Pussy Riot - though members wear brightly coloured balaclavas to mask their identity - that outraged the Orthodox Church by performing a "punk prayer" critical of Mr Putin at the altar of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on February 21.

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