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Police shoot protester with live round
Associated Press, Published on 01/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Police shot a teenage protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving him bleeding and howling on the ground, in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Tens of thousands marched in a day of rage as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power.
Indonesia jails Polish tourist who met Papuan activists
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2019
» JAKARTA: A Polish tourist was sentenced to five years in prison for treason on Thursday after meeting with Papuan independence supporters, but said later he was the victim of a show trial.
US students turn grief into tech startup after France attack
Associated Press, Published on 12/08/2018
» BERKELEY, Calif: California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding 200.
Myanmar army's popularity surges amid Rohingya crackdown
Associated Press, Published on 17/01/2018
» Activist Nyo Tun spent 10 years as a political prisoner locked away by Myanmar's military in the notorious Insein prison, where he endured beatings and other cruelty for his efforts to bring democracy.
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong freed on bail
Associated Press, Published on 25/10/2017
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's highest court freed pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law on bail Tuesday pending an appeal of their prison sentences after they were convicted of sparking massive protests in 2014.
Former loyalists lose faith in Myanmar's democracy icon
Associated Press, Published on 29/08/2017
» YANGON -- As Aung San Suu Kyi launched a national struggle against decades of harsh military rule, one medical student worked tirelessly at her side, facing down gun-wielding soldiers trying to crush the surging pro-democracy movement.
In N. Korea, a generation gap grows behind the propaganda
Associated Press, Published on 30/07/2017
» PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- She dances beneath portraits of two smiling dictators, a modern young woman in a central Pyongyang plaza who twirls to music calling on North Koreans to die for their leader.
Lady Justice statue removed from Bangladesh court complex
Associated Press, Published on 26/05/2017
» NEW DELHI - A statue of Lady Justice was removed from Bangladesh's Supreme Court premises under tight security after Islamist hardliners pressed for its removal, the sculptor said Friday.
Sanders wins two states; Clinton retains big delegate lead
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders scored a duo of wins in Western caucus contests Saturday, giving a powerful psychological boost to his supporters but doing little to move him closer to securing the Democratic nomination.
Apec calls for 'urgent' cooperation against terrorism
Associated Press, Published on 19/11/2015
» MANILA - Asia-Pacific leaders called Thursday for governments to urgently increase cooperation in the fight against terrorism as they held annual talks overshadowed by the Paris attacks.