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Spain dismisses Catalonia government
New York Times, Published on 28/10/2017
» BARCELONA: Spain’s leader fired the government of the country’s Catalonia region Friday, dissolved the regional Parliament and ordered new elections after defiant Catalan lawmakers declared independence, escalating the biggest political crisis to hit Spain in decades.
Joshua Wong, 2 others jailed for Hong Kong pro-democracy protest
New York Times, Published on 18/08/2017
» HONG KONG - Three prominent young leaders of Hong Kong's democracy movement were sentenced Thursday to six to eight months in prison, a severe setback for the technically semi-autonomous Chinese city in its struggle for greater political freedom under Communist Party rule.
Corbyn lost UK election, but is still its biggest winner
New York Times, Published on 12/06/2017
» LONDON -- It was a scathing put-down. “He can lead a protest, I’m leading the country”, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain said about the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.
Facebook restores iconic Vietnam War photo
New York Times, Published on 10/09/2016
» The image is iconic: A naked, 9-year-old girl fleeing napalm bombs during the Vietnam War, tears streaming down her face. The picture from 1972, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography, has been used countless times to illustrate the horrors of modern warfare.
Venezuelans reveal depth of hunger
News, New York Times, Published on 21/06/2016
» With delivery trucks under constant attack, the nation's food is now transported under armed guard. Soldiers stand watch over bakeries. The police fire rubber bullets at desperate mobs storming grocery stores, pharmacies and butcher shops. A 4-year-old girl was shot to death as street gangs fought over food.
Hun Sen’s bodyguards convicted of assault
New York Times, Published on 28/05/2016
» HONG KONG - Three members of the bodyguard unit of Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen were convicted Friday of assaulting a pair of opposition lawmakers outside the country’s National Assembly in October.
Trump's heated words destined to stir violence
News, New York Times, Published on 14/03/2016
» In foreboding conversations across the political world this past year, a bipartisan chorus warned that the 2016 presidential campaign was teetering on the edge of violence.
As more refugees arrive, altruism fades
News, New York Times, Published on 09/02/2016
» When the Syrian refugees first started streaming into Jordan's Ramtha, a bedraggled border town, Gassim al-Moghrebi was their tireless benefactor, distributing donations of food, money and clothes and sheltering as many as possible in two apartments he owned.