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Anarchist rampage in Berkeley renews free speech debate
Associated Press, Published on 29/08/2017
» BERKELEY, Californina, US -- Hundreds of masked, black-clad anarchists who overwhelmed a peaceful California protest and assaulted at least five perceived political enemies have reignited the debate over ensuring free speech while protecting public safety in the city where the US free speech movement was born in the 1960s.
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.
Massive counterprotest upstages Boston "free speech rally"
Associated Press, Published on 20/08/2017
» BOSTON -- Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans in a public rejection of white nationalism upstaged a small group in Boston that planned a “free speech rally” a week after a violent clash rocked Virginia and reverberated across the US.
Philippine churches to ring bells to protest drug killings
Associated Press, Published on 20/08/2017
» MANILA -- A leader of the dominant Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines has ordered bells to be tolled every night for three months in a northern region to raise alarm over a renewed police crackdown that has left more than 80 drug and crime suspects dead in just a week.
Turmoil in Virginia touches a nerve across US
Associated Press, Published on 15/08/2017
» CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia -- A Virginia college town was rocked over the weekend by violent clashes between white nationalists and hundreds of counter protesters.
3 dead, dozens injured in violent white nationalist rally
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2017
» CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va: A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation's roiling racial and political divisions.
Cambodian court upholds jail term for land rights activist
Associated Press, Published on 08/08/2017
» PHNOM PENH -- A Cambodian court on Tuesday upheld a 2½-year prison term against a prominent land rights activist accused of inciting violence at a protest she helped lead outside of Prime Minister Hun Sen's residence, as dozens of her supporters outside conducted a “cursing ceremony” against national leaders and judges.
Malaysia central bank urged to reopen probe
Associated Press, Published on 03/08/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian opposition lawmakers urged the central bank Thursday to reopen its investigation into indebted state investment fund 1MDB that is being probed in several countries for money laundering and implicating Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Election report: Venezuela vote 'probably rigged'
Associated Press, Published on 03/08/2017
» CARACAS - The number of Venezuelans who participated in the election for an all-powerful constituent assembly was tampered with - off by at least 1 million votes - in an official count, the head of a voting technology company asserted Wednesday, a finding certain to sow further discord over the super-body that has generated months of nationwide protests.
The Latest: Islamic State claims horrific mosque attack
Associated Press, Published on 02/08/2017
» KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local):