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China seizes Uighurs, abducts children as 'orphans'
Associated Press, Published on 24/09/2018
» ISTANBUL: Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive.
Selfies and surveillance: North Korea's new connectivity
Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2017
» PYONGYANG: Ever so cautiously, North Korea is going online.
Students fire up for Michigan marijuana degree course
Associated Press, Published on 14/10/2017
» MARQUETTE, Michigan: A US university is offering an unusual degree -- in marijuana.
'Pai Dao Din' on trial for Facebook share
Associated Press, Published on 03/08/2017
» KHON KAEN - The provincial court on Thursday began a closed-door trial of an activist law student arrested for sharing a BBC article about the king on Facebook.
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.
Arrested Thai activist getting S. Korean human rights award
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2017
» SEOUL -- A Thai law student arrested for sharing a critical article about the country's new king that was posted on Facebook is this year's winner of South Korea's most prestigious human rights award.
US colleges to foreign students: You are welcome here
Associated Press, Published on 04/05/2017
» On a trip to India, the president of Portland State University reassured prospective students they'd be safe on his campus. Purdue University sent overseas applicants a note from two mayors touting Indiana's "friendly smiles" and hospitality. And dozens of other schools produced online videos to welcome foreign students.
Chemical weapons attack latest in litany of Syria atrocities
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2017
» BEIRUT - With its missile strike on Shayrat air base in central Syria, Washington signalled that it had judged President Bashar Assad responsible for the horrific chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that drew international outrage last week.
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.
World considers a Trump presidency, and many shudder
Associated Press, Published on 03/03/2016
» BRUSSELS -- Following Donald Trump's breathtaking string of Super Tuesday victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people worldwide were coming to grips Wednesday with the growing possibility the brash New York billionaire might become America's next president -- a thought that aroused widespread befuddlement and a good deal of horror.