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Hong Kong protest clashes revive city's 'triad' reputation
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks by masked men on Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters have shone an uncomfortable spotlight on the city's pervasive and shadowy "triad" crime gangs, ren...
Hong Kong police in fresh assault on protest barricades
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Hundreds of police armed with chainsaws and boltcutters made a fresh assault on protest barricades in Hong Kong Tuesday, a day after a similar attempt backfired...
Mainlanders risk backlash to support Hong Kong protests
Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's democracy demonstrators are winning unexpected support from pockets of the city's much-vilified mainland Chinese community, who are defying Beijing'...
China police hold activists 'over Hong Kong interview'
Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese police have detained two Beijing activists who took part in a Hong Kong pro-democracy march, a friend said Monday, the latest confirmation of dozens of ...
Hong Kong authorities accused of hiring thugs after clashes
Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)
Dozens of masked men rushed barricades at Hong Kong's main pro-democracy site on Monday, sparking renewed accusations that authorities are using hired thugs to ...
Morales claims landslide victory in Bolivia vote
Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)
Bolivian President Evo Morales declared victory Sunday and exit polls showed him romping to a third term with more than 60 percent of the vote, giving him a str...
Morales landslide expected in Bolivia vote
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
Bolivians began counting votes Sunday in elections widely expected to give indigenous President Evo Morales a third term, along with a legislative majority need...
Hong Kong leader says protests have 'almost zero chance'
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters have an "almost zero chance" of changing Beijing's stance and securing free elections despite more than two weeks of rallie...
Morales set for landslide victory in Bolivia vote
Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)
Bolivia's indigenous President Evo Morales was widely expected to win a third term in power after elections on Sunday, along with a legislative majority that wo...
Pro-government group threaten to surround H.K. protest sites
Oct 11, 2014 (AFP)
A Hong Kong pro-government group said Saturday demonstrators occupying main roads to protest for full democracy would find themselves surrounded if the city's a...
Burundi opposition under threat as elections approach
Oct 11, 2014 (AFP)
Arrests, harassment, a clampdown on free speech: with less than a year before elections in Burundi, critics say the government is doing all it can clamp down on...
Hong Kong democracy protesters digging in for long haul
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of pro-democracy supporters took to Hong Kong's streets Friday night after protest leaders implored them to dig in for the long haul following the col...
Hong Kong protesters vow to fight on as talks collapse
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
Crunch talks between Hong Kong's democracy protesters and the government have been called off, just hours after demonstrators vowed to ratchet up their occupati...
HK demonstrators vow no retreat as pressure mounts on city's leader
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
Protesters calling for full democracy in Hong Kong vowed Thursday to ratchet up their occupation of key parts of the city if they fail to win concessions from t...
Online voting not ready for worldwide roll-out: study
Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)
Online voting has the potential to boost election participation around the world, but is not yet ready to be widely rolled out due to security risks, a study re...
Hong Kong protest leaders vow to 'stay on the streets'
Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong pro-democracy protest leaders pledged to stay on the streets Wednesday in a bid to keep pressure on the government ahead of already fraught talks on p...
Hong Kong protest numbers dwindle as talks make slow progress
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Small groups of pro-democracy demonstrators remained on Hong Kong's streets Tuesday after protest leaders agreed to talks with the government and students retur...
Umbrella Generation: Hong Kong's despairing youth split with old guard
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong's unprecedented student-led democracy rallies have highlighted a stark divide between a disenfranchised younger generation who say they have little to...
Hong Kong protests subside as exhaustion sets in
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
Exhausted Hong Kong demonstrators were debating the next step in their pro-democracy campaign Monday as their numbers dwindled and the city returned to work aft...
Hong Kong activists agree to talks as protests shrink
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong protest leaders said late Monday they had agreed to hold talks with the government as their numbers dwindled and they faced growing pressure to end th...
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