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Brazil elections most talked about in Facebook history
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
Brazil's elections Sunday inspired 346 million comments, conversations and other exchanges on Facebook, going on record as the most talked about in the social n...
Hong Kong democracy protests 'undemocratic': China party paper
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
The official mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party on Monday slammed pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong as "driving democracy backwards", while st...
What next for HK? Promised talks bring scepticism over change
Oct 03, 2014 (AFP)
Last-ditch talks agreed between the Hong Kong government and student protesters may have temporarily relieved tensions -- but what can the authorities really of...
Hong Kong police arrest triads over protest clashes
Oct 03, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong police have arrested eight suspected members of triad criminal gangs over clashes at ongoing pro-democracy protests, after attacks by groups including...
Thousands swarm HK leader's office as calls grow to quit
Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters massed to block entry to the offices of their city's embattled leader early Thursday in an attempt to force a di...
UN urges peaceful resolution to Hong Kong protests
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Chinese authorities and Hong Kong protesters to peacefully resolve their differences after riot police fired tear gas at p...
Hong Kong protests: voices of dissent
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
For the past two nights they have come in their tens of thousands -- students, teenagers, parents, professionals and the elderly alike. All are demanding a more...
China watches Hong Kong protests, fearful of contagion
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
China's refusal to allow free elections in Hong Kong risks an open-ended confrontation that will test how far Beijing will go to stop the city's pro-democracy f...
Defiant Hong Kong protesters vow to stay put
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong demonstrators rejected demands to immediately end rallies that have paralysed the city's downtown, braving rainstorms to turn out in swelling numbers ...
The 'Umbrella Revolution' takes hold in Hong Kong
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Protesters armed with little more than parasols and determination have brought central Hong Kong to a standstill with their demands for full democracy, in a mov...
US urges Hong Kong authorities to show 'restraint' amid protests
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Monday asked Hong Kong's leaders to show restraint after riot police fired tear gas on mass democracy protests, and said it had told Beijin...
Taiwan president backs Hong Kong democracy protesters
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan's president threw his weight behind Hong Kong's democracy protesters on Monday, saying he was "very concerned" by events in the city and urging China to ...
Hong Kong protesters defiant after tear gas chaos
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of defiant Hong Kong protesters stood their ground on Monday after facing tear gas and riot police in overnight clashes, paralysing parts of the city ...
China's Xi publishes book on governance
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
China has published a book of President Xi Jinping's remarks, state media reported Monday, as his profile in the country's carefully scripted press eclipses all...
Venezuela asks citizens to swap guns for grants, meds
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Seeking to slash the world's second-highest murder rate, Venezuela launched a gun swap program Monday asking citizens to exchange firearms for scholarships, med...
Parade for Thai junta leader as army retirement looms
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
Thailand's coup-making prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha bade farewell to the military at a formal ceremony Monday as he prepares to retire as army chief and bed...
Hong Kong activists launch mass pro-democracy campaign
Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong pro-democracy group Occupy Central on Sunday launched a mass civil disobedience campaign for greater political freedoms from Beijing, as defiant prote...
Fiji to keep close China links despite return to democracy
Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)
Fiji's return to democracy will not disrupt a burgeoning relationship with China forged when Western democracies shunned the South Pacific nation in the wake of...
Tear gas fired at chaotic Hong Kong democracy protests
Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)
Police fired tear gas as tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill Sunday, in a dramatic escalation of...
Money swamp: Billions spent in battle for US Congress
Sep 27, 2014 (AFP)
Huge individual donations, aggressive party spending and untraceable "dark money" are flooding this year's mid-term campaigns, fueling concerns that the financi...
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