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Suriname: a small country with big problems
May 23, 2015 (AFP)
Suriname, which holds general elections Monday, is the smallest country in South America but has big problems related to drug trafficking, money laundering and ...
China rights lawyer charged after a year in detention
May 16, 2015 (AFP)
A top Chinese human rights lawyer detained for more than a year was criminally charged Friday over comments he made online, officials said, prompting denunciati...
Femen and her father ruin France's Marine Le Pen's big day
May 01, 2015 (AFP)
Bare-chested Femen activists making Nazi salutes disrupted a speech by France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen for five minutes at her National Front (FN) party...
From barracks to ballot box, Myanmar's military holds key to power
May 01, 2015 (AFP)
The Myanmar soldier, wearing his crisp green uniform, rifles through a box of T-shirts for a souvenir of his time in the country's fledgling legislature -- a de...
Eight arrested as Hong Kong police pepper spray protesters
Apr 27, 2015 (AFP)
Eight people were arrested in Hong Kong late Sunday after scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators during a pro-democracy protest, as tensions rise f...
India restricts US charity Ford Foundation's funding
Apr 24, 2015 (AFP)
India has cracked down on the Ford Foundation, saying the US charity can no longer give money to local organisations without government permission, an official ...
Hong Kong leader assails 'uncivilised' critics
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong's chief hit back at "uncivilised" critics on Thursday after he was booed and heckled by local residents as he tried to promote a newly unveiled, Beiji...
HK govt unveils vote plan, no concessions to pro-democrats
Apr 22, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong's government Wednesday announced a roadmap for leadership elections that offered no concessions to the city's democracy camp -- prompting a backlash f...
Sri Lanka ex-leader slams new regime over graft probe
Apr 22, 2015 (AFP)
Former Sri Lankan strongman Mahinda Rajapakse Wednesday accused the new government of pursuing a witch-hunt against his family as he and his brother prepared to...
Britain's UKIP takes aim at Tories in election manifesto
Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)
Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party launched its election manifesto on Wednesday, appealing to Conservative voters with pledges to raise defence spending an...
Maldives ex-leader's defence minister jailed
Apr 11, 2015 (AFP)
The Maldives has sentenced a former defence minister to 10 years in prison for detaining a judge in a move that sparked the ouster of former president Mohamed N...
France must not 'fall into the hands of the National Front': PM
Apr 11, 2015 (AFP)
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Friday that nuclear-armed France must not fall into the hands of the National Front, during an interview on Portuguese T...
Nationalist landslide in Scotland holds key to UK vote
Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)
Scottish nationalists are preparing for landslide election gains at the expense of Labour next month but also holding out the offer of a pact that could put the...
Bush v. Gore; Cruz v. Constitution
Apr 08, 2015 (UPI)
Remember the 2000 presidential elections? Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote. But for thirty-one days after the election, no one knew whether he or Tex...
Governor backs down, seeks 'fix' to Indiana religion law
Mar 31, 2015 (AFP)
Indiana Governor Mike Pence, facing a firestorm of criticism, said Tuesday he and state legislators will work to "fix" a contentious new law this week that some...
India study suggests meritocracy hampered by classist ideas
Mar 31, 2015 (UPI)
A study carried out in India suggests old ideas about caste and class may linger -- hampering the aspirations of millions -- even in system that celebrates educ...
Hong Kong leader warns against protests
Mar 25, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader warned activists Wednesday that the public would "not be sympathetic" to more pro-democracy protests as the city prepares for the next phase ...
Spain government under siege after Andalusia collapse
Mar 23, 2015 (AFP)
Spain's government is fighting off a two-pronged assault from new protest parties after it collapsed in a key regional election ahead of this year's national po...
On US campaign trail, your 15 Meerkats of fame
Mar 20, 2015 (AFP)
As the 2016 presidential race comes into view, social media app-of-the-moment Meerkat offers American candidates a promising but perhaps risky way to reach out ...
China probes foreign textbooks after warning on 'Western values'
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
China has launched an investigation into the use of imported textbooks at its universities, government websites and an official said on Tuesday, after its educa...
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