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Hong Kong police clear main protest site

YoopyaDecember 11, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 11, 2014July 12, 20230

HONG KONG — Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers closed in on the city’s main protest site Thursday to clear streets of pro-democracy demonstrators and...

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Narendra Modi Leads TIME’s Person of the Year Poll

YoopyaNovember 27, 2014June 19, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 27, 2014June 19, 20230

India’s leader is well ahead of the Ferguson, Mo., protesters and Russia’s Vladimir Putin Narendra Modi, the newly elected Indian prime minister, has a significant...

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Hong Kong police arrest protesters in raid on camp

YoopyaNovember 25, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 25, 2014July 12, 20230

Scuffles broke out and around a dozen people were detained as police attempted to clear protesters from one of three major pro-democracy protest camps in...

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Khamenei: Arrogant countries tried to bring Iran to its knees

YoopyaNovember 25, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 25, 2014July 15, 20230

Twitter account believed to be run by Iran’s supreme leader attacks the countries involved in nuclear talks. REUTERS — A Twitter account Iran experts believe...

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Iran atom talks set to resume next month after missing deadline

YoopyaNovember 24, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 24, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Iran and six world powers are expected to break off negotiations on Monday and meet again next month after missing a deadline to...

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18 Killed, 13 Injured in Massive Chinese Carrot Plant Fire

YoopyaNovember 17, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 17, 2014July 15, 20230

A fire roared through a carrot packaging plant in eastern China, killing 18 people and injuring at least 13 others, according to official state media,...

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Iraq troops close in on Baiji refinery, Dempsey in Baghdad

YoopyaNovember 15, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 15, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Iraqi security forces appeared close on Saturday to retaking the country’s biggest refinery which was besieged by Islamic State militants hours after the...

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China’s president defends refusal of visas for foreign correspondents

YoopyaNovember 12, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 12, 2014July 12, 20230

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that foreign journalists who have had trouble obtaining or renewing their Chinese visas might be the cause of their...

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Iraqi officials say IS leader wounded in airstrike

YoopyaNovember 10, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 10, 2014July 12, 20230

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in western...

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Despite Tensions, China Gives Obama Warm Welcome

YoopyaNovember 10, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 10, 2014July 12, 20230

President Barack Obama has a received a warm welcome in China, despite tensions on issues like trade, human rights, and China’s territorial claims in the...