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Violence erupted over the weekend after government troops killed a top leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest rebel group fighting Indian rule in troubled Himalayan region
Lawyer going to court on Wednesday to try to halt 24-hour video surveillance of his client
The state-led Chinese gymnastics training system is struggling to recruit despite its glorious records of churning out hundreds of Olympic gold medalists
Activists say prisoners of conscience have to endure abuses including prolonged solitary confinement, beatings and the denial of medical treatment
Some 85,000 police and soldiers are to be deployed during the Aug. 5-21 games; that's roughly twice the security contingent that was used at the London Olympics
Country has made progress in ‘its reforms in democratization’ and has worked closely with UN human rights body, US official says
HRW calls the examinations 'a form of cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment' that amounts to sexual assault, violates international conventions
Government has sought ownership so it can take measures to lessen its attraction as shrine for admirers of Nazi dictator
Remarks by presumptive Republican presidential nominee follow last week's slaying of five police officers by African-American shooter in Dallas
Country has been without president since Michel Suleiman stepped down in May 2014 at end of his term
Hoeum Huth, who makes a living selling pork on her bicycle, says her husband, Oeut Ang, has been in custody in Phnom Penh since Sunday, when he allegedly shot to death Kem Ley, a prominent political analyst and government critic, over a $3,000 loan
New rules come months after Europe's top court ruled against the previous arrangements amid concerns over the surveillance activities of US intelligence agencies
Nobel laureate visits Dadaab, world's largest refugee camp, on her 19th birthday, voices concern that Kenya's plans to close it could create 'a generation lost'
Judge frees Kizza Besigye on bail, rejecting prosecutors' calls for him to be remanded indefinitely until his case is concluded
Hamdi Alqudsi, 42, will be sentenced next month; At least two of the men he recruited died in Syria
In Baton Rouge, an invisible, informal line segregates the community, dividing the southern white section from the mostly black part in the north
Philando Castile had no felony record and authorities have not said he was wanted in any crime
Canada is home to a sizeable Ukrainian minority and has been a key backer for Ukraine during its separatist war in the east
Pele, 75 years old, marries businesswoman Marcia Cibele Aoki, 50, at a ceremony on Saturday in the resort of Guaruja, near Sao Paulo
Thanat Thanawatcharanon, known by his stage name Tom Dundee, got into trouble because of speeches he made in 2013 at rally organized by so-called Red Shirts
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