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Desperate Hong Kong Protesters Use Sewers To Escape Police Siege
Protesters have removed metal manholes, some making exploratory forays into the fetid tunnels, following rumours of successful exfiltrations from a campus ringed for three days by baton-wielding police determined to arrest them.
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Won't Tolerate Challenge To Hong Kong's "One Country, Two Systems": China
China warned Friday it would not tolerate any challenge to Hong Kong's governing system, as it laid out plans to boost patriotism in the city and change how its leader is chosen or removed after months of pro-democracy protests.
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China's President Xi Jinping Talks Tough On Hong Kong As Thousands Protest For Democracy
Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China.
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China's Interference In Hong Kong Reaching Alarming Levels: US Congressional Panel
A US congressional panel has warned of an "alarming" rise in China's interference in Hong Kong, noting fears over the city's continued role as a global financial hub.
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Taiwan's Ruling Party Urges China To Respect Hong Kong's Democratic Aspirations
Taiwan's independence-leaning ruling party urged Beijing's leaders on Wednesday to listen to the democratic aspirations of people in Hong Kong and to respect the rights of pro-independence representatives.
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Thailand Anti-Coup Activists Mark Student Crackdown Anniversary
Around 200 anti-coup activists today peacefully marked the anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on students in Bangkok, defying the ruling junta's ban on political gatherings.
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Greek Conservative Party to Elect New Leader on November 22
The Greek opposition conservative New Democracy party, runners-up in the last election, on Thursday said they would elect a new leader on November 22.
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Thai Activists Plan to Defy Junta Ban With More Marches
A group of pro-democracy activists said on Sunday they plan more marches after staging the largest political demonstration in Thailand's capital since a military government took power in May 2014.
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Alexis Tsipras: on the Cusp of a Second Chance?
The first radical-left leader to win office in the EU, Alexis Tsipras has steered crisis-hit Greece through seven chaotic months, but his U-turn deal with the country's creditors could prove a challenge to his bid for a comeback on Sunday.
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Greek Polls Show Syriza, Conservatives Neck-And-Neck
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to three polls published on Friday.
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Greek Leftists Put on Brave Face as Poll Shows Conservatives Pulling Ahead
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party said on Thursday it remained confident of winning an outright victory in a Sept. 20 election despite an opinion poll that showed its main conservative rival edging ahead.
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Greece's Syriza Party Lead Shrinks Further in Election Race: Poll
Greece's Syriza party is on course to win 26 percent of votes in a snap election in September, just one point ahead of the conservative New Democracy party, a poll published by the Pulse for Action 24 television channel said on Tuesday.
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Alexis Tsipras Asks Greeks For Outright Majority in September Vote
Greece's ex-prime minister Alexis Tsipras called today for voters in upcoming snap elections to give his radical left Syriza party a "strong mandate" to lead the crisis-hit nation.
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Poll Lead for Greece's Syriza Narrows as Tsipras Presses for New Mandate
Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras urged supporters on Saturday to give him a fresh mandate to complete the country's political transformation, as polls showed his leftist Syriza party's lead slipping ahead of elections next month.
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Greece's Syriza to Win Election But Face Setback, Polls Show
Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza will emerge as the biggest party in next month's election but without the majority it was hoping for, the first opinion polls since he resigned last week showed on Friday.
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Desperate Hong Kong Protesters Use Sewers To Escape Police Siege
Protesters have removed metal manholes, some making exploratory forays into the fetid tunnels, following rumours of successful exfiltrations from a campus ringed for three days by baton-wielding police determined to arrest them.
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Won't Tolerate Challenge To Hong Kong's "One Country, Two Systems": China
China warned Friday it would not tolerate any challenge to Hong Kong's governing system, as it laid out plans to boost patriotism in the city and change how its leader is chosen or removed after months of pro-democracy protests.
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China's President Xi Jinping Talks Tough On Hong Kong As Thousands Protest For Democracy
Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China.
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China's Interference In Hong Kong Reaching Alarming Levels: US Congressional Panel
A US congressional panel has warned of an "alarming" rise in China's interference in Hong Kong, noting fears over the city's continued role as a global financial hub.
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Taiwan's Ruling Party Urges China To Respect Hong Kong's Democratic Aspirations
Taiwan's independence-leaning ruling party urged Beijing's leaders on Wednesday to listen to the democratic aspirations of people in Hong Kong and to respect the rights of pro-independence representatives.
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Thailand Anti-Coup Activists Mark Student Crackdown Anniversary
Around 200 anti-coup activists today peacefully marked the anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on students in Bangkok, defying the ruling junta's ban on political gatherings.
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Greek Conservative Party to Elect New Leader on November 22
The Greek opposition conservative New Democracy party, runners-up in the last election, on Thursday said they would elect a new leader on November 22.
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Thai Activists Plan to Defy Junta Ban With More Marches
A group of pro-democracy activists said on Sunday they plan more marches after staging the largest political demonstration in Thailand's capital since a military government took power in May 2014.
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Alexis Tsipras: on the Cusp of a Second Chance?
The first radical-left leader to win office in the EU, Alexis Tsipras has steered crisis-hit Greece through seven chaotic months, but his U-turn deal with the country's creditors could prove a challenge to his bid for a comeback on Sunday.
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Greek Polls Show Syriza, Conservatives Neck-And-Neck
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to three polls published on Friday.
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Greek Leftists Put on Brave Face as Poll Shows Conservatives Pulling Ahead
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party said on Thursday it remained confident of winning an outright victory in a Sept. 20 election despite an opinion poll that showed its main conservative rival edging ahead.
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Greece's Syriza Party Lead Shrinks Further in Election Race: Poll
Greece's Syriza party is on course to win 26 percent of votes in a snap election in September, just one point ahead of the conservative New Democracy party, a poll published by the Pulse for Action 24 television channel said on Tuesday.
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Alexis Tsipras Asks Greeks For Outright Majority in September Vote
Greece's ex-prime minister Alexis Tsipras called today for voters in upcoming snap elections to give his radical left Syriza party a "strong mandate" to lead the crisis-hit nation.
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Poll Lead for Greece's Syriza Narrows as Tsipras Presses for New Mandate
Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras urged supporters on Saturday to give him a fresh mandate to complete the country's political transformation, as polls showed his leftist Syriza party's lead slipping ahead of elections next month.
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Greece's Syriza to Win Election But Face Setback, Polls Show
Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza will emerge as the biggest party in next month's election but without the majority it was hoping for, the first opinion polls since he resigned last week showed on Friday.
