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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2015
Relatives in China ship disaster say they were beaten by police
Relatives of passengers missing in the sinking of the Eastern Star cruise ship on the Yangtze River have accused Chinese police of beating them when they sought more information about the disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2015
Kin breach police cordon, head toward Yangtze shipwreck site as survivor hopes fade
Dozens of people broke through a police cordon on Wednesday as they marched toward the site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River to demand news of missing relatives.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 31, 2015
U.S. police have shot dead 385 people in five months
U.S. police have shot and killed 385 people during the first five months of this year, a rate of more than two a day, the Washington Post reported Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2015
More than 200 protesters stage provocative anti-Islam rally outside Phoenix mosque
More than 200 protesters, some armed, berated Islam and its Prophet Muhammad outside an Arizona mosque Friday in a provocative protest that was denounced by counterprotesters shouting "Go home, Nazis," weeks after an anti-Muslim event in Texas came under attack by two gunmen.
WORLD / Society
May 11, 2015
Singer Prince takes to the stage in Baltimore with 'Rally 4 Peace' show
Reclusive rocker Prince took to the stage in Baltimore on Sunday evening in a "Rally 4 Peace" concert in response to the death of a 25-year-old man from injuries suffered in police custody and the riots that followed, telling the crowd, "We are here for you."
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 3, 2015
'Sunagawa Struggle' ignited anti-U.S. base resistance across Japan
On May 4, 1955, a black car rolled into the Tokyo suburb of Sunagawa and sparked one of biggest anti-U.S. base protests in history.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 2, 2015
Baltimore homicide charges could face swift initial court test
The chief Baltimore prosecutor, who came out swinging on Friday with charges against six police officers in the death of a 25-year-old man, could be quickly asked to disclose some of the potential evidence she has collected.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2015
Woman seen slapping teen for rioting in Baltimore cheered as 'Mom of Year'
A woman captured on video slapping her teenage son for taking part in the Baltimore riots, a reprimand that went viral online on Tuesday, won praise from the city's police commissioner and was heralded on social media as "Mom of the Year."
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 29, 2015
Baltimore: a U.S. city of haves and have-nots
In the 1950s Baltimore was the sixth-largest city in the United States with a peak population of nearly 950,000. Now the riot-hit metropolis ranks 26th on that measure and scores as one of the less equal American cities when measured by income and educational achievement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 22, 2015
Hong Kong toes China line with reform package, stoking talks of more protests
The Hong Kong government published a long-awaited electoral blueprint for selecting the city's next leader on Wednesday, a plan enshrining China's desire for a tightly controlled poll that has angered activists and stoked talk of fresh protests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2015
South Korean police clash with protesters following Sewol ferry disaster anniversary
South Korean police on Saturday clashed with thousands of protesters, blocking their way to the presidential palace, where they hoped to demand a more vigorous government response to a ferry disaster that claimed more than 300 lives a year ago.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2015
In southern China, hundreds protest over polluting power plant
Hundreds of people in China's southern Guangdong province protested the expansion of a coal-fired power plant on Sunday, state media reported, the latest sign of public discontent over pollution.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2015
Chinese police seen to be stiffening charges against detained feminist activists
Chinese police are focusing their investigation into five detained female activists on campaigns they were involved in over recent years, not their latest bid to highlight sexual harassment on public transport, lawyers said Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2015
Chinese police detain 22 at rail station following protest over housing, land issues
Police in southern China have detained 22 people after demonstrators forced their way into a high-speed rail station in a protest about land and housing issues, the official Xinhua News Agency has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 31, 2015
Soros says ready to invest $1 billlion in Ukraine if West helps
Billionaire financier George Soros is ready to invest $1 billion in Ukraine if Western countries help private investment there, and sees a 1 in 3 chance Greece will leave the euro, he told Austrian newspaper Der Standard.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 31, 2015
Indiana to clarify 'religious freedom' law; Georgia, North Carolina bills stall amid outrage
Indiana Republicans pledged on Monday to clarify a new "religious freedom" law, while similar proposals stalled in Georgia and North Carolina after businesses and activists said such measures could be used to discriminate against gays.
WORLD
Mar 22, 2015
EU to launch propaganda war amid Russian 'disinformation' push
The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal approval to the campaign at a summit Thursday.

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