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Joshua Wong Arrested in Civic Square: Hong Kong‘s Scholarism Student Group Leader

17-year old Joshua Wong, leader of the Scholarism movement, has been arrested in Hong Kong. Yvonne Leung Lai-kwok, head of the Hong Kong University Student’s Union confirmed that Wong and four other students were arrested and taken by police for alleged acts of violence against police officers. The police arrested the student organizer in Hong […]

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Headline News August 25, 2013: Hong Kong Cracks Down on Triads, Syria Warns Middle East, Nordic Newspapers Write UK PM David Cameron

Silvio Berlusconi Threatens to Bring Down Italian Government Muslim Brotherhood Leader in Exile in London Hong Kong Police Arrest 1,800 in Crackdown on Triads Doctors Without Borders Confirms Gas Attacks in Syria Australian Politician Blames the United States’ Lax Gun Laws for Killing of Chris Lane Nigerian Islamists Accused of Slaughtering Villagers Nordic Newspapers Write […]

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News Headlines June 23, 2013: Snowden Flees for Moscow, Floods in India Claim 6,500

Protests in Bulgaria Ignored by International Media Hong Kong: US Extradition Request Did Not Fully Comply with Law Xinhua Condemns US ‘Cyber Attacks’ Former South African Leader Nelson Mandela in Critical Condition Chinese Astronauts Successfully Dock with Spacelab Russia Passes Its Own SOPA, Begins Blocking Websites Turkish PM Erdogan Defends Tactics Used Against Rioters Brazilian […]

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News Headlines June 13, 2013

Edward Snowden Calls US Government a Bully for Seeking His Extradition from Hong Kong Protestors March in Russia Demanding Putin’s Resignation Democratic Party of Luxembourgh Demands Resignation of Entire Government Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Warns Protests Will Be Over in 24 Hours Russia Floats Idea of Offering Edward Snowden Asylum Israel Pursuing Expansion of West […]

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Edward Snowden Reveals Himself As Leak of NSA Information in Prism Scandal

Edward Snowden reveals himself as the informant in the NSA Prism scandal. A former CIA contract employee, Edward Snowden is now in Hong Kong awaiting possible extradition to the United States. A current contract employee for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, Snowden claims he revealed the information to protect peoples’ freedoms and liberties around the […]

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Taiwanese Protestors Fight to Secure Freedom of the Press in Ma Ying-jeou’s Pro-PRC Taiwan

Nearly one hundred thousand protesters gathered in front of Taiwan’s Presidential Building in the Zhongzheng district of Taipei to rally against what they see as an attempt by the People’s Republic of China to control the media of Taiwan with aid from President Ma Ying–jeou.   The rally was organized and led by the pro–independent […]

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Dim Sum Guide for Beginners

Chinese food is often called the most American of cuisines because its prevalence across the United States is rivaled by none except perhaps Italian. A staple of Chinese cuisine is Dim Sum. A traditional dim sum meal consists of various kinds of steamed buns, dumplings and rice noodle rolls, each of which contain a range of ingredients from beef, […]

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Hong Kong Students Protest ‘Patriotic Education’ Ahead of Legislative Council Elections

Thousands of students and others protested the implementation of ‘patriotic education’ in Hong Kong’s schools during the ten-day period before Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election in an attempt to force the cancellation of the planned curriculum which is both controversial and contrary to what many feel is Hong Kong’s spirit of freedom. Among criticisms of […]

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