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Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters defiant as police use tear gas

HONG KONG - Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protests on Sunday and baton-charged a crowd blocking a key road in the government district in defiance of official warnings against illegal demonstrations. | Video

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Rwanda court's forgotten men pose challenge to international justice

THE HAGUE/DAR ES SALAAM - Justin Mugenzi was legally cleared of any role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. But an oversight in the international justice system means he remains a virtual prisoner in a United Nations safe house in the eastern African state of Tanzania.

2:15pm EDT

Ukraine leader clings to European goal despite Putin

KIEV - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance to move Ukraine towards its dream of a place in Europe - but Russia's Vladimir Putin still holds cards that could thwart him.

Russia, 10:12am EDT

Russia's Lavrov says ties with Washington need 'reset 2.0'

MOSCOW - Moscow called on Sunday for a new "reset 2.0" in relations with Washington, saying the situation in Ukraine that had led to Western sanctions against Russia was improving thanks to Kremlin peace initiatives.

Russia 7:41am EDT

Pakistani opposition keeps up pressure on prime minister to resign

LAHORE Pakistan - Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan on Sunday took the campaign to unseat Nawaz Sharif to the prime minister's home base of Lahore, where tens of thousands of people roared their support for change.

1:52pm EDT

Militant car bomb targets Houthi base in Yemen, 15 dead: sources

SANAA - A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, various sources said.

Yemen 1:15pm EDT

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