Thousands chanted slogans and marched through Hong Kong's streets in a pro-democracy protest
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Jul. 1, 2006

Thousands chanted slogans and marched through Hong Kong's streets in a pro-democracy protest Saturday, while a pro-Beijing parade also drew a big crowd to mark the ninth anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule.

Thousands chanted slogans and marched through Hong Kong's streets in a pro-democracy protest
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Thousands chanted slogans and marched through Hong Kong's streets in a pro-democracy protest Saturday, while a pro-Beijing parade also drew a big crowd to mark the ninth anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule.
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Egyptian mediator to try to break deadlock - Israel rejects demand to free prisoners
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Mogadishu's Islamist leaders said on Thursday they were expanding the authority of their sharia courts across the whole of Somalia
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Mogadishu's Islamist leaders said on Thursday they were expanding the authority of their sharia courts across the whole of Somalia in a move likely to create further tensions with the weak interim government.
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Kuwaitis voted in parliamentary elections on Thursday with women running for office and casting ballots for the first time
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