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Hundreds detained during May Day protests in Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities detained over 500 May Day demonstrators on Friday for attempting to march in areas declared off-limits. Protests marking International Workers' Day, a national holiday in Turkey, are frequently marred by clashes with authorities, which have declared ...

China has now dropped tariffs on imports from every African country except 1

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A China policy giving Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under President ...

Myanmar army shifts to offense as resistance weakens in bloody civil war

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A little more than a year ago, the government's military was on the back foot in Myanmar 's bloody civil war, pushed out of great swaths of the country's north by an alliance of seasoned militias, and forced into defensive action around the ...