MOSCOW — Protest group Pussy Riot, long a thorn in Vladimir Putin’s side, claimed responsibility Sunday for four people who brought the World Cup final to a brief halt by running onto the field dressed in police uniforms as the Russian president and a global audience watched.
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Filipinos should be educated about how true democracy works, some lawmakers underscored on Tuesday following the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed that 78 percent of adult Filipinos in March 2018 are satisfied with the way democracy works in the country.
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Semi-autonomous Hong Kong has seen tens of thousands gather at the candlelit vigil in Victoria Park since 1990, while any mention of Beijing’s brutal crackdown on students calling for democracy on June 4, 1989, remains strictly censored in the mainland.
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