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Clusters of Protesters Defy Night Curfew in Ferguson

Clusters of Protesters Defy Night Curfew in Ferguson


Clusters of Protesters Defy Night Curfew in Ferguson

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 12:34 AM PDT

As midnight approached on Saturday, small groups of protesters chose to defy the city's curfew, and police officers in riot gear eventually fired smoke grenades and tear gas.






Midnight Curfew in Effect for Ferguson

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 05:28 PM PDT

Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the curfew as protests continued over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, and after incidents of looting Friday night.






Artists’ Work Rises From the Destruction of the Israel-Gaza Conflict

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 04:25 PM PDT

Palestinian artists have gotten attention for their war-inspired creations by posting them on social media networks, where thousands have "liked" or shared them.

Protesters Call for Pakistani Premier to Step Down

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 02:15 PM PDT

Led by Imran Khan, the opposition leader and former cricket star, thousands of protesters marched from Lahore, Pakistan, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

With Subway in the Sky, Valley Meets Plateau

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 12:59 PM PDT

La Paz, the Bolivian capital, has always looked down on El Alto, its upstart younger sibling on a plateau above. But a new mass-transit cable-car system may change that.

35 Are Found as Container Is Unloaded Near London

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 12:38 PM PDT

One man among those who reached England in a shipping container from Belgium has died, and the police said a homicide investigation was underway.






Latinos Move Up, From Picking Crops to Running the Farm

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 12:30 PM PDT

Farming businesses in the United States are still dominated by whites, but there is a growing number of Latinos who own or operate farms in the country.

Plight of Iraqi Minorities Worsens With Forced Conversions and Killings

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 11:57 AM PDT

Scores of people are thought to have been killed by extremist gunmen in one village in northern Iraq after refusing to convert to Islam, an incident likely to heighten international concern about the plight of Iraq's Yazidi minority.






Reporter's Notebook: On a Helicopter, Going Down: Inside a Lethal Crash in Iraq

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 11:52 AM PDT

Alissa J. Rubin, a veteran Times foreign correspondent, was injured Tuesday in a helicopter crash in Kurdistan and dictated this article from her hospital bed in Istanbul.

With Aid Doctors Gone, Ebola Fight Grows Harder

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 11:49 AM PDT

The departure of many Western development workers from the West African countries hit hardest by Ebola has further weakened the region's decrepit, understaffed health systems.






Muslim Women Add Personal Style to a Traditional Garment

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 10:55 AM PDT

Muslim women in their 20s and 30s are propagating hijabs in a way particular to the "selfie generation."

Floods and Landslides Kill Dozens and Leave Scores Missing in Nepal

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 09:35 AM PDT

More than 50 people died and scores are missing after three days of continuous monsoon rains contributed to floods and landslides near the Indian border.

In China’s Shadow, U.S. Courts Old Foe Vietnam

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 09:27 AM PDT

Increasingly at loggerheads with China, the United States now envisions Vietnam as a new partner that will acquire American weapons and help offset China's power.

In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 09:26 AM PDT

Workers are their own bosses in the sharing economy, but that flexibility also brings much uncertainty — and few of the protections of full-time work.

Authenticity, Repurposed, in a Mason Jar

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 07:10 AM PDT

The simple and sturdy Mason jar, a 19th-century staple, has been embraced by companies trying to reach a new generation of consumers.

3 Liberian Health Workers With Ebola Receive Scarce Drug After Appeals to U.S.

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 06:57 AM PDT

Liberian officials requested the ZMapp serum for three health workers after it was provided to two Americans who contracted Ebola while working at a hospital near Monrovia.






Man Dies in Britain as 35 People Found in Shipping Container

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 05:48 AM PDT

A man has died after 35 people, including several children, were found inside a shipping container being unloaded at a dock in eastern England on Saturday morning, police said.






Airstrikes Near Militant-Held Iraq Dam, Residents Say

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 04:06 AM PDT

Residents living near Iraq's Mosul dam, held by ISIS, say the area is being targeting in airstrikes.






Resisting Nazis, He Saw Need for Israel. Now He Is Its Critic.

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 03:23 AM PDT

Henk Zanoli, 91, who saved a Jewish boy in 1943, said he could not keep the award he received from Israel after six relatives of his grandniece's Palestinian husband were killed in Gaza last month.






Senator Brian Schatz Wins Close-Fought Democratic Primary in Hawaii

Posted: 16 Aug 2014 02:09 AM PDT

Mr. Schatz defeated Representative Colleen Hanabusa by fewer than 1,800 votes on Friday, bringing their long, acrimonious contest to an apparent end.

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