MOSCOW — About 150 people were detained Sunday as scores of people gathered for a series of anti-government demonstrations in Moscow and St. Petersburg. full story ![]()

PROTESTERS battled police in Egyptian cities after rallies to mark the anniversary of an opposition movement turned violent.
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Russian investigators have dropped an investigation into the death in custody of a whistle-blowing anti-corruption lawyer, prompting his allies and human rights campaigners to accuse the Kremlin of a cover-up.
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Russia’s presidential anti-corruption council proposed additional sanctions against corrupt state officials, at a meeting on Wednesday led by Kremlin administration chief Sergei Ivanov.
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At least four players from Argentine club Arsenal were detained for interrogation after a confrontation with Brazilian anti-riot police at a Copa Libertadores match.
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Three political activists were detained on Moscow’s Red Square on Monday for attempting to hold an unauthorized protest, city police said.
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All protestors detained during Saturday’s unsanctioned rallies in Moscow were released on the same day, a spokesman for the Moscow police department said.
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Video footage shows a group called Young Anti-Drugs Special Forces, an offshoot of the Kremlin-backed Young Russia movement, attacking suspected drug dealers.
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North Korea has held massive anti-U.S. and South Korea rallies across the country in support of its army, amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula, the North's state-run television KRT reported on Thursday.
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