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16-year-old Syrian wins Children's Peace Prize 2017

Sixteen-year-oldMohamadAlJoundefromSyriawasawardedtheInternationalChildren'sPeacePrizehereonMondayforhiseffortstoensuretherightsofSyrianrefugeechildren.AlJounde

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Premier Li seeks to enhance protection of intellectual property rights<br>

ItisstrategicallyimportantforChina’seconomythatthecountryenhancesprotectionofintellectualpropertyrights,PremierLiKeqiangsaid,astheStateCouncilpromisedtoimprover

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Turkey bans all LGBTI events in Ankara, citing security

Turkishofficialshavebannedalleventsbylesbian,gay,bisexual,transandintersexrightsgroupsinthecountry’scapital.ThebantookeffectSaturdayforan“indefinite”periodandap

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Hong Kong to become first Asian host of Gay Games

HongKongwillbecomethefirstAsiancitytohosttheGayGamesin2022withrightscampaignerscelebratingthewinningbidforacityoftencriticizedforlaggingonLGBTrights.HongKongbea

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Qatar reelected into UN Human Rights Council

QatarhasbeenreelectedintotheUNHumanRightsCouncilforthefourthroundofthree-yeartermfor2018-2020,aforeignministrystatementsaidTuesday.Qatarhaswonthetermby155votesf

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LGBT activists worry about Trump impact in Africa

GayrightsactivistJosephAchilleTiedjouisworriedeverydaythathewillbeharassedorarrestedinCameroon.DefendingLGBTrightscanbedangerousinAfrica,wheremanycountrieshavel

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PSG chairman accused of World Cup bribe by Swiss prosecutor

Thechairmanofhigh-spendingParisSaint-GermainandthepowerfulsportsbroadcasterbeIN,bothownedbyQatarstatefunds,hasbeenaccusedinSwitzerlandofcriminallybribingtheform

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UN to send war crimes investigators to Yemen

TheUNHumanRightsCouncilagreedFridaytosendwarcrimesinvestigatorstoYemen,overcomingresistancefromSaudiArabia,whichhadfoughttoheadoffanindependentinternationalprob

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PH hits back at Western critics for politicizing human rights situation

ThePhilippineshaslashedoutatagroupofmostlyEuropeancountriesovertheirrenewedcriticismofitshumanrightsrecord,tellingthemtorespectManila'sdomesticprocesses,agovern

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Facebook and Amazon might bid on English Premier League rights

It'snosecretthatonlinetitansarejockeyingwitheachotherforsportsstreamingrights.Mostofthenewshasrevealeddomesticsquabbling,likewhenAmazonwrestedtherightstobroadca

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Beijing launches affordable housing scheme

BeijingfloatedonWednesdayaplantoofferlow-costhousingtothecitizensthroughaschemethatallowspropertyrightstobesharedbetweenthegovernmentandbuyers.Accordingtoadocum

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IPL Media Rights: BCCI gears up for skyrocketing bids

InaweekthatsawtheSupremeCourtofIndiacomeupwithsomelandmarkjudgements,abenchcomprisingChiefJusticeDipakMisraandJusticesAMKhanwilkarandDYChandrachudalsoheardRajya

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China: A novel way of cooling the housing market

PresidentXiJinpinghassaid"housesarebuilttobelivedin,notforspeculation".Inthiscontext,thepilotforjointpropertyrightshousingimplementedbyBeijingMunicipalCommissio

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Duterte: US, Australia have 'toned down' human rights criticism

TheUSandAustraliahave“considerablytoneddown”criticismofadrugwarinthePhilippinesinwhichthousandshavebeenkilled,accordingtothecountry’spresident,RodrigoDuterte.Du

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Tillerson to raise US human rights concerns in Philippines

TheUnitedStates'topdiplomatisexpectedtoraiseconcernsabouthumanrightsinthePhilippinesduringapossiblemeetingwithPresidentRodrigoDutertewhenhevisitsManilathisweekf

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S&P 500 to exclude Snap after voting rights debate

TheSP500.SPXwillstartexcludingcompaniesthatissuemultipleclassesofshares,managersoftheindexsaidonMonday,amovethateffectivelybarsSnapInc(SNAP.N)afteritsdecisionto

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Philippine President Duterte vows not to visit the US

PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDuterte,whoiswell-knownforhissharpwords,hasmadeanotheracidiccommenttowardstheUS,sayinghewillnevervisitthecountryduringhistermorafter.H