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Paris attacks: Three police officers injured in shootout in Brussels

Three Belgian police officers suffered minor injuries in a shootout during a raid on a property here as part of the investigation into the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, the Belgian federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.

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2 gang members arrested after violent riots mar Australian festival

Two members of a youth gang who started a violent riot in the Australian city of Melbourne at the weekend have been arrested by police.

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Weapons haul, police shootings prompt questions over New Zealand gun laws

Lawmakers have called for a review of New Zealand's gun regime after police announced the seizure of a massive haul of automatic weapons in the same week four police officers were shot and wounded.

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Man surrenders after four New Zealand police officers shot

​New Zealand Police on Thursday ended an overnight standoff with a man who allegedly shot and wounded four police officers during a drugs operation.

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Four police officers shot in New Zealand

​The military has been called in to help capture an armed person who shot and wounded four police officers in an incident in the Bay of Plenty, on the east of New Zealand's North Island, Wednesday, said the New Zealand Police.

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CPPCC spokesperson denounces HK riot

​A spokesperson with China's national political advisory body on Wednesday denounced mob violence in Hong Kong's Mong Kok during the Lunar New Year holidays last month.

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Facebook's VP in Latin America arrested for not turning over user messages

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested Diego Dzodan, Facebook's vice-president for Latin America, for not complying with previous judicial decisions.

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India: students Umar and Anirban remanded in 14-day judicial custody

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested in a sedition case over a controversial event in the varsity's campus, to 14 days judicial custody.

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HK police meet with bookseller Lee Bo

An officer from the Hong Kong police and an officer from the Immigration Department met with bookseller Lee Bo and took his statement in a hotel room on the mainland on Monday morning.

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Pakistan tense after execution of official's killer

Pakistan yesterday hanged the man who killed a governor for seeking reform of the blasphemy law, angering Islamist supporters who had feted Mumtaz Qadri as a hero and threatened violence if he was executed.

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Pakistan hangs police commando who killed provincial governor

Pakistan on Monday hanged a security guard who had killed former influential governor of eastern Punjab province in the capital Islamabad in 2011, jail officials said.

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At least 21 killed in twin blasts in S. Somalia

At least 21 people were killed and several others injured in twin expositions in Baidoa town in Bay region of southern Somalia on Sunday, police and witnesses said.

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SCMP: Riot gear to be kept in police vehicles following criticism of police preparedness for Mong Kok riot

Riot gear including tear gas canisters and rifles will be loaded onto police vehicles during each deployment in the wake of the Mong Kok riot, the Posthas learned.

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Paris police chief vows to beef up security for Chinese

Paris police officials have vowed to beef up security for Chinese residents and holidaymakers in the French capital, who have become a main target of robberies.

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Police say all 23 on board of crashed Nepalese aircraft dead

An aircraft of Tara Air was found crashed Wednesday in Nepal's Myagdi district, some 300 km off the capital, killing all 23 people on board, police said.

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Two Indian students facing sedition charges surrender to police

Two students at India's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have surrendered before police in New Delhi, officials said Wednesday.

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Hunt on for 100 Hong Kong rioters who took ‘active role’ in Mong Kok mayhem

As police examine surveillance camera footage, elite unit investigates whether radical localist groups received donations from secret backers