Han Chinese protesters were out in the streets, not far from our hotel near the People’s Square, on Tuesday. A lot of the Han Chinese own shops in the area and there are some hospitals in the vicinity. When we saw the protesters marching in the streets, we simply followed them.
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Germany’s Bright Idea: Street Lighting on Demand
Every night at 11 p.m.
Report: S.C. governor says he was in Argentina
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford did not spend the last five days hiking the Appalachian Trail — as his staff indicated — but instead was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he told The State newspaper
‘Beyond fear … more like terror,’ says witness from Iran
They’ve entered the United States, yet they are still afraid. Two women arrived at a U.S. airport from Iran, and despite leaving the violence behind, they didn’t want to be identified for fear of their safety
Missing Ohio girl found with mom, sex offender
Haylee Donathan, the 4-year-old Ohio girl who vanished more than three weeks ago, was found alive Tuesday in the company of her mother and her boyfriend — a fugitive sex offender, authorities said.
Iranian women stand up in defiance, flout rules
A young Iranian woman named Neda is gunned down in one of the most iconic images of the last week. Another walks down the street, defiantly showing off her hair and body in a revealing dress. And still another woman says she’s not scared of paramilitary forces — no matter how many times she gets beaten.
Metro crash ‘like we hit a concrete wall,’ passenger says
People who were aboard the Washington subway trains that wrecked Monday described scenes of severely injured victims and of passengers trying to help one another.
Mystery solved: South Carolina governor taking a hike
A mystery surrounding the whereabouts of South Carolina Gov.
Feared Basij militia has deep history in Iranian conflict
They may wear a uniform, or ordinary street clothes. Their numbers are unclear.
Moussavi calls for day of mourning in Tehran’s streets
Supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi planned to turn Tehran into a sea of black Thursday when thousands of them march, dressed in dark clothes, to mourn comrades killed or wounded while calling for a new presidential election. Demonstrators expected to start their rallies from mosques across the Iranian capital, converging in a city square Thursday afternoon, for what is expected to be one of the largest protests since last Friday’s disputed election