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Albania’s Leader, Edi Rama, Denounces Violent Protests

Students upset by living and educational costs have revived protests. Prime Minister Edi Rama said they were being used by “outside forces.”

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A protester kicking away a tear-gas canister in Tirana, Albania, on Sunday.
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A Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid.

Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.

Andrew Higgins riding a car past Tiananmen Square in January. He was at the square in June 1989 when the military assaulted people who were protesting corruption, inequality and inflation.
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Biljana Plavsic, a Former Bosnian Serb Political Leader, Has Died

Biljana Plavsic, a Bosnian Serb, pleaded guilty to one count of crimes against humanity. She later recanted and said she “would do the same again.”

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Biljana Plavsic during her first appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague in 2001.
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Serbia’s Longtime President Aleksandar Vucic Resigns Post

Aleksandar Vucic, one of Europe’s longest-serving leaders, resigned as president, paving the way for him to become prime minister after elections next month.

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President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia in his office in Belgrade, Serbia.
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