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The UK government has announced plans to expand intelligence surveillance powers (CNN, 2 Apr) - Privacy activists in Britain reacted angrily Monday to government plans to expand security agencies' monitoring of Internet and phone use. The government wants to let police and intelligence agencies monitor what numbers people... 

Aung San Suu Kyi Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party has won a landslide victory in by-elections, local election officials have confirmed. With partial results announced, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won at least 40 of the 45 seats being contested. Ms Suu Kyi said she hoped the polls marked the start... 

(AFP, 1 Apr) - Thousands of people in Hong Kong noisily protested on Sunday against the city's incoming leader and decried Beijing's alleged interference in the election that propelled him to office. Holding banners and chanting slogans such as "One person, one vote" and "Leung step down", demonstrators marched through the busy...