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communityHong Kong protest over Manila hostage deaths

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August 29th, 2010 Tom 6 views

The rally was organised by both pro-Beijing and pro-democracy political parties Thousands of people have joined a rally in Hong Kong to express their anger at the Philippines' handling of last week's tourist coach hijacking.

They are demanding an explanation of how eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in the hostage-taking in Manila.

Their coach was hijacked by a disgruntled ex-policeman, Rolando Mendoza, who was killed as police attempted to rescue…

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communityCourt records reveal troubled childhood of 'barefoot bandit'

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July 22nd, 2010 Tom 58 views

sland County, Washington (CNN) -- Colton Harris-Moore returned Thursday to a setting with which he is all-too-acquainted: a Washington State courtroom. After two years on the run, Harris-Moore, 19, heard the charge and possible jail time he faces for stealing a plane.

The teen had been on the run since he walked away from a juvenile halfway house in Renton, Washington, in 2008.

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