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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong(THE CONVERSATION) Ten days before the opening ceremony of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, uniformed soldiers and rooftop snipers opened fire on student protesters in a plaza in the capital city’s Tlatelolco neighborhood. Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators, who were rallying against the country’s semi-authoritarian government,

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Leigh Ann Wheeler, Binghamton University, State University of New York(THE CONVERSATION) Most memoirs are soon forgotten.A rare exception is Anne Moody’s “Coming of Age in Mississippi,” which was published in 1968. It spoke to the day’s pressing issues – poverty, race and civil rights – with an urgent timeliness.Instead, 50 years later, the book still commands a wide readership.

French judicial official says Interpol president has been reported missing after traveling to China

Afghan official says at least four civilians _ a child and three women _ were killed by "friendly fire" when the Afghan air force staged an airstrike in southern Kandahar province

Michelle Wie and Jessica Korda led the way as the United States won both fourball matches against Thailand to move to the top of Pool B at the UL International Crown

The Koreas have held a high-level meeting in North Korea's capital to discuss the implementation of agreements from a summit last month between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in

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India signs $5 billion deal to buy Russian S-400 air defense system despite looming threat of US sanctions

India has signed a $5 billion deal to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems despite looming threat of U.S. sanctions.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

Hundreds of Muslim survivors in the Indonesian city of Palu have gathered at shattered mosques for Friday prayers, seeking strength to rebuild their lives a week after a powerful earthquake and tsunami killed more than 1,500 people

Japan has announced it won't send a warship to an international fleet review hosted by South Korea next week after Seoul requested the removal of the Japanese navy's "rising sun" flag

Russian authorities say an imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker has stopped a hunger strike that lasted 144 days

A parliamentary election in Latvia _ a Baltic member of the European Union and NATO _ could see a political party catering to the country's ethnic Russian minority forming a governing coalition and pushing for closer relations with Moscow

Chinese tech stocks Lenovo and ZTE Corp. tumble after a news report that Chinese spies might have used chips supplied by another company to hack into U.S. computer systems

A court in western German is scheduled to deliver a verdict Friday in the case of a couple accused of luring women to their home and abusing them so badly that two died

The International Atomic Energy Agency says it will test seawater, marine sediments and fish around Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant this month