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Pro-democracy protesters gather during a rally of the ongoing Occupy Central movement in the Admiralty District of Hong Kong on Monday. The territory's leader has accused foreign elements of helping stoke unrest.

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Hong Kong Leader Blames 'External Forces' For Joining Protests

10:46am October 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who student activists have demanded step down, says "different countries in different parts of the world" are helping stoke unrest in the Chinese territory.

Local and foreign journalists visit the new U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 5, 2008. This massive embassy is the second-largest in the world after the heavily fortified compound in Baghdad.

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Can U.S. Embassies Be Safe Without Being Unsightly?

7:05pm February 26, 2013

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Beauty vs. security. Some say the two can exist in the same space when it comes to America's embassies.

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