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Paramilitary police officers march at the south end of Tiananmen Square during the opening session of the National People痴 Congress in Beijing on March 5. Hong Kong today A Hong Kong court sentenced three former organisers of the city's annual Tiananmen square vigil to four and a half months in jail on Saturday for refusing to hand over records to national security police. The candlelight vigil to mourn victims of China's bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 was banned by Hong Kong authorities in 2020, weeks before China imposed a sweeping national security law to silence political dissent in the city. - AFP

China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Politburo Standing Committee member Li Qiang arrive for the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11. Li Qiang, one of Xi's most trusted allies, has been appointed as China's premier. - AFP

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People gather at the site where rescue teams attempted to recover the bodies of five Peruvian soldiers that drowned after jumping into the freezing waters of the river Ilave while fleeing clashes with anti-government protesters throwing rocks at them in Ilave, Peru on March 6. - Five Peruvian soldiers drowned after jumping into a freezing river while fleeing anti-government protesters in the country's south, the defense ministry said Monday. One other who tried to escape via the same route after clashes with demonstrators Sunday was still missing, and a search was under way. Soldiers said they came under attack from people armed with slingshots and sticks at a demonstration against the government of President Dina Boluarte in the city of Ilave in the Puno region. - AFP

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More cases of mysterious poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls were reported Sunday in several provinces, local media reported, sparking calls for the authorities to act amid growing concern among parents. - AFP

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