Here Are The Dramatic And Bizarre Headlines About Ferguson, Missouri From All Over The World
Aug 20, 2014, 21:46 IST
From Northern Ireland to North Korea, the protests in Ferguson, Missouri - and the military-grade response from local police - have made headlines around the world.
These protests came after a white police officer shot an unarmed black 18-year-old named Michael Brown on Aug. 9, causing so much civil unrest that Missouri called in the National Guard to the city of 21,000 people.
Countries like the UK, Canada, and Australia cover the news with a similar tone to that here in America. The Guardian offers extensive coverage with up-to-the minute updates:
In Australia, the depth of analysis reveals some foreigners are paying close attention:
Russia Today (RT) is close to the Putin administration, so it's a bit rich of RT to focus on the curfew being a restriction on freedom of assembly:
RT is also giving air to a bizarre theory that a Ukrainian rebel commander who stopped appearing in public somehow resurfaced on the other side of the world in Ferguson:
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