<div><p>BEIJING (Reuters) - Ten years after a government crackdown drove it underground in China, Falun Gong is trying to position itself to get U.S. government funds to help defeat Internet censors worldwide.</p><p>The spiritual group's efforts to stay in contact with its members in China spawned a ...

<div><p>Ten years after China banned the Falungong spiritual movement, the two sides are waging a battle both at home and abroad where the group has become a nagging thorn in Beijing's side.</p><p>Falungong has taken its case straight to the Western street, where rallies highlighting the group ...

<div><p>Hundreds of supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual movement have rallied in Washington ahead of the 10th anniversary of its ban by China, with a special push to free a prominent rights lawyer.</p><p>China banned Falun Gong, whose Buddhist-inspired teachings focus on exercises, on July 20, 1999. Beijing ...

<div><p>Slovak police detained nine people on Thursday after a scuffle broke out during a human rights protest against visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, a local news agency and witnesses said.</p><p>SITA news agency quoted a police spokesman as saying authorities had detained "nine people, including six Slovaks and ...