Search results on Baidu, a major search engine in China, were stacked with negative reports about the protest, calling it a "farce," while playing up the efforts of those in Hong Kong that oppose taking action against Beijing attempts at enhanced control

Barrera also had alliances with both the right-wing paramilitaries and the Marxist terrorist organization FARC to traffic cocaine, Santos said.

The prison sentence was widely seen as no more than a continuation of the same, long-running violent farce.

In the case of Wang Quanzhang the Zhejiang Daily ran a commentary with the headline: “Lawyer Detained: a Farce, a Joke.” In the past, such cases have been tightly censored. 

His government will hold talks with with the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the coming weeks to try to come to an agreement on how to stop a decades-long conflict.

The Global Times called the referendum "ridiculous" and an "illegal farce." It also said that the 1.3 billion people in China should also have a say on the issue of elections in Hong Kong.

These plays are classics in their own categories (tragedy, comedy, farce, and so on), having stood up well over the years, and in a couple of cases, very many years.  My list also includes the broader categories of children’s and musical theater.

These findings on statins' major adverse effects had been under-reported and the way in which they [were] withheld from the public, and even concealed, is a scientific farce.

Beijing's been lying about it for several years and now there's just too much evidence, they can't maintain that farce any longer, so they have admitted these re-education camps do exist.

The story goes that one television commentator refused to commentate on the farce and another suggested people switch over to something else. Nowadays, the final group games at World Cups are played simultaneously to prevent such collusion.

In this sense, movements of stateless peoples like the Kurds or the Karen have the same aspirations as rebel groups like the Free Syrian Army or the FARC in Colombia. Walt's arguments certainly apply to these groups.

Edilberto Ramon, the secretary of the government in Caquetá, said that the attack was likely carried out by FARC.

,' are those high-ranking officers who financially benefit from drug trafficking with FARC [Colombia's left-wing guerrillas, who are heavily involved in drug trafficking to the United States and Europe], with whom they have close relations," Salgueiro

This tale about a woman who disguises herself as a man and the confusion that occurs when she and her long lost twin brother arrive in the same town makes for classic farce; and the able cast, including Stephen Fry who does a wonderful turn as the hapless

And so as a drama, it maybe went from a dark tragic thing to a dark tragic farce, and that's where we're standing today, I think.

A 2010 Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) supervision of cattle was a farce--with some drug residues missed, others not tested for, and clearly contaminated meat left in the food supply.

“The death of ‘Mono Jojoy’ is the biggest hit that has been given to the FARC throughout its history,” Santos said.

It's the result of countless political farces, one on top of the other. If even little cans of milk powder cannot put Chinese mothers' minds at ease, can Beijing's dream of becoming a superpower really come true?" Translation by Jenny Li.

The protesters said the elections are a farce and that reform of the Thai political system needs to occur before true democracy can be practiced in the country.

In one opinion piece, China's state-run Global Times called the referendum "an illegal farce," and in another accused the United States of advocating "separatism" in Hong Kong.

In the trial, prosecutors said he would have made millions by selling anti-aircraft missiles and other arms to the terrorist group FARC in Colombia, according to the office of the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York.

There was a WHO investigation, which I think was considered a farce by most that followed it, that actually went to China. It's unlikely the Chinese Communist Party is going to let any serious investigation in.

Widely blamed for the kidnapping is the leftist rebel group FARC. The National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels are also suspected, though both groups deny any involvement.

The Colombian news media has done a good deal to publicize the violence committed by FARC but has done little to uncover the paramilitary group's role.

“Now a Spanish judge, based on some supposed computers that they took from the murdered Raul Reyes [second in command of the FARC] … accuses me, accuses the government of Venezuela of cooperating with the ETA and FARC,” said Chavez.

(Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images )The Colombian army is reporting that it caught 57 FARC guerrillas throughout the country in the past week.

If people who are making these statements from government positions, from leadership positions are saying that they care about the lives and well-being of minorities in this country, at the onset, it's a complete farce.

In this group, you have the FARCs—the socialist army guys in Colombia. You had Hugo Chavez, Maduro, you have Eduardo Correa, Cristina Kirchner, Bachelet—all the presidents. So there was a lot of corruption that happened.

Uribe is considering a hostage swap with Colombia's largest rebel group, Farc.

The way their friends conspire to bring them together is played out almost like a farce, albeit a bit contrived.