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China artist Ai Weiwei calls Beijing a ‘nightmare’
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has called Beijing a “nightmare” and said China’s justice system cannot be trusted, in his first article for a foreign magazine since his release from detention in June. The outspoken critic of the Communist Party disappeared for nearly three months earlier this year before Chinese…
China moves Tibet hardliner to heavily Catholic province
BEIJING (Reuters) – The hardline Chinese official removed last week as Communist Party chief of restive Tibet has been made head of the province in the center of contention over China’s Catholics, giving him an influential role in another sensitive religious issue. Zhang Qingli, who gained a reputation as an…
Taiwan evacuates thousands as typhoon hits
Taiwan evacuated thousands of people, closed down schools and halted rail services on Monday as Typhoon Nanmadol swept across some of the island’s most densely populated areas. The typhoon, which left at least 13 dead in the Philippines at the weekend, made landfall near the city of Taitung on the…
Anti-corruption activist ends hunger strike as Indian government gives in
Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare ended his 13-day hunger strike on Sunday triggering wild celebrations among supporters after parliament agreed to consider his demands. Hazare’s fast at an open-air venue in New Delhi attracted tens of thousands of people every day as a nationwide protest movement emerged to back his…
Lockerbie bomber said to be ‘at death’s door’
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Neighbors of the Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie described a wealthy recluse, constantly surrounded by security guards. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who had been diagnosed with cancer, served only eight years in a Scottish jail for…
Hundreds protest Spain move to cap deficit
MADRID — Hundreds of Spaniards demonstrated Sunday against a constitutional reform plan aimed at capping budget deficit. “No to the reform of the constitution. No to a step back,” read a large banner as the demonstrators marched towards Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, the hub of months-old protests by the “indignant”…
Libyan rebels free more than 10,000 prisoners
BENGHAZI — More than 10,000 prisoners held by the regime of Moamer Kadhafi have been released since the rebels captured Tripoli, but nearly 50,000 are still missing, a rebel military spokesman said Sunday. “The number of people arrested over the past months is estimated at between 57,000 and 60,000,” said…
Kazakhstan reels from impact of nuclear tests, 20 years on
The 79-year-old Yevdokia Matushkina struggles to remember. Her memories often fail her. Except one. Sitting in her tiny room at a home for the elderly in the eastern Kazakh city of Semey, Matushkina remembers the days when the loud blasts of nuclear tests several hundred kilometres away frightened everyone. A…
Iran warns NATO against entering Syria ‘quagmire’
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran warned NATO on Sunday against any temptation to intervene in Syria, saying that rather than the defeating a regime it would be bogged down in a “quagmire” similar to Iraq or Afghanistan. Syria’s closest ally in the Middle East, Iran has in recent days tempered its…
Libyan forces close in on Gaddafi’s home town
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan forces closed in on Muammar Gaddafi’s home town Sunday, vowing to seize it by force if negotiations failed, and their leaders ruled out any talks with the deposed ruler. Gaddafi’s foes were advancing on his birthplace of Sirte, which straddles the east-west coastal road, but one…
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