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- TIBET – CHINA Beijing stifles the news and three Tibetan demonstrations
Three peaceful demonstrations end in bloodshed this week. Scared by growing unrest, Beijing reacts with an iron fist and a disinformation campaign to convince the world that the Dalai Lama is to blame. A Buddhist source tells AsiaNews that some “6,000 Buddhists left Tibet for India” to hear their ...
- Indonesia: Indonesia celebrates the Year of the Dragon with dances, parties and Masses
The country’s Chinese community celebrates the Lunar New Year. Activities and festivals will be held over the next two weeks. In 1967, General Suharto had banned the event. President Gus Dur unbanned it 2000. Thousands of Catholics take part in Mass in Jakarta.
- Egypt: Salafist threats against Christians must stop, says Mahmoud Salem
Mahmoud Salem, a moderate Muslim and a member of the Free Egyptians Party, filed a suit against Yasser al-Bourhami, a Salafist cleric, accusing him of inciting hatred against Copts. He is also against any outrageous and violent use of Islam. So far, the authorities have ignored other suits filed by ...
Brazil is funding a replica of the iconic statue of the Redeemer that would stand on a hill in North London.
Shame, which is about sex addiction, is a deeply perturbing film that is the opposition of titillating. A dreadful film with a clunky script, ameliorated only by Andrea Riseborough's performance.
Three peaceful demonstrations end in bloodshed this week. Scared by growing unrest, Beijing reacts with an iron fist and a disinformation campaign to convince the world that the Dalai Lama is to blame. A Buddhist source tells AsiaNews that some “6,000 Buddhists left Tibet for India” to hear their ... The country’s Chinese community celebrates the Lunar New Year. Activities and festivals will be held over the next two weeks. In 1967, General Suharto had banned the event. President Gus Dur unbanned it 2000. Thousands of Catholics take part in Mass in Jakarta.
Mahmoud Salem, a moderate Muslim and a member of the Free Egyptians Party, filed a suit against Yasser al-Bourhami, a Salafist cleric, accusing him of inciting hatred against Copts. He is also against any outrageous and violent use of Islam. So far, the authorities have ignored other suits filed by ... French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said France will resume its training mission in Afghanistan. A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-packed vehicle in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 31 people and wounding some 60 others.
The shooting in Makhachkala on January 20 of a human rights lawyer and his relative has focused attention yet again on the brutal and indiscriminate approach of Daghestan's security forces to combating the Islamic insurgency. Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry says three Kyrgyz citizens have been rescued from de-facto 10-year slavery in neighboring Kazakhstan. Police have arrested a well-known Belarusian human rights activist Aleh Vouchak and charged him with hooliganism.
International press-freedom monitoring group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is "very concerned" by an announcement from the social-media website Twitter that it could block user posts from appearing in specific countries. According to Georgia's state statistics agency, the country's wine exports jumped nearly 40 percent in value last year to more than $54 million. Imagine during street protests to oust a brutal dictator, a protester witnesses a group of policemen sexually assaulting a woman.
An aide to former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says he has called off his planned return to his homeland.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides grant to support the Center and to develop and expand the Digital Archaeological Record University of Miami study offers new geochemical clues to understand conditions just prior to major climatic event
It is not surprising that there are rumors afloat that the US will engage in direct talks with Iran. Cui bono? Medical care in the US mirrors its class system: the 1% that includes the US Congress are the beneficiaries of a broken system. The security situation in Côte d?Ivoire is stabilizing nine months after the end of the violence that shook the country following presidential elections in late 2010, but the underlying causes of instability and unrest have not been fully addressed, the United Nations top official in the West ... A top United Nations official called today on the Government of Myanmar to boost partnerships between the private and public sectors to support the country?s recent reforms as well as to help accelerate development and job creation in the country. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the killing of the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro.
Yemen?s forthcoming presidential election will be an opportunity for the country to embark on a transitional process that strengthens national dialogue and leads to a political system that will be more inclusive and open to greater participation by all citizens, says the Security Council. A new online database launched today by the United Nations will showcase successful strategies that businesses and communities are using to adapt to climate change while simultaneously increasing their profits and using their resources more efficiently. Almost 1,100 Palestinians, over half of them children, were displaced due to home demolitions in the West Bank by Israeli forces in 2011 - over 80 per cent more than in the previous year - according to a United Nations report released today.
The United Nations political chief today called for the establishment of a mechanism to address the myriad challenges facing countries in West Africa?s Sahel region, which, he said, include a humanitarian crisis, lack of socio-economic development, insecurity and the threat of terrorism. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today on business leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to increase their investment in women?s education and health to ensure their well-being and encourage their participation in the world economy. An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in São Paulo and find durable solutions with residents.
Father and son were shot dead in front of their house because they refused to submit to extortion. Bishop Kyrollos: "I believe that the police, and Muslims, are fully responsible for the situation of terror in which Bahgourah Copts live." Last year growth was at 9.2. The Chinese statistics unreliable because of state intervention in credit policies and false growth data of the provinces and of actual inflation (16%). China will not buy sovereign debt of Spain or Italy. For the first time in its history, the Episcopal Conference launches a survey aimed at all young people throughout the country's 15 dioceses. The results are surprising: young people "really understand Catholic teaching" and faith "helps them to improve the understanding of the world and their ... The outgoing bishop of Faisalabad is back to the city where he did his seminary studies and was first priest. On Wednesday, Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Pakistan’s southern metropolis. Speaking about his new posting, the prelate describes the demographic explosion and bursts of violence in ...
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