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Afghanistan frees graft case ex-minister: govt
maart 31, 2011by latadmin
KABUL (AFP) – Afghan authorities Thursday released a former minister, three days after he was arrested on charges of corruption, a government official said. The...
Government critics pressured in China crackdown
maart 31, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING (AFP) – Rattled by Arab unrest and the growing power of the Internet, China has launched its harshest crackdown on dissent in years, which rights groups...
Sri Lanka remands anti-govt website employee
maart 31, 2011by latadmin
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lankan police remanded in custody on Thursday an employee of an anti-government website over allegations that he made threats to the brother of...
Japan, France call for G20 nuclear regulators meeting
maart 31, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan and France pledged Thursday to push for improved international nuclear safety standards as Tokyo struggled to contain an atomic plant disaster...
Scant hope for change in Myanmar ‘civilian’ rule
maart 31, 2011by latadmin
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar's attempt to rebrand itself with a nominally civilian government was met with scepticism at home and abroad on Thursday, with critics...
Japan nuclear crisis: Sarkozy calls for global rules
maart 31, 2011by latadmin
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for clear international standards on nuclear safety in light of the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...
Sri Lanka website editor Bennett Rupasinghe is arrested
maart 31, 2011by latadmin
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested the editor of a news website critical of the government. Correspondents say that the move is intended to intimidate independent...
Bollywood actor jailed for rape (AFP)
maart 30, 2011by latadmin
AFP – An Indian court on Wednesday jailed a Bollywood actor for seven years for raping his maid, local media said, in a case which has sent shockwaves through the...
China’s Hu warns Sarkozy on Libya strikes (AFP)
maart 30, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Coalition military strikes on Libya could violate the “intention” of the UN resolution if civilians suffer, Chinese President Hu Jintao on...
Developments in Japan’s disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)
maart 30, 2011by latadmin
AP – • NEW HIGH IN OCEAN RADIATION LEVELS. Nuclear safety officials say waters 300 yards (meters) from the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi plant contain 3,355 times...
