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Over 1,500 migrants rounded up after ethnic riots in Moscow
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
By Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police rounded up more than 1,600 migrants on Monday in Moscow after rioting swept through a southern neighborhood...
Tourists Stranded at Everest Base Camp in Tibet
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
BEIJING — At least 86 tourists were trapped by heavy snow on Monday at the north base camp of Mount Everest in central Tibet, according to Xinhua, China’s state news...
Kirkuk in limbo as law addressing political balance is scrapped
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
KIRKUK, 14 October 2013 (IRIN) – The scrapping of part of a law encouraging political balance in Iraq’s most ethnically divided province has added to growing...
Yu Qiyi drowning: China party investigators jailed over killing
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
Six Communist Party officials in China have been sentenced to between four and 14 years in jail for torturing another official to death. The verdicts, delivered by a...
Moscow seeks to calm tensions after anti-migrant riot
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
Moscow (AFP) – Russian authorities on Monday took steps to calm ethnic tensions after Moscow was rocked by some of its worst rioting in years, sparked by the...
Court upholds ban on use of ‘Allah’ by Christians
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
A Malaysian appeals court has upheld a government ban against the use of the word “Allah” to refer to God in non-Muslim faiths, overruling claims by...
Ganesan Nimalaruban death: S Lanka rights case dismissed
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has dismissed a case in which the parents of a dead Tamil prisoner were suing the state for violation of his rights. Sri Lanka's de...
Portfolio re-alignment update (Aberdeen Asset Management plc)
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
(Source: Aberdeen Asset Management plc) Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC 14 October 2013 Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC (AJIT) (the "Company")...
Missing a Young Friend in a Changed Kabul
oktober 14, 2013by latadmin
On the streets of Kabul last March, I saw a small figure turn a corner about 20 feet ahead, then a flash of recognition, a huge smile and a big wave. For 10 maddening...
Hindu temple stampede death toll rises to 91 in India
oktober 13, 2013by latadmin
At least 91 pilgrims, many of them women and children, have been killed and dozens more injured in a stampede at a temple in the heartland of India. Reports said the...
