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Rights group criticizes AGO for "giving up" on Munir case
september 08, 2011by latadmin
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator, Haris Azhar, has criticized Attorney General Basrief Arief for “giving up”, after...
Concerns persists over Hambantota’s 2018 bid
september 08, 2011by latadmin
LONDON (AP) — An evaluation report says the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota would be a riskier option to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games than a rival bid from...
China’s One-Child Policy Is Crippling Industry
september 08, 2011by latadmin
Lin Chang Jie is battling to save his family’s business, which makes towels, cushions, and robes in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo. The main threat he faces is...
Human Rights Watch condemns ‘draconian’ Sri lankan laws
september 08, 2011by latadmin
Human Rights Watch has urged Sri Lanka to repeal detention laws which the campaign group describes as abusive. Long-standing emergency laws expired last week, two years...
UK paedophile jailed in Cambodia
september 08, 2011by latadmin
A British tourist has been jailed for 12 years in Cambodia for sex attacks on children as young as nine. Michael Leach, 51, from London, abused three children in Phnom...
‘Banned pesticides’ in China food shops – Greenpeace
september 08, 2011by latadmin
The environmental campaign group Greenpeace says it has identified banned pesticides in vegetables sold by three supermarket chains in China. The companies include...
Tajiks fear threats from Afghanistan after US withdrawal
september 08, 2011by latadmin
Tajikistan is on the route of a NATO and US supply line to troops in Afghanistan….
Afghans defend treatment of detainees as humane
september 07, 2011by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A NATO decision to stop transferring detainees to some Afghan-run detention centers is unjustified and damages the handover of security to...
China renews Google’s operating licence
september 07, 2011by latadmin
China said Wednesday it had renewed Google’s licence to operate in the world’s largest online market, after the US company last year moved its Chinese search...
Saudi prince: U.S. missed chance for Afghan withdrawal (Reuters)
september 07, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – The United States should have used the killing of Osama bin Laden to declare victory and quickly withdraw from Afghanistan and now faces an increasingly...
