Friday, May 25, 2012

China cracks down on illegal visitors

China cracks down on illegal visitors


China cracks down on illegal visitors

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:16 AM PDT

At just after midnight on Saturday, in a bar down an old lane in Beijing, the band suddenly stops playing. Grabbing the microphone, the manager tells everyone to remain in the venue; the police are outside threatening to escort to the nearest police station any foreigner not carrying valid documents. The atmosphere instantly sours.

Zuma art polarizes South Africa

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:44 AM PDT

A prominent South African lawyer breaks down in court while trying to ban a controversial image of the country's president, Jacob Zuma.

Saudi Arabia's first female director

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:55 AM PDT

Haifaa Al Mansour has directed one of Saudi Arabia's first ever feature films, depite cinema being banned in her home country.

Are we seeing a 'Mexican Spring'?

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:41 AM PDT

The demonstrators have no clear leader. Many say Twitter posts and Facebook groups brought them to the streets of Mexico's capital and cities around the country.

N. Ireland murder secrets on tape

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Audio recordings locked inside a college library in the United States might help solve a decades-old murder mystery, but the release of those tapes could damage the fragile peace in Northern Ireland.

Punk band tests free-speech limits in Russia

Posted: 25 May 2012 06:46 AM PDT

Here's a quick way to get arrested in modern Russia: Walk into a cathedral wearing a neon mask and carrying a guitar, stand on the pulpit and scream punk songs with lyrics like "Virgin Mary drive Putin away!"

Are we seeing a 'Mexican Spring'?

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:41 AM PDT

The demonstrators have no clear leader. Many say Twitter posts and Facebook groups brought them to the streets of Mexico's capital and cities around the country.

Tapes hold N. Ireland murder secrets

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Audio recordings locked inside a college library in the United States might help solve a decades-old murder mystery, but the release of those tapes could damage the fragile peace in Northern Ireland.

Hurricane Bud threatens Mexico

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:25 AM PDT

Bud flexed its muscles as it closed on the southwestern coast of Mexico late Thursday, becoming a major hurricane with winds of 115 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

Conquering Mount Everest

Posted: 25 May 2012 08:09 AM PDT

More than 200 climbers are waiting to attempt to climb Mount Everest. CNN's Isha Sesay reports.

Egypt's presidential race heading toward runoff?

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood predicted Friday that its presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi will contest a run-off vote with former regime figure Ahmed Shafik, as counting in the country's landmark election got under way.

Bud weakens to tropical storm off Mexican coast

Posted: 25 May 2012 06:48 PM PDT

Bud flexed its muscles as it closed on the southwestern coast of Mexico late Thursday, becoming a major hurricane with winds of 115 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hollande visits Afghanistan, reaffirms pullout

Posted: 25 May 2012 06:10 AM PDT

The new French president, François Hollande, arrived in Kabul on Friday to meet with French troops stationed in the country and hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Israeli immigration protest turns violent

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:14 AM PDT

A racially charged demonstration against the Israeli government's handling of immigration from Africa turned violent Wednesday night as protesters attacked foreign workers, shattered car windows and vandalized a shop owned by a Sudanese migrant.

Japan utility: Fukushima radiation worse than feared

Posted: 25 May 2012 06:12 AM PDT

Japan's largest utility said Thursday that more radiation than previously thought was released into the atmosphere in March 2011, in the days after the nuclear disaster that followed an earthquake and tsunami.

Argentinian's body identified 36 years after his disappearance

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:06 PM PDT

Victoria Montenegro of Argentina considered the military couple who raised her as generous, humanitarian people, taking her into their home as if their own baby because her real parents were killed in a shootout in Buenos Aires in 1976.

African film makes splash at Cannes

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:58 AM PDT

The glitz of Cannes on the French Riviera is a world removed from the hellish conditions endured by the hundreds of illegal immigrants smuggled from Africa to Europe every year.

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