Saturday, October 27, 2012

Human rights groups decry Myanmar ethnic strife

Human rights groups decry Myanmar ethnic strife

Human rights groups decry Myanmar ethnic strife

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:20 AM PDT

An armed police officer guards as Muslim refugees stand behind him at a refugee camp in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Western Myanmar appeared calm Saturday after almost a week of deadly ethnic strife, a government spokesman said as human rights groups called for action to end the violence that one said it has documented with satellite imagery. Rakhine state spokesman Win Myaing there were no immediate reports of fresh clashes between the Buddhist Rakhine and the Muslim Rohingya communities. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Human rights groups urged an end of sectarian violence in western Myanmar on Saturday, with one releasing satellite photos of what it said was an entire section of a town apparently burned to the ground by a marauding mob.

China residents protest chemical factory expansion

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Chinese police officers carry a demonstrator away while people protest the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory that they say would spew pollution and damage public health, in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Pollution has become a major source of unrest in China, as members of the rising middle class become more outspoken against environmentally risky projects in their backyards. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAThousands of people in an eastern Chinese city clashed with police during a protest over the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory that they fear would spew pollution and damage public health, townspeople said Saturday.

Indonesia: Suspects planned attack on US Embassy

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:24 AM PDT

Indonesian police officers stand guard outside a building after a raid in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Indonesian police say they have arrested 11 people suspected of planning a range of terrorist attacks on domestic and foreign targets including the U.S. and Australian embassies. (AP Photo)Indonesia's anti-terror squad arrested 11 people suspected of planning a range of attacks on domestic and foreign targets including the U.S. Embassy and a site near the Australian Embassy, police said Saturday.

2 Tibetan cousins set themselves on fire in China

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 08:50 AM PDT

Two Tibetan cousins set fire to themselves in their village to protest Chinese rule, bringing the total number of self-immolations this week to seven, the highest since the protests began last year, a rights group said Saturday.

Orangutan shot with air gun rescued in Borneo

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:29 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by the UK-based Orangutan Foundation, a female orangutan named Aan receives medical treatment after being rescued, in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. A conservationist said Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, Aan that was shot with an air rifle has been rescued in the Indonesian part of Borneo. Rescuers are working to remove 104 pellets from her body. (AP Photo/Orangutan Foundation) NO SALESAn orangutan that was shot with an air rifle has been rescued in the Indonesian part of Borneo, and rescuers are working to remove 104 pellets from her body, a conservationist said Saturday.

New Afghan war phase, with no decisive end seen

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT

This photo taken Oct. 10, 2012 shows Army Brig. Gen. John Charlton, left, foreground, talking to members of the Afghan National Civil Order Police at a military base in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year. A decisive end seems nowhere in sight. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year.

New Afghan war phrase, with no decisive end seen

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 05:25 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives to review the guard of honor, during the first day of Eid Al Adha celebrations at the palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 26, 2012. Karzai called on Taliban to embrace peace and to join the government and lay down their arms. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year.

5th Tibetan in week sets self on fire in China

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 02:03 AM PDT

A man in his early 20s has become the fifth Tibetan in a week to set himself on fire and die in a county in far-western China to protest against Chinese rule, the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile said Saturday.

China: 5th Tibetan in week sets self on fire, dies

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:54 AM PDT

A 23-year-old man has become the fifth Tibetan in a week to set himself on fire and die in a county in far western China to protest against Chinese rule, a rights group said Saturday.

Afghans: Taliban kill 5 civilians grabbed off bus

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:14 AM PDT

Police say Taliban militants have pulled five Afghan civilians off a bus in eastern Afghanistan and shot them dead.

China says investigating Bo for criminal offenses

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2012 file photo, Bo Xilai, Chongqing party secretary, attends the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing. Chinese lawmakers stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his last official position Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, formally expelling him from the country's top legislature and setting the stage for criminal proceedings against the once-rising political star. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)China's top prosecutor's office says it is investigating disgraced politician Bo Xilai for criminal offenses as authorities move quickly to resolve a damaging public scandal that caused divisive infighting among the leadership.
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