Thursday, December 27, 2012

China tightening controls on Internet

China tightening controls on Internet

China tightening controls on Internet

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:16 AM PST

FILE - In this July 14, 2010 file photo, a Chinese man uses a computer at an Internet cafe in Beijing. China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses. The measures suggest China's new leader, Xi Jinping, and others who took power in November 2012 share their predecessors' anxiety about the Internet's potential to spread opposition to one-party rule and their insistence on controlling information despite promises of more economic reforms. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)BEIJING (AP) — China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses.

Pakistan: Bhutto's son launches political career

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:57 AM PST

Supporters of Pakistan's assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto pray during her fifth death anniversary in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has launched his political career at his ancestral place Larkana, with a fiery speech on the fifth anniversary of his mother's assassination. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)ISLAMABAD (AP) — The 24-year-old son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched his political career Thursday with a fiery speech before thousands of cheering supporters observing the fifth anniversary of his mother's assassination.

Militants kill 2 police in Pakistan, 21 missing

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:04 AM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Government officials say dozens of militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked two tribal police posts in northwest Pakistan, killing two policemen. Twenty-one other policemen are missing and presumed kidnapped.

India rape victim in Singapore; PM pledges action

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:17 AM PST

Kashmiri Sikh students protesting against the brutal gang-rape of a woman on a bus last week in New Delhi, shout slogans in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to take action to protect the nation's women while the young victim of a gang rape on a New Delhi bus was flown to Singapore for treatment of severe internal injuries. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to take action to protect the nation's women while the young victim of a gang rape on a New Delhi bus was flown to Singapore for treatment of severe internal injuries.

Thai 'Yellow Shirt' leaders charged for 2008 rally

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:40 AM PST

BANGKOK (AP) — Protest leaders in Thailand were indicted Thursday for storming the prime minister's office compound and sealing off Parliament during massive anti-government rallies in 2008 at the height of political turmoil, which left the country deeply divided to this day.

India gang-rape victim in Singapore for treatment

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:36 PM PST

An ambulance is parked outside the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. A young woman who was gang-raped and assaulted on a moving bus in the Indian capital was flown Thursday to the Singapore hospital for treatment of severe internal injuries that could last several weeks, officials said. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)SINGAPORE (AP) — A young woman who was gang-raped and assaulted on a moving bus in the Indian capital was flown Thursday to a Singapore hospital for treatment of severe internal injuries that could last several weeks, officials said.
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