US urges China to release human rights lawyer

US urges China to release human rights lawyer


US urges China to release human rights lawyer

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:19 PM PST

The whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng is still unknown a year after his disappearance.


France's top credit rating? affirmed

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:31 PM PST

Fitch Ratings however said it may downgrade six other eurozone nations as a solution to debt crisis is 'beyond reach'.


City Room: Stanford Drops Bid to Build High-Tech Campus in N.Y.C.

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:33 PM PST

A leader in a competition intended to make New York an engineering powerhouse was frustrated with the city's attempts to negotiate new terms after Stanford had submitted its bid, said people who were briefed on the matter.


Beijing Imposes New Rules on Social Networking Sites

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:30 PM PST

New rules are aimed at controlling the way Chinese Internet users post messages on social networking sites that have posed challenges to the Chinese Communist Party.


Husband fails in wife death case

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:12 PM PST

A Lancashire man who killed his wife in France fails to clear his name when a French court finds him guilty for a third time.


Pakistan's 'memogate' bodes ill for Zardari

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST

Why did Zardari leave Pakistan in a hurry?


Congo court confirms Kabila win

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:27 PM PST

The DR Congo Supreme Court confirms incumbent Joseph Kabila as winner of presidential elections, despite opposition calls to cancel the vote.


Cameroon's Eto'o gets 15-game ban

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:53 PM PST

Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o is banned for 15 matches by the national football federation for his part in a players' strike that saw a friendly with Algeria cancelled.


At Least 10 Die in Rare Violence in Kazakhstan

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:55 AM PST

The deaths occurred in clashes with police just days after a strike by oil workers shifted its focus to political demands, including the right to form independent political parties.


US Marine hero drops BAE lawsuit

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:43 AM PST

US Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer settles a lawsuit with BAE Systems over allegations that a manager called him "mentally unstable".


Pakistan's 'memogate' bodes ill for Zardari

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST

Why did Zardari leave Pakistan in a hurry?


At Least 10 Die in Rare Violence in Kazakhstan

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:55 AM PST

The deaths occurred in clashes with police just days after a strike by oil workers shifted its focus to political demands, including the right to form independent political parties.


Bahraini police fire tear gas at protesters: witnesses

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahraini police fired tear gas and clashed with Shi'ite Muslim protesters on Friday, a day after a man was run over and killed as he fled security forces chasing protesters near Manama, the opposition and a rights group said on Friday.


China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:03 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to jail, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, ending his probation in what was the first official account of his whereabouts in the last year.


Bonds Gets Probation and Avoids Prison

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:08 PM PST

Barry Bonds, baseball's home run champion, avoided a prison term on Friday when he was sentenced to 30 days' house arrest and probation for providing evasive testimony to a federal grand jury eight years ago.


VIDEO: Cargo ship aground off French coast

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:00 AM PST

A Maltese-registered cargo ship has run aground of the coast of Brittany, leaking oil onto a nearby beach.


Congo court declares Kabila winner of poll

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST

Supreme Court rejects opposition appeals and declares Joseph Kabila winner of November's presidential election.


A fruit seller's legacy to the Arab people

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:00 AM PST

A year after a Tunisian fruit seller self-immolated, setting in motion the Arab Spring, a democratic political culture is developing in the region, Salman Shaikh writes.


U.S. withdrawal in Iraq rolls into final act

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 11:20 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American soldiers signed over their last military base to Iraqi officials on Friday with the U.S. troop pullout drawing to an swift end nearly nine years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.


Insurgents Attack Kabul Police Station

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:27 AM PST

Insurgents attacked a Kabul police station, the latest in a string of attacks on the Afghan capital. No casualties were reported.


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