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Journalists warn of interference after army protest
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
Thai journalists have called on the country's powerful military not to pressure the media after uniformed soldiers protested outside a television station over c...
Thai army increases security but denies coup rumors
Jan 13, 2013 (UPI)
Thai army units have taken up positions around Bangkok ahead of Monday's planned anti-government rally and after the weekend's shooting of seven people. Shots w...
Vietnam is targeting its critics, HRW says
Jan 11, 2013 (UPI)
The jail sentences given to 14 activists by a Vietnamese court marks a sharp escalation of government attacks on its critics, Human Rights Watch said. Bloggers ...
Hong Kong leader survives impeachment bid
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers failed in an unprecedented bid Wednesday to impeach the city's embattled Beijing-backed leader, after they accused him of brea...
French interior minister seeks to ban controversial comedian's tour
Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls has reiterated his determination to ban an upcoming nationwide tour by controversial comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala. Val...
Political action the biggest swing factor in meeting climate targets
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
A new study, published in the journal Nature, has examined the probability of keeping average global temperatures from rising more than 2C above preindustrial l...
US 'deeply troubled' by Myanmar violence
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
The United States said Wednesday it was "deeply troubled" by Myanmar army air strikes against northern ethnic rebels in the country's Kachin state. Fighting bet...
Hong Kong leader faces divide after mass rally
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong's beleaguered leader faces a huge task to bridge a widening political gap, analysts said Wednesday, after a mass rally pushing for his resignation and...
China academics urge reform, warn of violence
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
A group of Chinese intellectuals has called on the government to implement urgent political reforms and respect human rights or risk "violent revolution". In an...
From UFOs to 'tsunami bomb': N.Z. archive secrets revealed
Dec 30, 2012 (AFP)
A new book has revealed rare historical gems buried in New Zealand's national archives, including a bizarre WWII plan to create a "tsunami bomb" and military fi...
Japan's defeated ruling party picks new leader
Dec 25, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's defeated Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Tuesday picked as its new leader the industry minister during last year's Fukushima nuclear crisis, after su...
Lula faces probe in cash-for-votes scandal
Dec 20, 2012 (UPI)
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces investigation in a swirling corruption controversy that seems to be catching up with him after two ye...
Landslide bolsters Modi's chances of India premiership
Dec 20, 2012 (AFP)
Controversial Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi secured a landslide poll victory in the Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday, firming up his chances of running for...
India's Modi heads for landslide, bolsters PM prospects
Dec 20, 2012 (AFP)
Controversial Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi headed for a landslide election win in the Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday, firming up his chances of running ...
Zuma landslide predicted as ANC voting ends
Dec 18, 2012 (AFP)
The race to see who leads the ANC -- and likely South Africa -- until the end of the decade neared an end Tuesday, as party voting closed and the results were b...
Japan moves right as conservatives win big in polls
Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's conservative opposition swept to victory in national polls on Sunday, giving former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a second chance to push his hawkish securi...
Conservatives win Japan poll: broadcasters
Dec 16, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's conservative opposition swept to victory in polls Sunday, broadcasters said, in an apparent shift to the right as tensions rise with China and the econo...
US expects Romania to avoid 'replay' of political crisis
Dec 15, 2012 (AFP)
Washington expects strategic ally Romania to stick to its rule of law and IMF commitments in order to avoid a "replay" of the political crisis last summer, the ...
Jaded Japanese voters set to return to LDP
Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)
Japan holds elections Sunday that are likely to bring it a seventh prime minister in six years. And despite anger at the country's economic and diplomatic drift...
Egypt army calls for Morsi, opposition to solve crisis
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's powerful army called on Tuesday for President Mohamed Morsi and opposition political parties to meet to resolve the dire crisis splitting the country. G...
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