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Burma Starts Mass Evictions From Cyclone Camps
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:04:00 PM
Burma's junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centres on Friday, apparently out of concern the 'tented villages' might become permanent.   Full Story
 

Bush Aims Sanctions Against Turkish PKK Rebel Group
Friday, May 30, 2008 6:53:00 AM
U.S. President Bush imposed sanctions on the PKK, aimed at denying the rebel group access to the U.S. financial system.   Full Story
 

India Says WTO Fisheries Text Deeply Flawed
Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:26:00 PM
India said a WTO draft text on rules governing fishing subsidies was "fundamentally flawed" and unacceptable.   Full Story
 

India Impounding Tibetan Food to Stop China March
Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:20:00 PM
NEW DELHI—A group of Tibetan exiles marching towards China said on Thursday that Indian police had impounded their food trucks and arrested their leaders to break up a protest walk that began almost t ...   Full Story
 

Nepal Raises National Flag in Palace
Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:20:00 PM
Nepali authorities raised the national flag at the palace of dethroned King Gyanendra after stone-throwing demonstrators clashed with police and tried to storm inside.   Full Story
 

Human Rights Torch Comes to Malaysia
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:25:00 PM
A global torch relay to highlight the Chinese regime's worsening human rights abuses prior to the Beijing Olympics was successfully held in Malaysia's capital on May 25, Sunday morning.   Full Story
 

Gas Leak in India's Tata Motors Town Makes 100 Sick
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:13:00 PM
At least 100 people were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after inhaling chlorine gas leaking from a water treatment plant in a township in eastern India, officials said.   Full Story
 

Burma Junta Tightens Security Around Aung San Suu Kyi
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:02:00 AM
YANGON—Burma's junta arrested 20 people trying to march to the home of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, the day her latest year-long stretch of house arrest is due to expire, a witne ...   Full Story
 

Seven Killed in Sri Lanka Train Bombing
Monday, May 26, 2008 9:30:00 PM
At least seven people were killed and more than 60 injured when a bomb exploded on a train during rush hour in the Sri Lankan capital on Monday, military officials said.   Full Story
 

G8 Environment Ministers: Halve Emissions by 2050
Monday, May 26, 2008 9:21:00 PM
KOBE, Japan—Environment ministers from the G8 rich nations on Monday urged their leaders to set a global target to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a small but vital step in the fight agains ...   Full Story
 

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