December 21, 2011
Chinese Villagers Win Rare Compromise In Standoff Against Provincial Government
Southern Chinese officials have given into the demands of protesting villagers in southern China in a rare agreement to release several detained village leaders. Protest leaders in Wukan, in the southern Guangdong province, say a senior…
December 21, 2011
Activists Say Syrian Troops Kill More Than 100 Civilians
Syrian rights activists say government troops killed more than 100 civilians and dozens of army defectors Tuesday, in one of the deadliest days since an anti-government uprising began in March. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
December 21, 2011
Voting in Egypt Continues AfterViolence
Voters in nine Egyptian provinces have begun voting in runoff elections in the country's multi-stage parliamentary poll, which comes after days of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in the capital. The voting Wednesday is…
December 20, 2011
North Korea’s Sudden Power Shift Raises Uncertainty
The death of longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and promotion of his…
December 20, 2011
Clinton: North Korea Should Follow ‘Path of Peace’ Following Kim’s Death
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging North Korea's new leadership to choose what she calls the “path of peace” following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Clinton said late Monday that she hoped North Korea would be…
December 20, 2011
China backs Myanmar’s development path based on its own conditions
Visiting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo said Monday China always supports Myanmar to walk on a development path chosen in line with its own national conditions. During his talks with Myanmar President U Thein Sein, Dai said the Chinese…
December 20, 2011
Amnesty Says UN Failed to Prevent Exodus From Southern Sudan
An international rights group says United Nations peacekeepers failed to stop Sudanese troops from driving more than 100,000 people from their homes in the country's southern border region last May. Amnesty International says the U.N. troops took…
December 20, 2011
US asks Iran to free man who ‘confessed’ to CIA plot
The US has asked Iran to free "without delay" a US man of Iranian descent described by Tehran as a CIA spy. Amir Mirzai Hekmati confessed he had been sent to infiltrate Iranian intelligence services on state TV. A spokeswoman for the State…
December 20, 2011
Arrest Warrant Issued for Iraq’s Vice President on Terrorism Charges
The Shi'ite-led government in Iraq has issued an arrest warrant for the Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, a move that is seen as evidence of a deepening political crisis in the wake of the U.S. military withdrawal from that country. A…
December 19, 2011
North Korea’s Kim Jong Il Dead at 69
North Korean state television reports that Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il has died at…