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Jan 15 2009 8:54AM
FW: A tidal wave of discontent threatens China

Wei Jingsheng's article: "A tidal wave of discontent threatens China"

Jan 14 2009 1:03PM
China: more arrests, more censorship, less freedom

After the excitement of the Olympics, and the supposed loosening of restrictions on protest and free speech that came with them, it’s business as usual in China. There have been reports of new crackdowns on the Internet , justified by...

Jan 14 2009 10:07AM
Barack Obama, Mumia Abu-Jamal and the death penalty

If you missed 'In Prison My Whole Life' at the Belfast Film Festival last April, there's another chance to see it tonight and tomorrow at Belfast's Queen's Film Theatre . It's a powerful, fast-moving film documentary, dealing with the...

Jan 13 2009 11:53AM
Tale of Thai torture ignored by UK press. Gather...

With Kate Winslet , Prince Harry and admittedly Israel dominating the news pages, it’s been really difficult for other stories to get a look in. That’s very much the case with Thailand – and even when stories from the Asian state have...

Jan 13 2009 12:36AM
Gerry Kelly, Jonathan Powell and the MILF

You read it here first. Sort of… Back in August I speculated that deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness could soon find himself in the Philippines aiding the search for peace in the Mindanao region of the country between the...