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- Oil prices edge higher as BTC pipeline reopens
- NEW YORK AFP — Oil prices edged higher Monday in choppy, thin trade as the major Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline resumed operations after repairs from a fire and fresh unrest in Nigeria's oil-rich south. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October, rose 52 cents to close at 115.11 dollars...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Mongolia prepares to lift state of emergency
- ULAN BATOR AFP — Mongolia was Saturday expected to lift a state of emergency implemented after unprecedented deadly election riots engulfed the capital of Ulan Bator, but residents feared renewed violence. Five people died in Tuesday's riots over alleged rigged parliamentary elections, and residents of the city expressed concern...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- Ex-communists won 'fair' Mongolia poll: election watchdog
- ULAN BATOR AFP — Mongolia's former communist party won a landslide victory in national polls, the country's electoral watchdog said Thursday as it dismissed vote-rigging claims that triggered deadly riots. However, the announcement that the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party won Sunday's election drew renewed charges from the losing Democrats...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Soldiers removed from Mongolian capital: minister
- ULAN BATOR AFP — Soldiers have been taken off the streets of Mongolia's capital following riots that left five people dead, with little threat of further unrest anytime soon, the justice minister said on Thursday. "The situation has stabilised and there is no immediate danger of violence so armed...
- Research articles 2008-07-02
- Mongolia clamps down after five killed in unrest
- ULAN BATOR AFP — Armed soldiers patrolled the tense streets of Mongolia's capital Wednesday amid a state of emergency that was imposed after protests over alleged vote-rigging left five people dead. The government vowed it would prevent further unrest after Tuesday's upheaval, when around 8,000 people stormed through the...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Olympic torch relay passes through Tibetan capital
- LHASA, China AFP — Hand-picked spectators cheered runners as the Olympic torch relay passed through Tibet's capital Lhasa on Saturday, just three months after deadly riots against China's rule here. Paramilitary police watched the event closely from the ground and surrounding buildings, an AFP photographer witnessed, while the area...
- Research articles 2008-06-21
- Olympic torch relay in Tibet amid tight security
- LHASA, China AFP — The latest leg of the Olympic torch relay was held in the Tibetan capital Saturday, amid tight security after deadly riots against Chinese rule three months ago, as rights groups condemned the event. Hand-picked spectators cheered runners as they carried the torch through Lhasa for...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Egypt urged to integrate Muslim Brothers into politics
- CAIRO, June 18, 2008 AFP — Egypt should normalise the banned Muslim Brotherhood's role in political life, the International Crisis Group think-tank said on Wednesday, a move that would also benefit secular parties. Rising social unrest because of high inflation combined with the prospect of 80-year-old President Hosni Mubarak...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- US, Europe to hail China talks with Dalai Lama
- LJUBLJANA AFP — The United States and the European Union will call on China Tuesday to have "results-orientated" talks on Tibet with the Dalai Lama's representatives, according to a draft joint declaration obtained Monday. "We welcome China's recent decision to hold talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives. We encourage...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Red Cross cares for 25,000 after South African unrest
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — The Red Cross in South Africa said Saturday it was caring for 25,000 displaced people following nearly two weeks of anti-immigrant violence amid emerging evidence of a humanitarian crisis. The new figures came as the army said it had shot dead a man in a Johannesburg...
- Research articles 2008-05-24
- S.African army kills man during anti-immigrant unrest
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — South African troops have killed a man in a Johannesburg township during operations to quell anti-immigrant violence, the army said Saturday, as they deployed on the streets for the first time since apartheid. "We unfortunately had an incident where a member of the public was shot...
- Research articles 2008-05-24
- British PM pledges support for Tibet-China process
- LONDON AFP — Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Britain's support Friday for rapprochement between Tibet and Beijing, as the Dalai Lama warned violence could resume if talks between the parties failed. Brown's office said he held "warm and constructive" discussions with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader in a 30-minute...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- Lebanon army ready to use force to halt fighting
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese troops were ready to use force on Tuesday to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles that have plunged the nation into fear and chaos. US President George W. Bush, on the eve of a trip to the...
- Research articles 2008-05-13
- Lebanon tense after Hezbollah power grab
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon was steeped in tension on Saturday after Hezbollah seized control of west Beirut in what the ruling Western-backed coalition branded an armed coup orchestrated with the help of Iran and Syria. At least 18 people were killed in the fighting that pitted Sunni supporters of...
- Research articles 2008-05-09
- China lays out ground rules for Tibet talks
- BEIJING AFP — China on Tuesday laid out ground rules for further talks with the Dalai Lama, saying he must first stop pushing for Tibetan independence and provoking deadly unrest in his Himalayan homeland. The Chinese government has made similar demands many times and appeared to throw up a...
- Research articles 2008-05-05
- Japan warns rising food prices could lead to unrest in Asia
- MADRID AFP — Soaring prices for food staples, especially for rice which have tripled over the past year, could lead to social unrest in Asia, Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga warned Sunday in Spain. "The recent hike in the price of rice will hit Asian countries particularly hard. The...
- Research articles 2008-05-04
- China, Dalai Lama envoys agree to keep talking: state media
- SHENZHEN, China AFP — China and the Dalai Lama's envoys agreed to keep the door open on dialogue after holding talks here Sunday, state media said, although no breakthrough in ending the Tibet crisis was reported. The closed-door meeting was the first between the two sides in over a...
- Research articles 2008-05-04
- Asia fears rising poverty, social unrest from soaring food prices
- MADRID AFP — Soaring food prices could push millions of people in Asia back into poverty and lead to social unrest, regional leaders warned Sunday at the Asian Development Bank's annual meeting in Spain. "The recent hike in the price of rice will hit Asian countries particularly hard. The...
- Research articles 2008-05-04
- Dalai Lama envoys prepare for China talks
- NEW DELHI AFP — Two Dalai Lama envoys will hold talks with Chinese officials Sunday in southern China, a spokesman for the exiled Tibetan leader said, even as Beijing kept up its barrage of criticism against him. The talks, taking place seven weeks after protests in Lhasa turned deadly...
- Research articles 2008-05-03
- Tibetan envoys head for 'informal' talks in China
- DHARAMSHALA, India AFP — Two Tibetan envoys will arrive in China on Saturday to start "informal" talks with the country's leadership after bloody riots in Lhasa, a spokesman for the Tibetan government in exile said. The meetings will be the first reported face-to-face contact between the two sides since...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
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