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N. Korea sentences American tour operator to 15 years for 'hostile acts'
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2.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News |
A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for 'hostile acts' against the state, the North's media said Thursday -- a move that could trigger a visit by a high-profile American if history is any guide.
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NKorea sentences US man to 15 years' labor in possible bid for high-profile American visit
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2.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: World |
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NKorea sentences US man in possible bid for talks
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2.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: Nation |
| SEOUL, South Korea—A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state, the North's media said Thursday—a move that could trigger a visit by a high-profile American if history is any guide. |
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North Korea’s Sentencing of American Puts U.S. in a Bind
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2.5.2013 |
NY Times: Asia-Pacific |
| North Korea’s Sentencing of American Puts U.S. in a Bind |
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Obama's visit to Mexico: a chance to be a better neighbour | Stephen Kinzer
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2.5.2013 |
Guardian: Comment is Free |
| Rather than fund the disastrous war on drug cartels, US aid can atone for Mexico's human rights atrocities of the Calderón era
President Obama's visit to Mexico this week provides a wonderful chance to reverse American policies that have helped destabilize the vibrant country with which it shares a 2,000-mile border.
American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and India, Egypt and Israel, and European powers including Britain, France, and Germany. This is a grave geopolitical miscalculation. With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico.
Mexico is easy to take for granted. Its political system has long been based on deep hypocrisy. Mexican leaders often preach the doctrine of anti-imperialism, but this is largely for show. In fact, Mexico is a reliable partner for the "colossus of the north" .
One day, Mexico will ... |
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China Accused of Denying Care to Relative of Chen Guangcheng
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2.5.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Front Page |
| China Accused of Denying Care to Relative of Chen Guangcheng |
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UN groups censure US over Gitmo hunger strike
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2.5.2013 |
The Moderate Voice |
| Even as the Obama administration presses Russia and China to end human rights violations, it received a broadside from several United Nations human rights bodies about its treatment of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners currently on hunger strike. In an opinion published today, six UN groups said detaining people beyond a reasonable period of time even [...] |
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US urges medical treatment for Chinese detainee
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1.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| US urges medical treatment for Chinese detainee |
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In China, let a thousand blogs bloom
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30.4.2013 |
LA Times: Opinion |
Will suppression or free speech win the battle in China and beyond?
Will suppression or free speech win the battle in China and beyond? |
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Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes
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29.4.2013 |
New Scientist: Health |
| Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes |
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Dalai Lama to Speak at University of Sydney
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29.4.2013 |
International Herald Tribune Asia Pacific |
| Dalai Lama to Speak at University of Sydney |
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Op-Ed Contributor: Chen Guangcheng, Banished but Not Gone
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29.4.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Editorials |
| Op-Ed Contributor: Chen Guangcheng, Banished but Not Gone |
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Christian Caryl: Weren't Buddhists supposed to be pacifists?
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27.4.2013 |
Twincities.com: Opinion |
| WASHINGTON -- The man's body lies on a blanket striped in white and blue. He's wearing a dark brown tank top and a dark blue flowered sarong. Someone has tied his hands behind his back with rope. There are deep red gashes on his head and shoulders -- some of them presumably the wounds that ended his life. |
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Frenchman Will Return to China Prized Bronze Artifacts Looted in 19th Century
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27.4.2013 |
NY Times: Europe |
| Frenchman Will Return to China Prized Bronze Artifacts Looted in 19th Century |
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Drumbeat: April 26, 2013
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26.4.2013 |
The Oil Drum |
| ‘Peak Fossil Fuels’ Is Closer Than You Think: BNEF
Every time an iPhone is charged or an episode of "Mad Men" plays on a television, puffs of vaporized carbon join the atmosphere, products of power-plant combustion. And every year the world demands more. That era may be nearing an end, as the world approaches “peak fossil fuels,” a phrased used by Bloomberg New Energy Finance founder Michael Liebreich at the group’s annual conference.
The concept of “peak oil” -- that world oil production will plateau and decline -- was popularized by a Shell Oil geologist named M. King Hubbert, who predicted in 1956 that U.S. oil production would max out in the early 1970s and gradually decline. Globally, the peak oil hypothesis has been consistently undermined by new extraction techniques: deep-water drilling, tar-sands extraction and most recently the fracking boom. The world now has enough of these fuels to last hundreds of years.
Peak Oil will always be a controversial theory… always.
But it’s a ... |
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The dirty fossil fuel secret behind Burma's democratic fairytale | Nafeez Ahmed
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26.4.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| South-east Asian country's untapped natural wealth is being opened up, regardless of the environmental and human costs
New evidence has emerged that the systematic violence against ethnic Rohingya in Burma - " described as genocidal by some experts " - is being actively supported by state agencies. But the violence's links to the country's ambitions to rapidly expand fossil fuel production, at massive cost to local populations and to the environment, have been largely overlooked.
Over 125,000 ethnic Rohingya have been forcibly displaced since waves of violence swept across Burma's Arakan state last year, continuing until now, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch's (HRW) latest sobering report . The "ethnic cleansing" campaign against Arakan's Muslim minority, although instigated largely by Buddhist monks rallying local mobs, has been the product of "extensive state involvement and planning", according to HRW's UK director David Mepham .
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China, France vow to promote 'multipolar' world
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25.4.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| China, France vow to promote 'multipolar' world |
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Op-Ed Contributor: Will Hatred Kill the Dream of a Peaceful, Democratic Myanmar?
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25.4.2013 |
International Herald Tribune Asia Pacific |
| Op-Ed Contributor: Will Hatred Kill the Dream of a Peaceful, Democratic Myanmar? |
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3 Leadership Tips for a Particular Kind of Entrepreneur: the Successor
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25.4.2013 |
Inc |
| North Korea's Kim Jong-un may be a despot, but his succession problems probably look a lot like yours.
Kim Jong-un? I know how he feels. Really, I do.
The young ruler of North Korea has been getting a lot of bad press. Within the last few months, Jong-un has launched test missiles, re-positioned other missiles for a potential attack on his neighbors, threatened a nuclear war with the U.S., strained ties with his chief ally China, cozied up to Iran, announced he will restart a nuclear reactor to add to the country's arsenal, made sexist taunts at South Korea's leader, and talked about more imminent nuclear tests. His behavior continues to destabilize the Korean peninsula, add tensions among the world's superpowers, and, worst of all, I'm now seeing way too much of Dennis Rodman on TV.
And even though he's led North Korea since the death of his father in December 2011, no one really knows much about Kim Jong-un. His birth date is unsure. (Was it 1982? 1984?) His schooling is unknown. (Was it ... |
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Chinese Officials Order Questioning of Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives
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24.4.2013 |
International Herald Tribune Asia Pacific |
| Chinese Officials Order Questioning of Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives |
