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Chinese Olympic Torch Thugs |
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Written by Spiegel Online
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
| Amid all the protests surrounding the Olympic torch relay, many people are asking who the sinister troop of Chinese torch guards in their blue track suits really are -- and why they were allowed on the streets of London and Paris. |
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Iranian world Heritage Site |
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Written by News Networks Service
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
The mausoleum of Oljeitu Khodabandeh, known as the Soltanieh Dome is a unique 700-year-old brick structure located near Iran's western province of Zanjan.
The Ilkhanid structure, built by Sultan Mohammad Oljeitu between 1302 and 1312 BCE, is an outstanding example of Persian and Islamic architecture. |
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Flipping the Coin on China |
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Written by Hindustan Times
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
| So, Bhaichung Bhutia won’t carry the Olympic torch to protest China’s ‘repression’ of Tibet. Aamir Khan will carry the torch but he’ll think deeply about the repressed Tibetans as he runs. And the government of India will restrict the route for the Delhi leg of the torch’s progress so that a marathon journey is turned into a 100-metre dash. |
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Murder, Torture, and Rape |
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Written by News Networks Service
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
| The rebel Sabaot Land Defence Force and the Kenyan military are responsible for horrific abuses, including killings, torture and rape of civilians, in a little-known armed conflict in the Mt. Elgon area of western Kenya, Human Rights Watch said today in a joint statement with two Kenyan human rights organizations, Mwatikho and Western Kenya-Human Rights Watch. |
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Written by News Networks Service
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
| This week, a Beijing court sentenced human rights activist Hu Jia to 3 1/2 years in prison for subverting state authority and to one additional year's loss of his "political rights." He was arrested in part for co-authoring, with Teng Biao, an open letter on human rights. Below, The Post printsHuman Rights Watch's translation of the Sept. 10, 2007, letter. |
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Written by Matthew Continetti
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
Matthew Continetti
In July 2001, when the International Olympics Committee (IOC) awarded the 2008 summer games to Beijing, the international community began a thought-experiment. Wouldn't holding the games in China give the world's democracies "leverage" over that country's Communist dictatorship? Wouldn't the increased media attention and "scrutiny" force Beijing to relax its security apparatus and increase civil liberties? Wouldn't the Olympics be just another elevation in China's "peaceful rise" to "responsible stakeholder," great-power status?
Seven years later, we have our answer. It is a resounding "No." Over the last couple of weeks, riots have broken out in Tibet and surrounding areas and been suppressed by brute force. The State Department's annual report on human rights details an uptick in China's already dismal practices. A prominent Chinese dissident has been put on trial in Beijing on charges of subverting state power. The hypothesis that hosting the Olympics would mellow Beijing's ruthlessness has been proved false. The experiment has failed. |
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