Dissident handed over to China by Hong Kong goes on trial
Hong Kong - A former Tiananmen Square dissident who was handed over to mainland Chinese police by Hong Kong a year ago, has gone on trial Sichuan province, Hong Kong radio news said Thursday. Zhou Yongjun, 42, a student leader in the 1989 pro-democra...
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Lao lawmakers debate tobacco law
Vientiane, Laos - Lao legislators are preparing to pass the country's first cigarette-control bill, in keeping with anti-smoking campaigns worldwide, media reports said Thursday. Minister of Public Health Ponmek Dalaloy presented a draft law at the N...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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Dubai court receives first Facebook libel case
Dubai - A court of misdemeanours in Dubai is hearing a case involving the alleged abuse of the social networking site Facebook for unlawful acts, in what is believed to be the first such charge in the country, media reports said Wednesday. A Lebanese...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
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Former Nazi guard charged with 58 WWII murders
Berlin - Prosecutors in Germany have charged a 90-year-old man who had been a member of the Nazi guard unit, the SS, with the murder of 58 Jewish forced labourers at the end of the second world war. A special Nazi war-crimes prosecution unit said the...
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2009-11-17 ] Category : [
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Neo-Nazi radio DJs appear before Berlin court
Berlin - Five men and two women appeared before a Berlin court Monday, accused of running an internet radio station that propagated hatred against punks, Jews, foreigners and communists, justice officials said. The accused, ranging from 20 to 36 year...
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2009-11-16 ] Category : [
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Police investigate German judge over headscarf murder
Dresden, Germany - German police began six weeks ago with an inquiry against the German judge who was presiding in a courtroom when a racist man stabbed a pregnant Egyptian mother to death, officials said Saturday. They are studying whether to lay ch...
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2009-11-14 ] Category : [
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German high court tightens internet copyright law
Karlsruhe, Germany - Germany's high court issued a ruling Friday that tightens copyright restrictions on the internet, awarding damages against a company which runs a site that swaps food recipes. Under German internet law, owners of community websit...
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2009-11-13 ] Category : [
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Aung San Suu Kyi appeals against her 18-month sentence
Yangon - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed an appeal Friday with the country's highest court against her 18-month house arrest sentence. Her detention in her Yangon family home was extended by a special Insein prison court in August af...
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2009-11-13 ] Category : [
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