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Chinese paramilitary police officers march into the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, while preparations for the Olympic opening ceremony rehearsal takes place inside the venue, in Beijing Wednesday, July 30, 2008. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies and athletics competition for the games, which open on Aug

Islamist group threatens attacks at China Olympics
The Star

DUBAI (Reuters) - A little known Islamist group has threatened attacks against the Olympic Games in China and urged Muslims to keep away from any activities linked to its events, a U.S. based terrorism monitoring firm said on Thursday. "The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)...

photo: AP / Oded Balilty

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Philip Bowring: A hobbled election in Hong Kong
International Herald Tribune

: This territory is in the throes of an election campaign for its law-making Legislative...

Violence runs through this 'stable' India, built on poverty and injustice
The Guardian

The country the west loves to call a peaceful, capitalist success has a terrorism death toll...

Flying high again with Hizbullah
Daily Star Lebanon

By Michael Young Daily Star staff Thursday, August 07, 2008...

Olympics cleanup hides real Beijing

A cook at a Beijing streetside restaurant stretches dough to make "pulled noodles" for hot soup in the early morning hours of Friday, Dec 20, 1996. Steam rises off from pots of boiling water used for noodles, dumplings and steamed bre

Inquirer

BEIJINGIt all began when my colleague Steve's favorite noodle lady was forced to close down. Soon after, the ice pop lady was gone, followed by the scary fruit guy. Then, a few weeks ago, the shabby apartment complex across the street from mine was...
photo: AP / Lois Raimondo

Tropical downpours worsening, say scientists

An Indonesian man carries his daughter as he wades through a flood area in North Jakarta (js1)

The Star

OSLO (Reuters) - Tropical downpours are becoming more frequent and the trend seems worse than expected, bringing greater risks of flash floods, scientists said on Thursday. "As the tropics warm are seeing an increased frequency in the heaviest...
photo: AP / Irwin Fedriansyah

Demonstrators defy Chavez

Leopoldo Lopez, center, mayor of Chacao district, leads a protest against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. Hundreds of Venezuelans protested against a Supreme Court ruling barring a list of mostly opposition candidates from running in state and local elections in Novemb

NZ Herald

Hundreds of Venezuelans, including Leopoldo Lopez (centre), Mayor of Chacao district, protest against a blacklist of opposition candidates. Photo / AP Riot police used tear gas yesterday to block hundreds of Venezuelans protesting at the latest moves...
photo: AP / Fernando Llano

OK to be gay if you're faithful, wrote Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams

Adam Nilsen, left, and Chad Norris compare wedding bands at a jewelry shop in San Francisco, Saturday, June 7, 2

The Australian

THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, believes gay sexual relationships can "reflect the love of God" in a way that is comparable to marriage. Gay partnerships pose the same ethical questions as those between men and women, and the key issue...
photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez

BA chiefs charged over price-fixing

British Airways plane tail fins are reflected in windows of London Heathrow Airport Terminal five, as flights continue to be delayed and some cancelled due to extra security measures after a foiled alleged terror plot to blow-up airplanes in mid-air, Sun

London Evening Standard

07.08.08 Four past and present British Airways executives have been charged with "cartel offences" by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) concerning the fixing of fuel surcharge prices on long-haul flights. The OFT said the four,...
photo: AP Photo/Sang Tan

HIV-positive parents kill children before suicide -- report

A boy holds a banner as he walks in an anti-AIDS rally observing World AIDS Day in Calcutta, India, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. Indian health authorities are trying to curb the spread of HIV in India, where nearly 5.2 million people are infected, giving it the world's highest number of HIV and AIDS cases, said India's Health Minister Anbumani Ram

Inquirer

MUMBAI -- A couple living with HIV for two years killed their three children and then committed suicide after their daughter was also diagnosed with the virus that causes...
photo: AP / Bikas Das

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