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China premier attacks Dalai Lama
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has accused the Dalai Lama of masterminding recent violence in Tibet’s main city, Lhasa. Speaking at the close of parliament, Mr Wen also said that the exiled Tibetan leader’s claim
Read More »VIDEO: Clinton vs Obama on Blackwater
Winter Soldier: Jeremy Scahill discusses why no presidential candidate plans on fully leaving Iraq Jeremy Scahill is the author of the bestselling Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. He is
Read More »McCain the Warmonger?
If you’ve followed Senator John McCain at all, you’ve heard about his tendency to, well, explode. He’s erupted at numerous Senate colleagues, including many Republicans, at the slightest provocation. “The thought of his being
Read More »Extent of secret Government IRA links revealed
The full extent of a secret 20-year “back channel” between the British government and the IRA is revealed today by Tony Blair’s former chief of staff, who declares that the peace process might never
Read More »Burrell ‘took bloodstained ring from Diana’s body’
Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell took a bloodstained engagement ring off her dead body and kept it, her inquest heard today. Michael Faux, who worked as Burrell’s bodyguard, said he had been “disgusted” after
Read More »America: Big Brother’s big week
Americans learned last week that, whatever the law says, they shouldn’t assume that their private communications are private. It was a big week for Big Brother, with but a single, small ray of hope
Read More »On Frontlines in Tibet, Protestors ‘Shot Like Dogs’
Unconfirmed Reports From Tibet of Dozens of Civilians Killed in Crackdown The Chinese military is shooting Tibetan demonstrators “like dogs,” a Tibetan exile group said Monday, firing “indiscriminately” intro groups of people protesting Chinese
Read More »Dalai Lama accuses China of cultural genocide
The Dalai Lama on Sunday accused China of unleashing a “cultural genocide” in Tibet and demanded an impartial international probe into the situation in violence-hit Lhasa. Addressing his first press conference here in the
Read More »‘Signs of torture’ you can’t imagine
Editor’s note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. Here, CNN’s Arwa Damon describes the hardships faced by Iraqi women.
Read More »Clinton Would Ban Private Military Contractors
Hillary Clinton, in a speech marking the five-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, said that if elected, she would pull armed private contractors from that country as well as U.S. troops.
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