At least 104 people have been killed in a crackdown by Libyan security forces on anti-regime protests raging in the east of the country, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday citing medics and witnesses. “Our researcher in Libya has confirmed at least 104 deaths,” HRW’s Tom Porteous told media. “It’s an incomplete picture because communications […]
In China, calls on the internet to stage its own Egypt-style revolution have led to activists being arrested and a tense stand-off in the middle of Beijing. Reports said as many as 15 high-profile Chinese activists and human rights lawyers have been rounded up by authorities. They are reportedly being held in custody without charges. […]
India today advised its nationals not to travel to Libya in view of the prevailing situation in that country. In a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, it said that New Delhi is watching the situation as 18,000 thousand Indian’s are living there. The embassy at Tripoli has set up a round the […]
Six thousand crore rupees are being earmarked to make cities slum-free across the country. The funds to be given under the Government’s Rajiv Awas Yojana, RAY, will be used for construction of over two lakh houses. According to officials in the Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation, the two room sets will be constructed at […]
South Korea’s foreign ministry on Monday unveiled declassified diplomatic documents on issues ranging from U.S. forces stationed here to fishing regulations between South Korea and Japan. Some 180,000 pages of the documents have been made public after 30 years, an attempt to “promote the public’s right to know and seek administrative transparency,” the ministry said […]
At least six people were killed in a U.S. drone strike launched early Monday morning in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of South Waziristan, the local TV channel Express reported. According to the report, the U.S. drones fired four missiles at an unidentified target in the Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan, a place bordering Afghanistan, […]
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday threw his weight behind his signature campaign aimed at making the country a fairer society. “Now is the time for us to redouble our efforts to create a fair society,” he said in his biweekly radio speech. “Building a fair society is an essential process in our march […]
U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton on Sunday called for restraint in Bahrain during a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, said a State Department statement. In discussing regional developments with her Saudi counterpart, Clinton underscored “the necessity of restraint” by the security forces in Bahrain, said the statement. Clinton said the United […]
Nearly 70,000 public workers and pro-labor activists rallied in and outside the Wisconsin Capitol Saturday to protest a Republican-sponsored bill aimed to strip the state employees of most of their collective bargaining rights. The Police Department of Madison said 60,000 people gathered outside the building with another 8,000 inside, and no arrests have been made […]
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam said in a televised address early Monday that Libya was in danger of civil wars if the clashes between the security forces and protestors escalate, according to Doha-based Al-Jazeera. He said that his father was in the country and backed by the army, saying that Gaddafi “was not […]
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