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China: Politburo member and Beijing Olympic Chief Linked to Torture

" Liu [Qi] was promoted in 2002 to Beijing Communist Party secretary and given a seat on the country’s 25-member Politburo, China’s top decision-making body. Last May, Liu made Time magazine’s “Time 100,” a list of "100 men and women whose power, talent or moral...

created by peter.reardon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Zanu-PF to discuss Mugabe future

"The leadership of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is due to meet to discuss strategy and the likely results of the presidential election. Reports say the 49-member Politburo is split on whether...

created by greg1usa | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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53 die as a result of China snowstorms

"Central China has been hit by one of its heaviest snow storms in 50 years. At least 53 people have died either directly or indirectly as a result of the weather. And so far more than 40m people in ten provinces are without electricity or tap water. At a factory in Wuhan,...

created by infomatique | 4 years ago
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China's sixth most powerful leader dies

Just wondering how the Bush administration will spin this...--------------------------------------"BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju, who rose through the ranks in Shanghai to become number six in the ruling Communist Party hierarchy, died early Saturday at the...