Report: Skype service in China recording, censoring messages

"TOM-Skype, eBay's joint venture in China, is recording customer text chats and censoring them if they contain certain keywords related to topics the government deems objectionable, according to a report released on...

China to punish Tibetan kids for studying in India

The Chinese government has continued its repressive regime against Tibetans. India and Nepal are the two countries where maximum Tibetans have taken exile. After the communist government took over in Nepal, it has been reiterating one China policy and virtually...

South Korea says Kim Jong is on the road to recovery

" North Korea's Kim Jong Il is on the road to recovery from a stroke and still in control of his isolated country's communist regime, South Korea suggested Wednesday, disputing reports that the leader is gravely ill.President Lee Myung-bak convened a meeting of top security...

The Audacity Of Liberal Defeatist Attitudes :: MAXINE

" By March or April 2008, the 6000 gold, silver and bronze medals for Beijing 2008 were ready. China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation in Shanghai, China, was the maker of the medals. /// The raw materials...

Mao's successor Hua Guofeng dies

" Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao Zedong in 1976 Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong as chairman of China's Communist Party, has died, state media is...

Top Nepali parties fight for PM post

Many months after elections results in Nepal, Political crisis is still continuing and no solution seems to be visible in sight. Although Nepal has been able to elect its first President and Vice President after...

Cuba marks revolution anniversary

UPDATE: 9:45PM EST - After the speechRaul Castro has warned residents to be prepared of the consequences of the global economic food crisis. He did not announce any new economic polices as he was expected to do. PREVIOUSLYCuban President Raul Castro will be addressing the...

Beijing paper in hot water for 1989 crackdown photo -report

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre  still haunts Chinese authorities. The incident in which Several hundred civilians were shot dead by the Chinese army...

Hijacker returns to Croatia after serving 30 years in USA

 A Croatian terrorist has been granted parole and will be deported to his homeland after serving 30 years of a life prison term for hijacking a plane and planting a bomb that killed a policeman. " Zvonko Busic, 62, came back to a warm welcome from several hundred...

Could Josef Stalin be made a saint?

This is a strange story.The Communist party in St. Petersburg, Russia, has approached the Orthodox Church to make Josef Stalin a saint if he wins this television poll to nominate him as the greatest Russian in...

Private Cuban farmers given use of government land

Private farmers in Cuba can now use up to 40 hectares of 'idle government' land.This was published in the Communist Party newspaper Granma yesterday, but it did not say how many Cubans may apply for this new...

Russia Threatens Military Action Against U.S. Over Defense Shield

"Russia has always felt vulnerable by missile defense. Reagan bugged them out with the "Star Wars" maneuver. They never recovered. Now they want to remind the world that they are relevant. TO: Russia tonight...

China warns Dalai Lama not to disrupt Beijing Olympics

Even after rounds of peace talks with Tibetan representatives China had warned Dalai Lama and exhorted him to keep away from Olympic games."After latest fence-mending talks on Tibet issue that failed to make any...

Indonesian envoy optimistic conflict in Mongolia to be resolved soon

"Indonesian Ambassador to China and Mongolia Sudrajat expressed optimism the political conflict currently happening in Mongolia will be resolved by the Mongolian government and stressed the problem was Mongolia`s...

Historical Amnesia: The Guantanamo "Training Chart"

Interrogation methods used by the United States on prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have increasingly become the center of world attention and criticism. In several documents disclosed at a Senate Armed...

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