A senior policeman has said young children were involved in rioting in north Belfast on Monday which he said was orchestrated by criminals Assistant Chief Constable Alistair Finlay said his officers faced an "extraordinarily dangerous situation". Twenty-one police officers were injured in ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama put fresh pressure on Israel on Wednesday to curb its settlement projects, saying continued building could lead to a dangerous situation with embittered Palestinians.
"I think that additional settlement building does not contribute to ...Read More
BEIJING -- China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The men are the first to be put to death for ...Read More
BEIJING — Nine people have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that convulsed a western regional capital in July and left nearly 200 people dead, a state news agency reported Monday. The report by the China News Service did ...Read More
BEIJING (AP) — Nine men have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, Chinese state media reported Monday. The worst ethnic unrest in ...Read More
BEIJING -Nine men have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, Chinese state media reported Monday. The worst ethnic unrest in decades began ...Read More
BEIJING - Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known executions for the violence, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday. Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, who ...Read More
MONTAUK, N.Y.—A New York Coast Guard officer has been relieved of command after dramatic photos surfaced on the Internet of two rescue boats training in heavy surf generated by Hurricane Bill off the eastern end of Long Island.
A Coast Guard ...Read More
MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) - A New York Coast Guard officer has been relieved of command after dramatic photos surfaced on the Internet of two rescue boats training in heavy surf generated by Hurricane Bill off the eastern end of Long ...Read More
Irish aid worker Sharon Commins, who returned home today after being held for four months in Darfur, said she constantly feared she was going to be killed as her captors staged a series of mock executions.
Commins, 33, who was kidnapped ...Read More
HAMID KARZAI, the Afghan president, has threatened to ignore the findings of an investigation into widespread fraud that made it appear he had won an election victory over his rival in August. The country’s Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) had been due ...Read More
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Six more people were sentenced to death for their roles in July riots that killed about 200 people in western China, state media reported on Thursday.
Three others received life sentences from the intermediate court in the ...Read More
Tibet received a record 4.75 million tourists in the first nine months of this year, state media reported Wednesday, marking a rebound from ethnic rioting and security clampdowns last year that shut the Himalayan region to travelers. Tourism revenue reached almost ...Read More
A Chinese court has handed down the death penalty to six men involved in the deadly ethnic riots that convulsed the far western region of Xinjiang in July.
The convicts – all of whom have names suggesting they are from the ...Read More
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Six people were sentenced to death for murder and other crimes in riots that killed about 200 people in western China, state media reported Monday. A seventh person was sentenced to life in prison, the Xinhua news ...Read More
BEIJING -- Six people were sentenced to death Monday for murder and other crimes committed during riots that killed nearly 200 people in a far western Chinese region of Xinjiang in July. The cases were the first to stem directly from ...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court in the restive far western region of Xinjiang on Monday sentenced six people to death for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic rioting in July in which almost 200 people were killed. It was ...Read More
BEIJING—A Chinese court sentenced a man to death Saturday for his role in a toy factory brawl that sparked riots in western Xinjiang region that left almost 200 dead in China's worst ethnic violence in decades. Another man was given life ...Read More
* Erekat says Israel 'lighting matches' in Jerusalem * U.S. envoy Mitchell to return this week JERUSALEM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A senior Palestinian official on Tuesday accused Israel of deliberately creating "an extremely dangerous situation" in East Jerusalem, to trigger violence, ...Read More
Diplomats see three possible outcomes of the bizarre political crisis in Honduras, a country with two leaders -- one in control, the other powerless but recognized by the world community -- since ousted President Manuel Zelaya's brazen return earlier this ...Read More
The police have denied they overreacted to the violence Dozens of Ugandans arrested during last week's riots over the controversial visit of a traditional king have appeared in court. They were charged with various offences and were reportedly refused bail. More than ...Read More
