Despite significant increases in international troop strength in Afghanistan over the past year, the outgoing U.S. general in charge of NATO forces in the country says the alliance needs more resources in its fight against the Taliban.
This 73 minute long film is made by Japanese Television station NHK. It contains footage of the massive destruction, government rescue efforts, interviews with quake survivors, and expert analysis on its impact on Chinese society. The documentary is in Japanese,
In The Times, writer Ma Jian takes on Chinese writers who took on visible and outspoken roles in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 but now are living in comfort as part of the system they once decried:The idealistic writers
From Radio Free Asia:A prominent Chinese lawyer, known for his defense of political prisoners and those seeking to defend their rights against the state, says police grabbed him as he left his office and hustled him home to prevent him
BLOOD IS ON THE SQUARE" words and music by Philip Morgan A song was heard in Chinain the city of Beijing.In the spring of 1989you could hear the people sing.And it was the song of freedomthat was ringing in the
The Associated Press reports that police are blocking protest efforts of parents who are angered by the shoddy construction of their children's schools:Angry parents whose children were killed in an earthquake-stricken school shouted "Oh, my child!" and "Tell us something!"
From AP:Dozens of people remain imprisoned for taking part in the 1989 pro-democracy protests centered in Tiananmen Square, though releasing them would improve China's image ahead of the Beijing Olympics this summer, a human rights group said.New York-based Human Rights
Hunger for top international recognition of Sathya Sai Baba thwartedSathya Sai Baba ill-concealed hope of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was backed by Prime Minister Vajpayee's Indian Government! The chance of this was strongly hinted at by the Sai
On 1 June a ceremony took place in Horn theatre in Athens commemorating 90 anniversary of First Republic. Vahan Hovhannisyan, ARF member and NA deputy, was invited to make a speech, reported the press ...
The third operator of cell phone will start its activities after six month it is announced the winner, said Gurgen Sargsyan, the minister of Communication and Transport. According to the minister after ...
Yesterday the department of public relations of the National Assembly reported that on May 5 the National Assembly Committee of Human Rights and the Committee of European Integration held a joint meeting ...
Members of the Social-Democratic Hnchak Party (SDHP) Hambardzum Yeghiazarian and Garegin Sedrakian have joined the four hunger strikers of the Armenian Pan National Movement since 10:30 a.m. As Hambardzum Ye...
On May 31 took place the meeting of Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian with the CSTO Secretary General, Nikolay Bordyuzha. They discussed a number of issues connected with the ...
On June 20 the Center of Popular Movement will hold a rally in which the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan will also take part. On June 3 the representative of the Center of Popular Movement ...
World famous singer Sharl Aznavour arrived in Yerevan with his family. "I'm in very good spirits, I came to Armenia with my daughter, grandchildren and my grandchild's wife, who is from Armenia. I visit A...
Another action of hunger strike was launched yesterday, this time it was in front of the Armenian National Movement office. Sargis Tamazyan and Karen Karapetyan and director of "Hayk" n...
When, at the most heated moment of the electoral campaign, L. Ter-Petrosyan put into circulation the expression "Mongol-Tatars" with the purpose of compromising his political rivals, it seemed to some ...
Alarmed on the recent developments around the "Norashen" Armenian church in Tbilisi, Georgia, "Yerkir" Union has prepared an appeal addressed to the international community. On May 29, 2008 the letters ...
The opinion that L. Ter-Petrosyan will leave Armenia should his political programs fail has been expressed in our reality many times. Anyway, Ter-Petrosyan has started the second stage of family evacuation. I...
more images The RA Police are dismissing the claims against the opposition representatives. Today the Administrative Court of Armenia decided to dismiss the suit against Davit Shahnazarian, member o...
