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China urged to improve human
rights record after Beijing Games
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LONDON: The world needs to maintain pressure on China for human
rights reform after the Beijing Olympics, the head of Amnesty
International told Agence France-Presse Wednesday after the group
published its annual report.
Irene Khan said China’s growing weight as a
world power means it can no longer ignore human rights both at home
and abroad after Western criticism of its involvement in hotspots
like Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar and North Korea.
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China’s Hu calls for peace with Taiwan
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BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao called for peaceful relations
with Taiwan as he met the head of the island’s ruling party here
Wednesday in the highest-level contact since the two sides split in
1949.
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Obama admits false World War II claim
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WASHINGTON: Barack Obama’s camp on Tuesday admitted the Democratic
hopeful made a mistake after a campaign flap blew up over his claim
that an uncle helped liberate the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
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US troops in Iraq ‘helping’
al-Qaeda
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WASHINGTON: Maintaining US combat troops in Iraq “helps al-Qaeda”
and Washington should pull them from the ravaged country if it wants
to see progress in the war on terror, former US anti-terror czar
Richard Clarke said Tuesday.
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PHOENIX, Arizona: Republican White House hopeful John McCain enlisted the help of President George W. Bush on Tuesday to raise campaign
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