24 May 2011

Voters Punish Zapatero: Spain's 'Lost Generation' Vows to Fight On

Voters Punish Zapatero: Spain's 'Lost Generation' Vows to Fight On

Mass demonstrations and a historic defeat for the ruling Socialists in regional and local elections this Sunday have put unprecedented pressure on Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He has refused to bring forward national elections, but members of the young protest movement vow they won't give up until they're heard ...

Chile exhumes remains of late president Allende

Chile exhumes remains of late president Allende

Chile on Monday exhumed the remains of former president Salvador Allende, hoping to finally determine whether he committed suicide or was murdered during a 1973 coup.

Officials hope that a forensic analysis of Allende's remains will resolve a decades-old controversy over his death in his presidential palace on September 11, 1973 in the midst of the coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power.

The official version was that Allende killed himself with an assault rifle -- a gift from Cuban leader Fidel Castro -- as the La Moneda presidential palace was being bombed by Air Force planes and besieged by tanks and soldiers ...

Pakistan wants Chinese to have naval base

Pakistan wants Chinese to have naval base

Pakistan has asked China to build a naval base at its port of Gwadar, and wants the Chinese navy to maintain a regular presence there, Britain’s Financial Times reported Monday.

“We have asked our Chinese brothers to please build a naval base at Gwadar,” Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar, Pakistan’s defence minister, told the Times, confirming that the request was conveyed to China during a visit last week by Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ...

13 December 2010

Sweden Probes 'Terrorist Attack' After Stockholm Blasts

Sweden Probes 'Terrorist Attack' After Stockholm Blasts

Swedish authorities say two blasts in central Stockholm are being investigated as a 'crime of terror.'

China : As Poverty and Privilege Clash, Social Tensions Rise

China: As Poverty and Privilege Clash, Social Tensions Rise

In late October, a speeding Volkswagen struck two students as they roller skated on the grounds of Hebei University, leaving them motionless in a pool of blood. Security guards intercepted the driver as he attempted to flee, but he refused to leave the car. "Sue me if you dare," he warned, "my father is Li Gang!"