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Police, rioters clash in China over land: reportsBeijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2010 Villagers tossed petrol bombs in a clash with police in southern China that left up to 10 injured, the latest in a rash of violent incidents linked to land disputes, state press reports said Thursday. Up to 40 rioters in Guangdong province, fearing eviction, clashed Tuesday with more than 100 police officers who responded with non-lethal "riot guns" and tear gas, said the Qingyuan Daily, a Guangdong newspaper. It said police had arrived in the township to arrest a local man surnamed Huang suspected of storing petrol to make bombs. ... read more |
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US arms to Somalia could be used in abuses: AmnestyLondon (AFP) Jan 21, 2010 The United States is sending shipments of arms to war-ravaged Somalia which could be used to commit "gross and widespread abuses," Amnesty International warned Thursday. In a report on the unstable Horn of Africa nation, the London-based rights group detailed shipments of weapons from the US to the internationally backed Somali transitional government. These deliveries -- which inclu ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2010At least 80 hospital patients in central China were infected with HIV through contaminated blood, according to a state media report that highlighted the continuing impact of a 1990s blood-selling scandal. The patients at the No. 2 Hospital in Hubei province's Daye city were infected after receiving transfusions of blood sold by several local residents who were later found to have HIV, the Wu ... more  
Washington (AFP) Jan 21, 2010The United States will enforce its own laws and repatriate any Haitians who illegally enter US territory while fleeing quake-hit Haiti, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. "Ordinary and regular immigration laws will apply going forward, which means we are not going to be accepting into the US Haitians who are attempting to make it to our shores," Clinton told reporters. ... more
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 21, 2010Haitian officials launched a huge operation Thursday to move hundreds of thousands of homeless outside their ruined capital, as medics worked feverishly to treat the countless injured. "It is difficult to work as before, but we're on course to regain control," President Rene Preval told reporters, countering charges that the government has been largely absent since the January 12 quake. ... more |
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