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...General Secretary, a leader fondly remembered by many Chinese. Peasants in Sichuan used to say, "Yao chi liang, Zhao Ziyang," a rhyming pun that means, roughly, "If you want to eat, look for Zhao." After trying to prevent the brutal Tiananmen crackdown, he was purged and placed under house arrest, where he remained for the rest of his life...
...Officers were sent to 14 Story St. on a report of an unwanted guest in a bathroom. Officer located the person and determined the man had been given two prior trespass warnings. Eugene Bermudez, 39, was arrested and allegedly attempted to escape HUPD while being booked, assaulting a police officer in the process. Bermudez is charged with trespassing, assault and battery of a police officer, falsifying information to an officer, and resisting arrest...
...years ago for a sentencing hearing. A jury had found Booker, 51, guilty of possessing 3 oz. of crack cocaine, with the intention to distribute, which meant he was facing at least 10 years in prison. But when prosecutors informed the judge that Booker had told cops after his arrest that he had previously sold more than a pound of crack, his situation quickly went from bad to worse. Because of that evidence, which was never presented to the jury, the judge had little choice but to sentence Booker to no less than 30 years in federal prison...
...Vietnamese are getting the chance to reacquaint themselves with Nhat Hanh. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, the victorious communists folded all Buddhist sects into one state-controlled church, and monks who wouldn't submit were placed under pagoda arrest. Nhat Hanh's writings were seized by the authorities, and the monk was unable to get a visa to return to his homeland for nearly 30 years. After more than a year of negotiations, Hanoi allowed him and 200 followers to come back for four months of touring and teaching. (The government also allowed four of his books...
...that the United States last year placed Vietnam on its list of countries of particular concern for freedom of religion, along with Iran and North Korea. Leaders of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, which Nhat Hanh left to form his own Zen sect, have been under house arrest for most of the last 20 years. In November, authorities sentenced a Mennonite pastor to three years in prison. Evangelical Christians in the Central Highlands have seen church leaders arrested and at least one church burned down, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch, which released a report last week...