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The future of Swiss banking secrecy, long a bone of contention among Switzerland, the U.S. and the European Union, also looks to come through this scandal unscathed. In a recent SBA poll, 91% of respondents favored the protection of their privacy in financial matters. "It's an expression of mutual...
The gunshots echoed around the streets of this sweltering Central American capital like firecrackers. Amid the onslaught of bullets on Sunday afternoon, hundreds of protesters ran for their lives, taking cover behind cinder-block walls or running into the homes of kindly residents. Five, 10, 15 minutes passed, and the...
Soldiers firing automatic rifles at the crowd of protesters, killing at least one person, was the bloody peak of a day that mixed the tragic with the surreal as ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya tried to make a glorious return to his homeland. Exactly a week after being flown out...
The automatic-rifle shots came before tear gas was used. Thousands scattered and ran; a few foolhardy protesters threw rocks back. A Pop Eye Chicken and Seafood restaurant had all its windows blown out, its customers sprinting away so fast that one woman left a shoe amid the shattered glass...
Urumqi is home to a number of universities, and students were reportedly well represented among the protesters. According to Alim of WUC, after the street protests had been stopped, Chinese security forces "stormed into Xinjiang University and several other universities, entering the dormitories and arresting students." He said many students...