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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu confirmed the two executions when asked about them by reporters, but he refused to give details. The International Campaign for Tibet said its information came from the British Foreign Office, which was notified by the Chinese Embassy in London.(See photos of the new Tibet...
...British Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis condemned the executions in a statement Friday...
...Kenya won independence from Britain in 1963 - as well as Africa's most fabled animals: lions, leopards and elephants. This, and the fact that there's no malaria, makes Laikipia a popular destination for tourists looking to get off the beaten track. Yet the emptiness also appeals to the British army, which has been training in the region for decades. (See pictures of the crisis in Kenya after the 2008 election...
...Locals face a tough question at a time when the global recession and the collapse of the cattle-ranching market have hit residents hard: How can they continue their decadelong push to market the area as a wildlife destination while also accommodating the needs of the British army? Residents are trying to balance both demands. "The current level of training is high. It's never been this high," says Anthony King, executive director of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum, a conservation group. "Clearly, army training and other land uses [like wildlife tourism] may not always be compatible. There are definitely people...
...army's presence in Kenya hasn't been without complications, though. In 2002 the British government paid about $7 million in compensation to 233 people who had been injured or had relatives killed by stray ordnance in the region. British soldiers were accused of raping some 2,000 local women over the decades, but in 2006 a military investigation concluded that there was not enough evidence to bring the claims to court...