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...Thai government began forcibly repatriating more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong to their native Laos on Dec. 28, despite expressions of concern from the U.N. and foreign governments and pleas from the refugees, who say they face persecution at home. The Hmong fought on the side of the U.S. in the conflicts that ravaged Southeast Asia in the 1970s, and a handful of rebels are still waging an insurgency against Laos' communist government. Although 158 deportees are legitimate refugees, as declared by the U.N., Bangkok refused to continue providing them asylum. Some 300,000 Hmong have fled to Thailand since...
...concern about a fitful and still highly vulnerable nuclear program, a far greater prize is in sight: the Iranian people and their manifest aspirations for a freer society and an accountable government. The question is whether a Western policy of pressure, threats and further isolation aimed at forcing a nuclear deal with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will risk [the] promise of real change...
...late December, President Obama summoned the heads of the nation's largest banks to the White House to urge them to make more loans to small and medium-size businesses. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke too has mentioned in recent speeches the continued credit crunch as an economic concern. (See how Americans are spending...
...Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Yen says Ma probably was counting on progress in U.S. trade to balance fears over Taiwan's increasingly close economic ties with China. Taiwan and China are set to talk about a key trade agreement early this year, which has caused concern among the opposition, which advocates a more distanced relationship with its neighbor...
...character and contesting any allegations of wrongdoing." But that hasn't stopped his opponents from pondering whether he'll continue to have a political future. Reg Empey, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, has called for an investigation into the claims, describing the revelations as being of "deep concern to all those concerned with the integrity of political life and the democratic process." (Read "Belfast's Paisley Loses His Flock...