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...foreign correspondents in Beijing have received much worse, including death threats credible enough to prompt some of them to move offices. The explosion of rage was initially sparked by what many Chinese perceive as biased international coverage of the bloody riots in Tibet on March 14 and the continuing crackdown by Chinese security forces that followed. Then, as the Olympic-torch relay was greeted by pro-Tibet demonstrations in London, Paris and San Francisco, many Chinese felt their national honor had been besmirched. Recently, their ire has been focused specifically on France. Over the weekend of April...
...giving you my final warning," al-Sadr said in a written statement calling for a halt of attacks against his militia strongholds in Baghdad and southern Iraq. Al-Sadr's message urged the Iraqi government to end its crackdown and take the "road of peace." If not, al-Sadr said, "I will declare it open war until liberation...
...relatively optimistic about the summer travel season, there may be more groundings to come in the next couple of months. "I don't have a crystal ball, but we would make the assumption that the airlines have been looking very closely at their AD compliance" following the crackdown, says FAA spokeswoman Allison Duqette. "But there's no way for me to really predict what is going to happen." The two-phase review didn't start with the most challenging ADs, which means that the chance of more trouble for the airlines remains the same until the audit process concludes June...
...Chinese leaders. He thinks China will play a favorable role [in its relations with] Britain in the age of globalization. This opinion sets him apart from other European leaders." The Prime Minister dismisses reports that he entertained any thoughts of boycotting the Beijing Olympics in protest over China's crackdown in Tibet. He always intended, he says, to miss the opening celebrations but to attend the closing ceremonies, where the mantle of the Olympics will be passed on to London, which will host the summer games in 2012. Brown's instinct is for greater engagement with China...
...crackdown on the two groups once again proved that the "Chinese security force is fully prepared to safeguard the life and property of the people, as well as the coming Olympics," Wu Heping concluded at the ministry's press conference. But that promise alone would not do for an event under such international scrutiny. "This sounds like a typical PR line by the Ministry of Public Security," said Bequelin, "I think China doesn't need to reassure the international community with this. What they need to do is to be more precise, objective, and factual in disclosing and presenting criminal...