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...other issues such as property rights. Kelly argues that the Party could also cautiously allow the expansion of other rights that relate directly to people's daily lives, for example by changing the hukou household-registration system that makes second-class citizens out of economic migrants who can't obtain official residency rights in areas they move to for work. These so-called "citizenship rights" are not politically sensitive like democracy or human rights, Kelly says, "nor are they inherent like human rights. It's a negotiable area...
...rest of Franco's descendants have a month to file an appeal, but the government is confident that it will prevail by the end of the year. "As much for its uniqueness as for its cultural and symbolic significance, the pazo has all the characteristics necessary to obtain the maximum degree of protection," said the councilwoman in charge of cultural heritage, Anxela Bugallo. Once the compound is awarded protected status, the Francos will have to request government permission to make any changes to the property and will be forced to open the home to the public at least four days...
...high-value prisoner or prisoners were being held and interrogated on the island. The identity of the captive or captives was not made clear. According to this account, the CIA officer surprised attendees by volunteering the information, apparently to demonstrate that the agency was doing its best to obtain valuable intelligence. According to this single source, who requested anonymity because of the classified nature of the discussions, the U.S. may also have kept prisoners on ships within Diego Garcia's territorial waters, a contention the U.S. has long denied. The White House meetings were also attended by a variety...
...widespread criticism of Beijing for its failure to produce any proof that such plots exist and the often shifting and contradictory accounts given by security forces of alleged attempted attacks, there is little dispute that some sort of attack during the Games is possible. In 2002, under pressure to obtain China's support for an amendment on Iraq at the U.N., the U.S. State Department designated the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) as a terrorist group. Concrete information on such groups is hard to come by. The consensus is that a small group of separatists - probably fewer than 40, according...
...protest zones have not yet been spelled out, it seems likely that demonstrators will have to register. That makes it unlikely that rallies for sensitive causes like Tibetan autonomy or the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement will be approved. "In the scenario where there is still a need to obtain prior approval it's pretty clear that nobody will get a permit if they demonstrate for things that China considers criminal," says Bequelin...