Chinese authorities gave into the demands of protesting villagers and agreed Wednesday to release three detained villagers in a deal that ends a tense standoff and violent protests over land rights, the protesters said.
An Iranian-American man held on spying charges in Iran must be tried there, the spokesman for a key parliamentary committee said Wednesday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Egyptian doctors running makeshift hospitals close to Cairo's Tahrir Square say have been surrounded by armed forces, threatened and had drugs seized and burned during recent clashes.
Egyptian doctors running makeshift hospitals close to Cairo's Tahrir Square say have been surrounded by armed forces, threatened and had drugs seized and burned during recent clashes.
The Hong Kong government said Wednesday that more than 17,000 chickens were being culled at a poultry market after a chicken carcass tested positive for avian flu.
The death toll in the Philippines from a tropical storm that struck the south of the country over the weekend has risen above 1,000, a government official said Wednesday.
The Japanese authorities on Wednesday raided offices of Olympus, the camera and medical instruments maker that is embroiled in a vast accounting scandal, the company said.
The family of an Iranian-American man held in Iran on spying charges says he was there to visit relatives and called the purported confession aired by Tehran "forced."
Michael Green says North Korean regime's power relies on fear, brutality to extract loyalty from its 23 million citizens. The West must step up pressure for human rights.
Michael Green says North Korean regime's power relies on fear, brutality to extract loyalty from its 23 million citizens. The West must step up pressure for human rights.
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