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Chinese police officers look up at a hill side where journalists gathered overlooking a building where British citizen Akmal Shaikh was executed near the Xishan detention center in western China's Urumqi province, 29 Dec 2009
China Executes British Citizen
Fifty-three-year-old Akmal Shaikh was arrested in China's Xinjiang region carrying about four kilograms of heroin in September 2007
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| Burma releases four Taiwan fishermen Dec 29, 2009 (AFP)– Burma has freed four Taiwanese fishermen held in detention for over a month for alleged illegal fishing, a Taipei official said Monday, after a fine was paid to secure their release. - more |
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| Thai-Burma border radio to launch Dec 29, 2009 (DVB)–A daily one-hour radio programme will be aired by a local youth network on the Thai-Burma border, to educate and promote awareness on child rights, the group said. - more |
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| Confronting the absence of law Dec 28, 2009 (DVB)–Few countries’ legal systems are as corrupt and opaque as Burma’s. We spoke to Scott Leckie, director of Displacement Solutions, about their new book on housing, land and property rights (HLP) in Burma. - more |
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| Gov reshuffle a ‘diplomatic offensive’ Dec 28, 2009 (DVB)–Around 30 high-ranking Burmese embassy officials have been reshuffled in what could be a diplomatic offensive prior to 2010 elections, said a former military intelligence officer. - more |
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| Unusual army deployment raises eyebrows Dec 28, 2009 (DVB)–The deployment of Burmese troops to an area near to Burma’s border with China has raised suspicions of mistrust of a recently formed border guard force in the region. - more |
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