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Residents of Guangdong province's Dongzhou village, northeast of Hong Kong,
said authorities killed up to 20 people Tuesday when they fired on demonstrators
protesting allegedly inadequate
paymewnts for land taken for a power plant. more
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China holds line during Bush visit
By David E. Sanger and Joseph Kahn The New York
Times
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2005
BEIJING In a day of polite but tense encounters between Washington and the
world's fastest-rising economic and military power, President Hu Jintao of
China told President George W. Bush on Sunday that he was willing to speed
the resolution of economic differences with the United States, but he gave
no ground on permitting greater political freedoms or on the status of Taiwan.
more
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Criticism of Bush Iraq policy stalks him overseas
Posted 11/18/2005 2:30 PM Updated
11/18/2005 6:55 PM
Outside at barricades near the meeting, riot police sprayed high-powered water
hoses to hold back about 4,000 demonstrators chanting "No Bush! No APEC." Some
demonstrators threw rocks and bamboo sticks at the police. more
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House GOP maneuver vote on Democrat's call for withdrawal
Posted 11/18/2005 2:45 PM Updated 11/18/2005
9:27 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans maneuvered for swift rejection Friday
of any notion of immediately pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, sparking a nasty,
sometimes personal debate over the war following a Democratic lawmaker's own
call for withdrawal. more
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Bush Wants China to Grant More Political Freedom
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Associated Press
KYOTO, Japan — President Bush prodded China on Wednesday to grant more
political freedom to its 1.3 billion people and held up rival Taiwan as an
example of a society that has successfully moved from repression to democracy. more
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China spy 'agents' charged in US
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 11:54 GMT
An engineer working for a defence contractor in California and two of his relatives
have been charged with acting as agents of China.
Chi Mak, his wife, Rebecca Laiwah Chiu, and his brother, Tai Wang Mak, face
up to 10 years in jail if convicted. However, a federal court indictment did
not charge them with the more serious crime of espionage. All three were previously
charged with conspiring to smuggle documents about a classified US Navy project
to China. They were held earlier this month at Los Angeles airport as they
prepared to board a flight to China. more
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Four arrests linked to Chinese spy ring
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 5, 2005
Four persons arrested in Los Angeles are part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering
ring, federal investigators said, and the suspects caused serious compromises
for 15 years to major U.S. weapons systems, including submarines and warships.
U.S. intelligence and security officials said the case
remains under investigation but that it could prove to be among the most damaging
spy cases since the 1985 one of John A. Walker Jr., who passed Navy communication
codes to Moscow for 22 years.
The Los Angeles spy ring has operated since 1990 and
has funneled technology and military secrets to China in the form of documents
and computer disks, officials close to the case said. More
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US holds four China spy suspects
BBC News
Last Updated: Saturday, 5 November 2005, 02:40 GMT
FBI agents in Los Angeles have arrested four people for allegedly trying to
smuggle US military secrets to China.
An FBI affidavit said they were charged with theft of government property,
conspiracy and transportation of stolen goods, Reuters news agency reported.
The affidavit said one suspect worked for a California defence contractor.
Those arrested - two married couples - are all ethnic Chinese. Two of them
are naturalised US citizens, while the other two are legal US residents. More
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Suspected Chinese spies denied bail
The Associated Press
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal judge on Monday denied bail for two Chinese nationals
accused of conspiring to steal sensitive documents on U.S. Navy warship technology
and smuggle them to China.
Tai Wang Mak, a broadcast and engineering director for the Phoenix North American
Chinese Channel, and his wife, Fuk Heung Li, were arrested Oct. 28 in Los Angeles
as they prepared to board a flight to China.
In Li's luggage, authorities found a disk that contained information on U.S.
technology designed to suppress the noise of submarine propulsion systems,
said Assistant U.S. Attorney Deirdre Eliot. The disk had been
encrypted with a Chinese code. More
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Chinese Spies Targeted Toronto Woman
By Jason Loftus
The Epoch Times
TORONTO - As Jillian Ye braced herself to hear the contents of a secret document
recently smuggled from China’s state security agency, she might have
guessed she’d be listening to private information. What surprised her
is that it was her own.
“My goodness,” said Ye, a successful database consultant living in Toronto’s east end community of Scarborough.
“They [the spies] are so rampant in Canada… I don’t know what to say.” More ...
Defectors say China running 1,000 spies in Canada
Two Chinese defectors say the Chinese government has a network of more than 1,000 spies and informants in Canada.
The two men were diplomats in Australia, where they are now seeking political asylum. They say Australia and other countries such as the United States have Chinese spy networks operating inside them too.
The defectors say the spies and informants have orders to disrupt the Falun Gong movement, which China calls "a dangerous cult," and to steal commercial and scientific secrets. More ....
Chinagate Scandal Deepens
The FBI has recently announced that China represents the "greatest espionage
threat" to this country over the next decade. Media stories about Chinese
thefts of sensitive military technologies, commercial secrets and even proprietary
corporate data are almost commonplace.
Yet the government seems to have a difficult time successfully prosecuting
Chinese spies. Most cases over the past two decades have ended inconclusively,
without a major conviction.
A strange story out of Phoenix, Ariz., might explain some of the difficulties
the bureau has had catching Chinese spies. The Associated Press’ John
Solomon recently reported that the Justice Department is looking into
allegations that some FBI agents have profited from counterintelligence
and counterterrorism investigations. More
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FBI Sees Big Threat from Chinese Spies; Businesses Wonder
Bureau adds manpower, builds technology-theft cases
Jay Solomon
The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Back in the 1980s, David Szady was among the premier Soviet
spy catchers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, studying every aspect
of the Kremlin's mole network. Today, he's mobilizing agents across the
country to sniff out spies from a new rival: Beijing.
"China is the biggest [espionage] threat to the US today," says
Mr. Szady, now 61 years old and assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence
division.
In one of their biggest initiatives after the fight against terrorism, the
FBI and Justice Department have sent hundreds of new counterintelligence agents
into the bureau's 56 field offices, many with a specific focus on China. There
is a cloak-and-dagger element to some of this: A principal FBI team focusing
on Chinese economic espionage, including some undercover operatives, occupies
an unmarked floor in a Silicon Valley office park near a popular Chinese restaurant. More
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Western Journalist Brutally Beaten in Taishi
Village
By Gao Ling
Epoch Times Staff Oct 10, 2005
Riot police in Taishi. A Western journalist was brutally beaten by security
officers in Taishi. (The Epoch Times)TAISHI, China - On October 9, a
reporter from the British newspaper the Guardian, Benjamin Joffe-Walt,
and a Member of the People’s Congress, Lu Banglie, went to Taishi
village, Guangdong province to conduct an interview. Around 7:00 pm,
they were brutally beaten in the village. According to villagers’ reports
via telephone, “they were nearly beaten to death, it was terrible!” When
reporters once again asked about Mr.Joffe-Walt and Mr. Lu around 11:30
p.m. Beijing time, villagers told the reporter that they had been taken
away by the local police. When a reporter called the Yuwotou police station,
the officer on duty answered, “None of your business! you should
listen to the news or call number 110 to check. I do not know anything
and we have no right to answer any questions from overseas reporters!” more
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Australia deportation criticised
The Australian Immigration Department's
handling of a woman wrongfully deported to the Philippines was "catastrophic",
according to a new report. The report, by a former police commissioner,
found the mistake was due to systemic failings and a negative
culture within the department. Vivian Alvarez,
who has held Australian citizenship since 1986, was discovered
in a Manila hospice in 2004. more
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China's intolerance of dissent
BBC News:
As part of the BBC's China Week, Haoyu Zhang of BBC Chinese.com looks at the
country's continued intolerance of any form of political dissent.
Ever since President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao formally took power more than two years ago, they have called on officials to put people's interests first and help build a civil and harmonious society.
All this comes against a backdrop of rising social tension, as many sections of Chinese society feel left behind by the economic boom. more ...
China: A Tale Of Two RevolutionsBEIJING --A planned American weapons sale to Taiwan will damage relations between Washington and Beijing, a Chinese official said, ahead of next month's visit to China by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China could never accept the
proposed $15.3 billion sale -- involving eight diesel-powered submarines,
12 anti-submarine aircraft and six Patriot missile batteries -- because
it constituted interference in China's affairs. more
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Early last month, a legislator asked a group of Taiwanese-American professors how best to address a question posed by some US Congressional aides: Why won't the Taiwanese, who have a shared culture and ethnic origin with the Chinese, simply accept Beijing's claim that Taiwan is part of China? more ...
Bush changes topic after Hu asks for support on Taiwan
BY CHARLES SNYDER
STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON
Thursday, Sep 15, 2005,Page 1
Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤)
urged US President George W. Bush to help China oppose Taiwan's independence
but received no public response from Bush when the two men met in New
York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's 60th anniversary
meeting on Tuesday. more
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Bush Suspends Pay Act In Areas Hit by Storm
Chalk up the city of New Orleans as a cost of Bush's Iraq war.
There were not enough helicopters to repair the breeched levees and rescue people trapped by rising water. Nor are there enough Louisiana National Guards available to help with rescue efforts and to patrol against looting. more ...
Bush's Colossal Failure of Leadership China sets up riot police units
BBC August
18, 2005
China is setting up special police units in 36 cities to put down riots and
counter what the authorities call the threat of terrorism. Chinese
state media said one of the first such forces, comprising 500 officers, had
just been set up in Zhengzhou in central Henan province. more
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Reporter In China Charged As Spy
2nd Detainee Has Ties to President
Typhoon drives million from homes
14 Marines Die in Huge Explosion in Western Iraq
Week's Toll Rises to 21 For Ohio-Based Regiment
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, August 4, 2005; Page A01
BAGHDAD, Aug. 3 -- A Marine Reserve company that was known as "Lucky Lima" before
suffering heavy casualties in May was hit Wednesday by the deadliest roadside
bombing of the Iraq war, a massive explosion that killed 14 Marines and the
unit's Iraqi interpreter, according to witnesses and military spokesmen. more
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Londoner Accused of Withholding Information
Associated Press
Thursday, August 4, 2005; Page A20
LONDON, Aug. 3 -- British police filed their first charges in the London terrorism
investigations Wednesday, accusing a 23-year-old man of withholding information
about the abortive July 21 transit attacks. more
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Results Negative in 3rd Possible Case of Mad
Cow
By SANDRA
BLAKESLEE
New York Times
Published: August 4, 2005
A third cow suspected of having mad cow disease does not on closer examination
appear to be infected, the Department of Agriculture said yesterday. more
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Report says U.S. secretly held two prisoners
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two Yemeni men say they were held in solitary
confinement in secret, underground U.S. detention facilities in an unknown
country and interrogated by masked men for more than 18 months without being
charged or allowed any contact with the outside world, Amnesty International
charged Wednesday. more
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U.S. Department
of Defense white paper takes a cold look at China's intentions
Publish Date:08/05/2005
Story Type:Issues;
Byline:David Lorenzo
Despite economic interdependence between Taiwan and the People's Republic of
China, Taipei's repeated pleas to Beijing to engage in dialogue have gone unheeded.
Instead, over the past several years, Beijing has escalated its threats of
annexing Taiwan by force, leading many countries to doubt its claims of pursuing
a "peaceful rise." David Lorenzo, professor of political science at Jamestown
College in Jamestown, North Dakota, summarizes concerns of the United States
in this regard, as reflected in a white paper recently released by the Pentagon more
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CCP's (CCP = Chinese
Communist Party) Flagrant Disregard for
Human Life
By Zhao Dagong
Special to The Epoch Times
Jul 22, 2005
Historically, under CCP rule, China's casualty rate during peacetime was comparable
to that of wartime. During the Great Leap Forward, 30 million Chinese were
starved to death, yet Mao showed no remorse. more
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US' White House says China not a threat, despite
Pentagon's concerns
07.20.2005, 02:02 PM
(Updating with further details on Pentagon
report, China's reaction)
WASHINGTON (AFX) - The United States
does not consider China a threat, the White House said today
after China protested about a Defense Department report which
expressed concern about its military buildup. more
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U.S.: China looking beyond Taiwan
Tuesday, July 19, 2005; Posted: 8:33 p.m. EDT (00:33 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- China cannot be certain that its military, while steadily
strengthening, is capable of conquering Taiwan, the Pentagon said Tuesday in
a new report on Chinese military power and strategy.
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Chinese General Threatens U.S. Over Taiwan
Response Might Be With Nuclear
Weapons, Reporters Told
BEIJING -- A Chinese general said Beijing might respond with nuclear weapons
if the United States attacked China in a conflict over Taiwan, news reports
said Friday. more
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China, firm on Taiwan, says general's words his
own
Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:24 PM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Remarks by a Chinese general that Beijing could use nuclear
arms against the United States in a war over Taiwan were his personal views,
but China will never allow Taiwan to be independent, China's Foreign Ministry
said. more
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China 'ready to use N-weapons
against US'
July 14, 2005 10:12 PM ET
China is prepared to use nuclear weapons against the US if it is attacked by
Washington during a confrontation over Taiwan, according to a senior Chinese
military official. more
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Top Chinese general warns US over attack
July 14, 2005 10:42 PM ET
China is prepared to use nuclear weapons against the US if it is attacked by
Washington during a confrontation over Taiwan, a Chinese general said on Thursday. more
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Report: China sends nuke
warning to U.S. over Taiwan
Thursday, July 14, 2005; Posted: 11:13 p.m. EDT (03:13 GMT)
BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- A senior Chinese general has warned that China
was ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States if Washington attacked
his country over Taiwan, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Friday. more
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WASHINGTON - Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson called on President Bush on Thursday to fire deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, saying Bush’s top-level aide engaged in an “abuse of power” by discussing Wilson’s wife’s job with a reporter. more....
Torture Death Sparks Reactions in New York, World
By Sean Seid
The Epoch Times Jun
28, 2005
NEW YORK—The emergency-room death of
Gao Rongrong was neither accidental nor unnoticed. Four days after
she died, Chinese embassies around the world were the sites of mass
appeals.
On June 16, accountant, Ms. Gao Rongrong died due to years of torture and abuse
inflicted upon her because she practiced Falun Gong. Falun Gong, a peaceful
meditation practice, is banned in China and persecuted by the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP). more
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TORTURED TO DEATH: Ms. Gao Rongrong displays
tortures
inflicted upon her by Chinese authorties. She was arrested for
refusing to give up practicing Falun Gong. (Clearwisdom.net)
Mass Riot in Chizhou City, China
Government
media fail to persuade public
By
Gao Ling
The Epoch Times
A mass riot erupted on the afternoon of June 26, in Chizhou city, Anhui province.
Over 2,000 people gathered at the scene where several police vehicles were
burned and the local police station was ransacked, until the situation was
brought under control by 700 officers from the Anhui Province Public Security
Office before midnight. more...
Overseas Media Quiet after Chinese Communist
Party Kills Young Woman
A few days ago, Falun Gong practitioner
Gao Rongrong died in Mainland China as a result of persecution by the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Gao had been shocked with an electric
baton until her face was severely disfigured. Several overseas organizations
strongly condemned the Chinese government’s crimes and its efforts
to hide them. more...
The Falun Gong Phenomenon
The spiritual practice Falun
Gong has found itself at the center of the defection of Chinese
diplomat, Mr. Chen Yonglin, the former Chinese "610" security
officer, Mr. Hao Fengjun, and a third unnamed Chinese policeman.
All three men state they gave up their positions because
they could no longer support the Chinese Government’s
unwarranted persecution of peaceful Falun Gong practitioners
inside and outside of China. The question remains: what is
this practice that has been so harshly persecuted by the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)? more
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People
of the World Declare Support for Chen and Hao, Urge Other
Diplomats and Spies to Follow Suit
Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin
from the Sydney consulate openly resigned from the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) at a rally to support 2 million people
quitting the CCP on June 4, 2005. Since then, Hao Fengjun
from Tianjin’s 610
Office Office (established only to persecute Falun Gong)
and another CCP official have sought asylum in Australia
and have publicly exposed the crimes of the CCP. Three officials
announced their renunciation of the CCP within just one week.
These Chinese diplomatic defectors in Australia have aroused
great attention and strong responses from the international
community. more
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Microsoft deletes 'freedom'
and 'democracy' in China
Microsoft has bowed to Beijing's political censors and has banned the use
of the words "freedom" and "democracy" on some areas of its Chinese internet
portal, along with a host of other politically sensitive words such as "Taiwan
independence" and "demonstration".
more
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Spy left out in the cold
Claims
of secret documents on offer from parts of a giant Chinese
spy network within Australia have put pressure on both
governments, writes Tom Allard more
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Statements and Flyers about Resignations from CCP Appear in Guangxi
Amalia
Rubin Exposes the Shocking Atrocities of the Chinese Communist Party
in Tibet
There used to be 6200 temples and religious shrines
in Tibet. These places were not only religious grounds, but were also schools
and hospitals. According to some reports, when soldiers of the Communist party
invaded Tibet, they destroyed nearly all the temples. Only 13 such places were
left. more
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China to Close Local Web sites if Unregistered
China dismisses US Tiananmen call
China has dismissed US calls
to give a full account of the people who were killed, detained or went missing
during pro-democracy protests 16 years ago. more
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Former Beijing Hospital Nurse Describes Bloody Scenes
of June 4th Massacre
Zhang Hong, currently living in San Francisco,
used to work as a nurse in the Beijing Hospital. Zhang witnessed the China
Liberation Army killing students on June 4, 1989. Sixteen years after the June
4 Massacre on Tiananmen Square, Zhang tells a reporter about the unforgettable
bloody scenes she witnessed. more...
How an Army Tank Crushed My Legs - Special
Interview with Fang Zheng
Sixteen years ago, Beijing witnessed army
gunshots on Tiananmen Square; tanks roaming along the streets; thousands
of soldiers clashing with protesting students; wounded demonstrators,
burned vehicles, and dead bodies. These scenes are just too gruesome
for most to recall, and yet they are very much alive in some people’s
memories. Sixteen years ago, Fang Zheng, a senior at the Beijing College
of Sports, was struck from behind by an army tank on a street near
Tiananmen Square. He was leaving the site with the last crowd of petitioning
and fasting students who had been driven off by armed solders. His
legs were caught, squashed, and severed, and his body was shaken as
the tank rolled over him. more
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Chinese blogs face restrictions
The Chinese government has announced plans
to police web forums, chat rooms and
blogs alongside other websites. more
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Will
China’s Stance on Taiwan Bring WWIII?
A Interview with
Democracy Movement Expert Wei Jingsheng
By Wang Lulu
The Epoch Times
The Chinese Communist Regime Is Busy Preparing for War
As a matter of fact, Hu Jintao, China’s Party Chief, has a strong motive for war with Taiwan. That’s because Hu has not been able to consolidate his power in the Party or among the people easily and he is not yet in total control. In other words, as a dictator, he doesn’t have enough authority. How does he establish that authority? The tradition of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dictates that he must fight a war. more ...
US tourism ‘losing
billions because of image’
The US is losing billions of dollars
as international tourists are deterred from visiting the US because
of a tarnished image overseas and more bureaucratic visa policies,
travel industry leaders have warned. more
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North Korea 'may have six bombs'
UN
nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei has told US television
his agency estimates that North Korea could have up to
six nuclear weapons. more
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China, S.Korea press for resumption of 6-way talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and South
Korea have pledged to renew efforts to restart stalled six-party
talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programs, Xinhua
news agency said on Monday. more
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More evidence of Saudi doubletalk?
Judge caught on tape encouraging Saudis to fight
in Iraq
April 26: An NBC News investigation found that a powerful Saudi official has
encouraged Saudis to go to Iraq to fight American troops.
WASHINGTON
- Sheik Saleh Al Luhaidan, seen in video seated to the right of the
crown prince, is chief justice of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Judicial Council.
His sermons and words carry great significance.
In an audiotape secretly recorded at a government mosque
last October and obtained by NBC News, Luhaidan encourages young Saudis to
go to Iraq to wage war against Americans. more
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Panel finds U.S. intelligence 'dead wrong' on Iraq
Friday, April 1, 2005 at 10:51 JST
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in the
lead-up to the Iraq war was "dead wrong" and reflects an intelligence
community that remains deeply flawed, a presidential commission said in a report
released Thursday. more
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Chinese Crack Down On Student Web Sites
Protests Staged After Authorities Order Colleges To Tighten Controls on Popular Discussion Forums
By Philip P. Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, March 24, 2005; Page A13
BEIJING, March 23 -- Universities across China are tightening controls on
student-run Internet discussion forums as part of a Communist Party campaign
to strengthen what it calls "ideological education" on campuses.
The crackdown has caused widespread resentment among students and prompted
at least two demonstrations in recent days. more
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