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  • EU APNewsAlert: Official: US reaches 'meaningful agreement' with China, India, South Africa

    12/18/2009 12:57:53 PM PST · by Presbyterian Reporter · 70 replies · 4,197+ views
    AP ^ | Dec 18 2009 | AP
    EU APNewsAlert The Associated Press - ‎4 minutes ago‎ COPENHAGEN — Official: US reaches 'meaningful agreement' with China, India, South Africa at climate summit.
  • Chinese dissident attacked at home (Georgia)

    02/19/2006 6:48:05 PM PST · by hipaatwo · 7 replies · 834+ views
    A home invasion and attack near Duluth a week ago has set off a political firestorm that may reach all the way to China. Peter Yuan Li said he was tied up and beaten in his Chatburn Way home by several men on Feb. 8. The men spoke Korean and Mandarin and left behind certain valuables, including a camcorder and television, but took his computers, a phone and his wallet, according to Li. They also demanded unspecified documents and pried open two file cabinets, he said. But Li claims it was no ordinary robbery. The culprits, he said, were Chinese...
  • Police Dept. video scandal quietly slipping into Phase B

    12/14/2005 7:33:43 AM PST · by SmithL · 13 replies · 961+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/14/5 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross
    A funny thing happened over the weekend to the big "Cops Gone Wild" video scandal in San Francisco -- it started getting very quiet. Apparently, Mayor Gavin Newsom and his handlers realized that while the videos were bad, they didn't quite prove -- at least in the public's mind -- Newsom's charge that they were evidence of a "deep-seated" culture of sexism, racism and homophobia running through the department. By Sunday, the message was going out that Newsom -- having made his point and formed a "blue-ribbon" commission to look into the department's culture -- was now ready to get...