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China opens Games, pledges disabled rights
(Reuters) Reuters - Beijing opened the Paralympic Games in spectacular fashion on Saturday, an event China's leaders hope will show them in a compassionate light. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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China Says It Will Resume Human Rights Talks With US - New York Times Calgary HeraldChina Says It Will Resume Human Rights Talks With USNew York Times - 50 minutes agoBy DAVID LAGUE BEIJING - China said Tuesday that it would resume a human rights dialogue with the United States, in a move that appeared to be aimed at countering criticism Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bush nudges China on rights ahead of Olympics WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush urged China's leadership on Tuesday to use the Beijing Olympics to show a commitment to human rights, the White House said, as he nudged his Chinese hosts about U.S. concerns 10 days before attending the games' opening ceremonies. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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McCain meets Dalai Lama, presses China on rights - Reuters Reuters South AfricaMcCain meets Dalai Lama, presses China on rightsReuters - 40 minutes agoASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) - US Republican presidential candidate John McCain urged China on Friday to address human rights concerns and free Tibetan prisoners after he met with the Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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N.Korea pledges fully disabled nuclear plant by Oct
(Reuters) Reuters - North Korea pledged on Saturday to complete steps to disable its nuclear facilities by the end of October, at six-country talks aimed at disarming the communist state in return for aid and better diplomatic relations. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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IOC caves to China Internet censorship The International Olympic Committee (IOC) admitted Wednesday that it made a deal with Chinese officials to accept censorship of the Internet during the Beijing Olympic Games, which begin August 8."IOC officials Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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China opens its long-sought Olympics spectacularly
(AP) AP - China didn't just walk onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry dramatizing its ascendance as a global power. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Schwarzenegger opens climate summit with Obama - The Associated Press The Associated PressSchwarzenegger opens climate summit with ObamaThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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China arrests online dissident in pre-Olympics crackdown BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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McCain says would keep rights pressure on China
(Reuters) Reuters - Republican front-runner John McCain said on Wednesday he would keep pressure on China to improve its human rights record and expand U.S.-Sino ties if he won the U.S. presidency. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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China shows off Olympics tech ... sort of An exhibition of technology being used in the Beijing Olympics opened here Wednesday, with mixed results in demonstrating one of the Games' themes of "Hi-tech Olympics."Although presented in English as "Hi-tech Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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N.Korea pledges fully disabled nuclear plant by Oct BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea pledged on Saturday to complete steps to disable its nuclear facilities by the end of October, at six-country talks aimed at disarming the communist state in return for aid and better diplomatic relations. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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McCain meets Dalai Lama, presses China on rights
(Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain urged China on Friday to address human rights concerns and free Tibetan prisoners after he met with the Dalai Lama in Colorado. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Proud China brings curtain down on epic Games
(Reuters) Reuters - The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Oprah Winfrey hosts US Olympians in Chicago to help win 2016 games - The Canadian Press Oprah Winfrey hosts US Olympians in Chicago to help win 2016 gamesThe Canadian Press - 55 minutes agoCHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey has turned obscure books into best-sellers, an obscure and balding psychologist into a TV star named Dr. Phil and somehow got Tom Cruise to jump on Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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China jails rights activist ahead of Olympics - ABC Online CBC Prince Edward IslandChina jails rights activist ahead of OlympicsABC Online - 1 hour agoHu Jia came to prominence as an activist, campaigning for the rights of HIV sufferers in rural China (file photo). (AFP: Frederic J Brown ) China has jailed one of its most high Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Weak evidence links congressmen's cyber attacks to China U.S. House of Representatives members who worry that China may have been responsible for attacks on their computers have provided little evidence to back up their claims, according to computer security experts.T Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Weak evidence links congressmen's cyberattacks to China U.S. House of Representatives members who worry that China may have been responsible for attacks on their computers have provided little evidence to back up their claims, according to computer security experts.T Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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McCain says would keep rights pressure on China DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican front-runner John McCain said on Wednesday he would keep pressure on China to improve its human rights record and expand U.S.-Sino ties if he won the U.S. presidency. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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