Asia

Putin Accuses US of Starting Georgia Crisis as Election Ploy

Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, said yesterday that the Caucasus crisis was started by the US as an election ploy.

As Moscow found itself increasingly isolated internationally for invading Georgia and recognising two breakaway regions of the country as independent states, Putin suggested that the Georgia war had been cooked up in Washington to create a neo-cold war climate that would strengthen Republican candidate John McCain's bid for the White House.

Posted in Asia

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August 27, 2008
10:55 AM

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Lake Filling in Cambodia Must Not Lead to Forced Evictions,

Urges Amnesty International and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

Human Rights Organization Says at Least 3,000 Cambodian Residents to Be Affected

WASHINGTON - August 27 - The filling of Boeung Kak Lake in central Phnom Penh should immediately stop until a proper process that ensures human rights protection is in place, said Amnesty International and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today.

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Posted in civil rights, Environment, Human Rights, Asia

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August 25, 2008
5:00 PM

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The Chinese Communist Party

Minqi Li Says It's Not About Ideology; It's About the Material Interests of the Elite

WASHINGTON - August 25 - Professor, former political prisoner and political economist Minqi Li states there is a consensus in China's ruling elite and party leadership that the country should move ahead in terms of capitalist development, neo-liberalism, and globalization, as well as international development without challenging American hegemony.

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Posted in protest, Asia, Inequality, Privatization

Land and Freedom

For the past 60 days or so, since about the end of June, the people of Kashmir have been free. Free in the most profound sense. They have shrugged off the terror of living their lives in the gun-sights of half a million heavily armed soldiers, in the most densely militarised zone in the world.

Posted in Politics, protest, War/Empire, Asia

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August 21, 2008
1:33 PM