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02/09/2010 CHINA - JAPAN
Chinese and Japanese study the difficult history of their relations
by Pino Cazzaniga
A report published after three years of research by scholars from both countries. A significant endeavour, though it does not speak, for political reasons, of the last war. The publication deferred to this year at Beijing’s request.
Tokyo (AsiaNews) - "An unprecedented undertaking". This is how the newspaper Asahi defines being able to bring together Chinese and Japanese experts and the 31 January publishing of a document of 549 pages summarizing the results of three years of joint discussions on the history of both countries in their relations with one another.   The approach to China is...
02/09/2010 NORTH KOREA
Kim Jong-il ready for the “denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”
International sanctions and North Korea’s disastrous currency reform have plunged the country’s economy into its deepest crisis. North Korean leaders can no longer delay giving up the bomb. Pyongyang’s envoy is in Beijing for talks.		02/09/2010 SRI LANKA
Colombo: military arrests opposition leader
by Melani Manel Perera
The opposition is outraged after General Fonseka is arrested, calling his detention a virtual abduction. He is accused of revealing to the public sensitive information and involvement in a murder plot against the life of President Rajapaksa. Many Sri Lankans condemn the arrest, plan to take part in protest demonstrations.
02/09/2010 INDIA
Missionaries of Charity: the suffering Christ in each sick person
by Nirmala Carvalho
A German missionary working in a leper colony in Kolkata for the past 50 years talks about her work. For her abortion and euthanasia are the worst threats to human society because they try to uproot God’s Image from mankind.		02/09/2010 CHINA
Schools “for migrants" demolished, children forced to leave Beijing
Beijing and other big cities want to demolish entire neighbourhoods, to rebuild them. But in doing so they demolish the economic schools for the children of migrants, barred from public schools. Many children may not be able to return to the big cities with their parents.
02/09/2010 UKRAINE – RUSSIA
Tymoshenko accuses winner Yanukovich of election fraud
Her supporters have announced their intention of filing a complaint in court to uphold the principle of a free and fair vote. Political analyst says Ukraine must expect years of infighting because neither side contemplated the possibility of losing.		02/09/2010 LEBANON
Two services for Saint Maroun, a sign of divisions among Lebanese Maronites
Patriarch Sfeir goes to Saint George’s Church with highest authorities of the state and leaders of pro-government Maronite parties, whilst opposition leaders Aoun and Franjeeh, as well as former President Lahoud and an Assad advisor, are in Brad, Syria.
02/09/2010 INDIA
New Delhi announces fast economic recovery, 7.2 per cent growth rate
Manufacturing and mining are driving the economy. Agriculture is struggling after the worst monsoons in 37 years. However, there are fears it might stoke inflation, especially food prices.		02/09/2010 PHILIPPINES
Maguindanao Massacre: murder charges for 197 members of the Ampatuan clan
The news was announced today by executives of the Philippines Department of Justice. Evidence confirms Andalo Ampatuan sr. former governor of Maguindanao as the instigator and organizer of the massacre on November 23 that killed 57 people. He is the father of Andalo Ampatuan jr. already in jail charged with 41 murders. Central to the charges the 12 witnesses and former members of the Ampatuan sr clan. heard during the son’s trial. Cases also brought against police and army accused of taking part in the organization of the massacre.
02/09/2010 VIETNAM
Vietnam, U.S. report: the health of Fr Van Ly is in "rapid deterioration"
by J.B. An Dang
The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom denounces the worsening conditions of the Catholic priest. The communist regime has stepped up violence and repression against the activists for democracy and human rights. Fr. Van Ly: pray for me and for the victims of Communist persecution. 		02/09/2010 DUBAI
Smoke from elevator, observation deck closed on tallest building
A “minor incident” on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa closes ‘At the top’, the tallest observation deck in the world. Just over a month has passed since its spectacular inauguration. For visitors, there was fear but nothing more.

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02/09/2010 CHINA
Sichuan: five years in jail for investigating quake collapsed buildings
02/08/2010 PHILIPPINES
Manila: young Taizé community members pray in silence by Santosh Digal
02/08/2010 VATICAN
Pope: a guidebook for engaged couples preparing for marriage
02/08/2010 KOREA
Cross-border tours to resume to save North Korea’s economy
02/08/2010 INDIA
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Bandra’s consecration to Christ the King by Nirmala Carvalho
02/08/2010 PAKISTAN
Christians of Shanti Nagar remember the massacre of 1997
02/08/2010 MIDDLE EAST – IRAN
For Arabs, Ahmadinejad is defying the West, and that worries them
02/08/2010 THAILAND
New Bishop of Udon Thani: the proclamation of Christ is the duty of all believers by Weena Kowitwanij
02/08/2010 CHINA
Beijing orders local governments to prevent migrant protests over pay
02/08/2010 ISLAM - EUROPE
An anti-burqa law to renew Islam in Europe by Samir Khalil Samir
02/08/2010 CHINA - VATICAN
Over twenty thousand Catholics at the funeral of the Bishop of Zhaoxian by Zhen Yuan
02/08/2010 INDONESIA
Bekasi, anti-Christian persecution continues. A Protestant church targeted by Mathias Hariyadi
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CHINA - VIETNAM
Wei Jingsheng: China and Vietnam, economic giants on the brink of change or collapse
by Wei JingshengThe great Chinese dissident compares the two tigers of Asian Development and warns: the domestic opposition is increasing, and is increasingly determined. Even the West is disappointed: its policy of tolerance towards human rights violations, has not led to anything, not even greater economic benefits
CHINA - USA
The heroism of Google and the fear of China
by Bernardo CervelleraObama and Hillary Clinton want to end Internet censorship. But China is not willing to loosen its grip on censorship, essential in maintaining the dictatorship of the Communist Party. Relations between the two nations at the risk, while human rights activists applaud.
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02/06/2010 PAKISTAN
Lahore, Muslim lawyers will "burn alive" anyone who defends murdered 12 year old Christian
by Fareed Khan
02/02/2010 CHINA - UNITED STATES
Beijing threatens Obama: relationships at risk if he receives the Dalai Lama
02/02/2010 PAKISTAN
Activists warn, the murder of a 12-year-old Christian girl could go unpunished
by Fareed Khan
02/03/2010 TURKMENISTAN
Now the police help Turkmen imams to persecute Christians
02/03/2010 CHINA - VATICAN
Bishop Wang Chonglin, bishop of Zhaoxian (Xingtai) dies
by Zhen Yuan
02/03/2010 SOUTH KOREA
“Pioneer” Hwang can clone dogs after winning case against university
by Theresa Kim Hwa-young
02/04/2010 RUSSIA
Russian Orthodox Church, close to Catholics, but far from ProtestantS
02/08/2010 ISLAM - EUROPE
An anti-burqa law to renew Islam in Europe
by Samir Khalil Samir
02/02/2010 INDIA
Steve Ray, Catholic response to sects in India
by Nirmala Carvalho
02/03/2010 NORTH KOREA
Kim Jong-il hits the road to stave off crisis

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