Calling For Freedom of The Dalai Lama, Monk Ignites Self
SICHUAN-A Tibetan monk, 29-year old Tsewang Norbu, died yesterday in Kardze, Sichuan, after setting fire to himself and calling for freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet.
Five More U.S. Soldiers Die from Roadside Bomb Today
AFGHANISTAN-Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb less than a week after the tragic shoot-down of an American chopper and a day after news was released of the death of the man responsible.
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Syria to End Use of Violence Against Civilians
GENEVA-As the crackdown by the Syrian Government against its own people continues unabated, a group of United Nations human rights experts today renewed their call for an immediate end to the violence used by the authorities against ongoing protests.
Mubarak Hears Charges in Cairo Court
CAIRO-In a tremendous twist of irony, Hosni Mubarak was wheeled in on a hospital bed into a make-shift courtroom put together at the police academy that was once named after him on the outskirts of Cairo. The once untouchable Mubarak and his sons were locked in a cage at the proceedings. Mubarak, bed-ridden with his […]