Blog Profile / Time China Blog
| URL : | http://time-blog.com/china_blog | |
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| Filed Under: | Local Interest / China | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1779 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6.8 | |
| Archived Since: | May 15, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
French Soldier Stabbed in Throat Outside Paris
(PARIS) — France’s military spokesman says a soldier has been stabbed in the throat in the French commercial district of La Defense outside Paris. The stabbing comes just days after a British soldier was hacked to death on a London street in broad daylight in a suspected terrorist attack that has raised fears of potential copycat strikes. Show More Summary
‘Friend’ of Suspect in U.K. Slaying Arrested
(LONDON) — Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo came to be radicalized. Show More Summary
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Abe’s Burma Visit – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Burma on Friday, becoming the first Japanese leader to do so in 36 years, reports Bloomberg. Masaki Takahara, executive managing director of the Japan External Trade Organization’s...Show More Summary
The Shadow War Behind Syria’s Rebellion: Foreign Backers Jockey for Influence in Turkey
While the diplomatic grouping known as the Friends of Syria met in the Jordanian capital Amman on Wednesday to discuss a U.S.-Russian plan for peace talks, a low-key yet perhaps equally important gathering was being quietly held in Istanbul...Show More Summary
Emergency Landing Closes Both Heathrow Runways
(LONDON) — London’s Heathrow Airport says both of its runways have been closed after a British Airways plane made an emergency landing. Heathrow officials say passengers were evacuated safely Friday morning. British Airways says more information will be provided shortly. PHOTOS: A Village Fights Heathrow’s Expansion
Clashes in Lebanon Feed Fear of Syria Spillover
(BEIRUT) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years. The battles raised...Show More Summary
2 More Arrests in London Attack Investigation
(LONDON) — British police say two more people have been arrested by officers investigating the hacking death of a U.K. soldier in London. Scotland Yard said counterterrorism officers arrested a man and a woman — both 29 — on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. Show More Summary
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Iran‘s Nuclear Plant — A U.N. report shows that Iran is pushing ahead with the construction of a nuclear research reactor that, according to Western experts, could eventually make plutonium for weapons, notes Reuters. The U.N. International...Show More Summary
Exclusive: Away from Domestic Pressures, British P.M. Cameron Chillaxes with TIME
David Cameron has a reputation for taking things easy. He plays games on his iPad; he revels in family life; an anonymous friend told his biographers Francis Elliott and James Hanning that “if there was an Olympic gold medal for chillaxing, he would win it.” If any chillaxing time was scheduled into his four-night, three-city tour to the U.S. Show More Summary
Car Bomb Kills 12 in Southwest Pakistan
(QUETTA, Pakistan) — A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said. The bombing on the outskirts...Show More Summary
IMF Head Lagarde in Court in Fraud Probe
(PARIS) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance minister. The 2008 deal handed about 400 million...Show More Summary
Survey Shows China Manufacturing Contracting
(BEIJING) — A survey shows China’s manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile economic recovery is slowing. HSBC Corp. said Thursday the preliminary version of its monthly purchasing managers index fell to a seven-month low of 49.6 from April’s 50.4 on a 100-point scale. Show More Summary
IAEA Report: Iran Expands Nuclear Technology
(VIENNA) — The U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday detailed rapid Iranian progress in two programs that the West fears are geared toward making nuclear weapons, saying Tehran has upgraded its uranium enrichment facilities and advanced in building a plutonium-producing reactor. Show More Summary
Iran’s Supreme Leader Tightens Grip After Disqualifying Two Top Presidential Candidates
For the cleric who runs Iran, there’s no such thing as a pleasant surprise, especially on election day. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was not pleased when a librarian named Mohammad Khatami was swept into the president’s office in 1997, leading...Show More Summary
UK Official: Violent Attack in London Could Be Terror-Related
(LONDON) — A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act. Police said two men attacked another man on Wednesday. One man is dead and two others were injured. A British...Show More Summary
Trial for Captain in Deadly Shipwreck in Italy
(ROME) — A judge in Italy has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia to stand trial in the shipwreck of the cruise liner, which struck a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. Francesco Schettino will be the only defendant in the trial, which begins on July 9 in the Tuscan town of Grosseto. Show More Summary
Syria Opposition Signals Tough Line on Peace Talks
(BEIRUT) — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria‘s civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad‘s regime. Two senior members of the Syrian National Coalition...Show More Summary
Iraq’s Sectarian Violence: Bombings Plunge Country in Deadly Spiral
In early January 2006, less than a month after I arrived in Iraq as a young U.S. Army lieutenant, I witnessed my first act of violence committed against Iraqi civilians. While on a patrol on a highway 20 km south of Baghdad, a roadside...Show More Summary
Large Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Chile
(SANTIAGO, Chile) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile. The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time (EDT; 0949 GMT) Monday, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), some 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the city of Puerto Quellon. Show More Summary
Suicide Bomber Kills 14 at Afghan Province Council
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said. Baghlan provincial council leader Mohammad...Show More Summary