AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) - David Cameron on Wednesday became the first serving British prime minister to voice regret about one of the bloodiest episodes in colonial India, a massacre of unarmed civilians in the city of Amritsar in 1919. The killing... [Full Article]
LONDON/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three elderly Kenyans tortured by British colonial forces were told they can sue Britain, in a London court judgment likely to encourage other claims dating back to the days of the British Empire. The government, which had ... [Full Article]
Old wounds amplified outrage over a burning territorial dispute Tuesday as thousands of Chinese protested Tokyo's purchase of islands claimed by Beijing and marked the 81st anniversary of a Japanese invasion that China has never forgotten. (Sour... [Full Article]
From a teak clubhouse where British officers once sipped gin to an old English department store dubbed "Harrods of the East" -- the race is on to save Myanmar's colonial jewels from the wrecking ball. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Prosecutors said Friday it was too late to bring to trial Dutch soldiers who committed atrocities in the Netherlands' former colony of Indonesia in the 1940s, including a village massacre that left at least 150 dead. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A man rides a bicycle past a colonial era building in Karachi January 16, 2012.
REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - People walk beside colonial style homes with private licences granting them permission to goods in Havana, November 3, 2011. Cuba's government has given Cubans the right to buy and sell their homes for the first time since the early d... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Workers restore a colonial house in Havana September 21, 2011. Cuba's plan to move hundreds of thousands of workers off state payrolls will create new opportunities for Cubans, but also uncertainties as President Raul Castro tries to ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Tourists visit the Colonial Zone in Santo Domingo July 20, 2011. Dominican Republic received 33 percent of the 13.7 million tourists that visited Central America and Caribbean islands in 2010, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A woman hangs her laundry from the balcony of her colonial-era apartment in Havana July 3, 2011. Cuba will authorize limited housing and car markets by 2012, the Communist party newspaper Granma said on Friday, a move awaited by local res... [Full Article]
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