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Photo illustration. Organ traffickers in China could face the ...
Feb 24th, 2011
(AFP/Illustration) - Photo illustration. Organ traffickers in China could face the death penalty under a draft law being reviewed by the country's top legislature, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/Illustration/Martin Bureau) -
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Sufi Muslims say their places of worship are under threat by rising radicalism, as shrines sacred to them are coming under attack by Islamist hard-liners who deem them heretical. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Glencore Xstrata has appointed former Morgan Stanley boss John Mack as an independent director, bringing in a Wall Street heavyweight as it rebuilds the board of the recently merged company. Less than a month after a shareholder vote ousted all former Xstrata directors, the commodities miner and trader said on Wednesday it had ap... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - The wife of China's jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner has written an open letter to new Chinese leader Xi Jinping to protest an 11-year prison term given to her brother, the family's lawyer said Friday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - The surprising victory of a reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election has put Israel in a difficult position as it tries to halt the Iranian nuclear program: With Hasan Rowhani likely to enjoy an international honeymoon, Israel could have a hard time rallying support for new sanctions - or possible military action - ... [Full Article]
With a mysterious Facebook product launch coming up on Thursday, the rumormongers think they've landed on yet another possibility for what's to come: a video competitor for Twitter's Vine, made by none other than Instagram itself. You know, even though the rumormongers believed something else entirely just a few hours earlier. (Sourc... [Full Article]