28

Mar

China marks 50 years of direct control over Tibet (AP)

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AP - China marked 50 years of direct control over Tibet on Saturday, raising the national flag in the regional capital and commemorating a new political holiday honoring what it calls the liberation of slaves from brutal feudal rule.

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04

Mar

Beshir ‘will attend Arab summit’ despite warrant (AFP)

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AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir will attend the Arab summit due to be held in Doha this month despite the international arrest warrant against him, a Sudanese official said in Cairo on Wednesday.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

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