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China: Death as business
11 Nov 2009 08:40:10 GMT
Author: Global Voices

ESWN puts together local reports and commentaries on the tragic case of three university students who died while trying save others. The tragedy involves a moral debate over the business of body retrievers.

 
China: Protest against government “hook” by chopping little finger off
09 Nov 2009 15:34:48 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Xujun Eberlein from Inside-out China blogs about a 18-year-old man Sun Zhongjies act of chopping off his little finger off to protest against the Shanghai Traffic Management Bureaus hook on black taxi driver.

 
Afghanistan: UN withdraws from Kabul?
08 Nov 2009 09:57:30 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Sailani says that in response to continuing threats to the foreign staff in Afghanistan, it now appears that a decision has been made to withdraw about six hundred UN international officers from Kabul.

 
Afghanistan: Security deteriorates, says report
08 Nov 2009 09:41:40 GMT
Author: Global Voices

Nick Fielding reviews the most recent report on the security environment in Afghanistan, which says that the situation has deteriorated since 2005, affecting all aspects of the reconstruction operations.

 
Laos: Concert to raise funds for typhoon victims
04 Nov 2009 01:24:32 GMT
Author: Global Voices

A charity concert will be held in Vientiane, Laos this Friday to raise funds for the typhoon victims in the southern provinces of Saravane, Sekong and Attapeu.

 
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