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Boric’s win paves the way for a bright, new world for women in Chile
The new movement in Chile has significant potential to continue its already ground-breaking march to a new world for all Chileans, and women in particular
What would Madiba say to the movement today?
Our best guess is he would be in pain watching the spiralling factionalism in the ANC
Denis Goldberg: Man of integrity, freedom fighter and true mensch
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
As quake draws focus, China keeps Tibet under thumb
Last month’s earthquake diverted world attention from China’s troubles in Tibet, but protests and arrests have continued in the region and the leadership has been girding for…
China urged to free Tiananmen-era prisoners
A New York-based human rights watchdog urged China on Tuesday to honour its commitment to improve its rights record before the Beijing Olympics by freeing some 130 Tiananmen-era…
China quake parents hold vigil beside school ruins
Parents, grieving and angry at the deaths of their children under a collapsed school, kept a poignant vigil at the ruins of the building on Tuesday, demanding that those…
China quake-lake fears ease as angry parents grieve
Engineers have completed work to drain a lake formed by last month’s earthquake that had threatened to inundate towns downstream and add to the toll of China’s deadliest natural…
Forty survivors rescued 16 days after China quake
The rescue of 40 half-starved people from a remote village 16 days after China’s earthquake provided a rare piece of good news on Thursday as rain threatened more misery for…
China to probe builders after collapses in quake
China vowed on Wednesday to deal severely with anyone found responsible for shoddy state building work, as parents demanded to know why last week’s quake destroyed so many…
Quake response won’t cover cracks of corruption
Earthquake’s don’t destroy strong, well-built buildings. They destroy weak ones. As China reels from its biggest earthquake in 30 years, public anger is mounting. The danger for…
China quake death toll rises to at least 20 000
The death toll from China’s massive earthquake rose to at least 20 000 on Thursday as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hopes faded for a further 25 000 buried under…
Zuma lawyers, NPA discuss trial date
Lawyers for African National Congress president Jacob Zuma will meet prosecutors on Thursday to decide whether his corruption case should begin on August 4, the National…
China earthquake toll nears 10 000
Heavy rainfall and wrecked roads hampered rescuers’ efforts to reach the areas hardest-hit by China’s worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll rose to…
Officials: China rail crash linked to Games construction
A new railway line being built as part of an upgrade ahead of the Beijing Olympics was a factor in a train crash that left 71 people dead in east China, officials and state press…
Torch resumes harried journey in Vietnam
The Olympic torch resumed its harried journey in communist Vietnam on Tuesday after China jailed 17 for last months riots in Tibet, the first sentencings in connection with the…