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...Tibet. After bloody anti-Chinese protests in mid-March were suppressed by the Chinese military, Beijing closed the Himalayan region off from the outside world and made scores of arrests. Those moves brought widespread international condemnation, which in turn sparked a nationalistic backlash in China that some feared might imperil the smooth running of the Beijing Olympics this August...
...this week for kidnapping two Austrian tourists on Feb. 22. A man identifying himself as an AQIM spokesman said the couple - identified by Austrian media as Andrea Kloiber, 43, and Wolfgang Ebner, 51 - were in good condition, but warned that any armed attempt to free the captives would gravely imperil their lives...
...Paris, often prone in the past to take action in conflicts that imperil friendly African regimes, has thus far taken pains to stay out of the current Chadian conflict. Though French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been in repeated phone contact with Déby throughout the crisis, his proposals to help have been limited to offering the President safe passage and refuge in Paris - a proposition the mutiny-hardened Déby declined. But despite what French Defense Minister Hervé Morin called France's "neutral" position in the conflict, he and other diplomats have begun venting anger over...
...were elected to congress in 1980, and spent several years as a closeted homosexual in D.C.—a decision that was supported by many of your advisers who feared that your sexuality might imperil your career. Throughout those years, what was your outlet? You held that secret for so long...
Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis has won reelection - but only just - in a heated election that gave him a shrunken parliamentary majority that may imperil implementation of key economic and social reforms. With all of Sunday's votes counted, final returns late Monday showed Karamanlis, who swept to power in 2004 as Greece's youngest prime minister, won about 42% of the poll against 38.9% by the rival Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK. The result was as much a personal victory for Karamanlis, who took office four years ago without ever serving a government post, as it was a blow...