Month: March 2011

BEIJING—Two Chinese dissidents who were sentenced to 10 years in prison for getting together to talk about political reform and posting their views online have been released after completing their jail terms, their fathers said […] […]

A CUBAN court has found US contractor Alan Gross guilty of crimes against the state and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, a verdict that’s sure to have sweeping repercussions for already-sour relations between […] […]

THE earthquake off the coast of Japan and the resulting tsunami has proven, yet again, how the internet offers an information lifeline to the world in a time of crisis. The internet was designed so […] […]

TENS of thousands of activists have protested against Germany’s plans to prolong its dependency on nuclear power, as an explosion at a quake-hit plant in Japan fuelled fears of a meltdown. About 60,000 people formed […] […]

LIBYAN rebels have retreated under air strikes and shelling by government forces, as Arab states said the regime has lost legitimacy and backed a no-fly zone to ground its warplanes. After having abandoned an operation […] […]

PROSECUTORS charged Mel Gibson with misdemeanour battery stemming from a fight with his ex-girlfriend at the actor’s Malibu home. Gibson, 55, was charged yesterday after months of investigation by sheriff’s detectives involving the January 2010 […] […]