BBC NEWS – Chinese migrants in Algiers clash

About 100 local residents and Chinese migrant workers have clashed in the Algerian capital, some brandishing knives and rods, reports say.
Ten Chinese migrants were injured and two Chinese shops looted in the fight, Reuter said, citing a Chinese diplomat.
via BBC NEWS | Africa | Chinese migrants in Algiers clash.

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BBC NEWS Solar eclipse and ‘Special Eclipse flight’

2 articles and videos posted here from different vantage points one in China, the other above the skies in India where some priviledged people paid to fly above the clouds to see the solar eclipse.
Excerpt via BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | China eclipses into darkness.
The longest total solar eclipse this century has been witnessed [...]

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China alert over ‘al-Qaeda threat’ – Al Jazeera English – Asia-Pacific

So the plot thickens…
Reminds me of a quote I once came across.
Now, I’ll admit that I am neither in the heat of a battle nor have I lost a loved one at the hands of an oppressive agent thus making me not qualified to pass judgement on those who have been personally [...]

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Al Jazeera English – Asia-Pacific – Muslim states ’silent’ on Uighurs

Wanted in China, protected in the United States: Rebiya Kadeer speaks:
A leading Uighur rights activist has criticised Muslim-majority countries for not speaking out against decades of alleged repression and persecution from the Chinese government.
Speaking in Washington on Monday, Rebiya Kadeer, a businesswoman who was jailed for years in China before being released into exile in [...]

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