Text of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University in EgyptText of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. Myanmar court reinstates 1 of 3 barred defense witnesses in Aung San Suu Kyi trialYANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar court ruled Tuesday that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be allowed to have one more defense witness — not three as requested by her lawyers — at a trial that has sparked global outrage. Intelligence chief says North Korea’s nuclear and missileWASHINGTON — North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches follow a familiar pattern of provocation but take on dangerous significance with Kim Jong Il’s designation of his successor last week, the top U.S. intelligence official said Monday. Obama congratulates Lebanese on vote, cites ‘courage, commitment to democracy’WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is congratulating the Lebanese people for a peaceful national election held with “courage” and a “commitment to democracy.” In South Africa’s evolving democracy, a white woman muscles in on black-dominated politicsCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Helen Zille has a sharp tongue and a short fuse, and she doesn’t dodge a fight. In apartheid times she enraged South Africa’s white rulers, and lately she has ruffled South Africa’s black political establishment. China thwarts dissent in Tiananmen Square on anniversary; in Hong Kong, thousands rememberBEIJING — In Tiananmen Square, police were ready to pounce at the first sign of protest. In Hong Kong, a sea of candles flickered in the hands of tens of thousands who vented their grief and anger. New report criticizes China’s use of ‘no strings attached’ aid to further their interestsWASHINGTON — A joint report by a human rights group and U.S.-funded broadcast services accuses China of deceptively distributing billions of dollars in aid to Africa and other regions in no-strings-attached packages that promote Chinese power while subverting human rights. Text of Obama’s speech at Cairo University in EgyptText of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. Poland celebrates 20th anniversary of first semi-free vote, with Walesa, Havel in focusGDANSK, Poland — European leaders on Thursday hailed Poland’s first semi-free vote as an inspiration for movements that brought down regimes across the Soviet bloc, saying on the election’s 20th anniversary that it helped pave the way for a reunited Europe. Text of Obama’s speech in CairoText of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. Obama: no country should try to impose a system of government on another nationCAIRO — President Barack Obama says no country should try to impose a system of government on another nation. Reformist challenger accuses Ahmadinejad of moving Iran toward dictatorshipTEHRAN, Iran — The main pro-reform candidate accused hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward “dictatorship” and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday. Chinese security out in force in Tiananmen Square on 20th anniversary of crackdownBEIJING — A massive police presence ringed China’s iconic Tiananmen Square on Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists, as the government continued an overwhelming drive to muzzle dissent and block commemorations. China blocks Twitter, bars reporters from Tiananmen ahead of 20th anniversary of crackdownBEIJING — Foreign journalists were barred from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday as an Internet clampdown that blocked Twitter expanded to include more blogs on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. China bars foreign journalists from Tiananmen Square ahead of 20th anniversary of protestsBEIJING — Foreign journalists were barred from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday as police fanned out across the vast plaza on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on 1989 pro-democracy protests. Regaining freedom: Poland celebrates anniversary of its bloodless revolution of 1989WARSAW, Poland — It began in Poland at the ballot box: A season of revolutions that toppled communist regimes from Berlin to Bucharest was set in motion 20 years ago this week by the first semi-free elections ever to take place in the Soviet-dominated eastern bloc. China cracks down on Twitter, other social media ahead of Tiananmen anniversaryBEIJING — Chinese authorities shut down blogs, Internet forums and social media sites such as Twitter in an apparent attempt to stem online political discussion ahead of Thursday’s 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on 1989’s Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. First economic espionage trial begins in California for Chinese-born engineer Dongfan ChungSANTA ANA, Calif. — A Chinese-born engineer stole trade secrets critical to the U.S. space program and passed them to China for three decades without detection, prosecutors said Tuesday in the first economic espionage case to reach trial in the United States. China crackdown ahead of Tiananmen anniversary rounds up dissidents, blocks TwitterBEIJING — Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square this week, Chinese authorities have rounded up dissidents and shipped them out of town. Now, they’ve even shut down Twitter. Chinese authorities clamp down on dissidents ahead of anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen protestsBEIJING — Chinese authorities blocked popular Web sites like Twitter and Flickr on Tuesday after forcing dissidents from Beijing in a clampdown ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. El Salvador inaugurates 1st leftist president from party of former Marxist guerrillasSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A journalist from a party of former Marxist guerrillas became El Salvador’s first leftist president Monday, immediately restoring ties with Cuba while promising to remain friendly with the United States. 20 years after bloodbath, Tiananmen democracy movement battles a state-enforced amnesiaBEIJING — As a young poet, Cui Weiping was not much interested in politics. But she says she could never shake the image of her husband returning home on a June night 20 years ago, his pants mottled with the blood of people shot by the Chinese army. Myanmar junta defends trial of opposition leader Suu Kyi, says she is not above the lawSINGAPORE — Myanmar’s junta defended its prosecution of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing her Sunday of covering up the truth when she let an uninvited American intruder stay in her house. Britain expresses solidarity with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi, calls for her releaseSINGAPORE — Britain renewed its call for Myanmar’s military junta to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying Sunday that people around the world support her and her followers’ struggle for democracy. Greece’s former King Constantine has successful heart bypass operation in LondonLONDON — Former King Constantine, the deposed monarch of Greece, has undergone a successful heart bypass operation in London, his wife says. |
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