PARIS (AFP) - - Police banned demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy in Paris on Thursday but critics of China's human rights record stepped up protests elsewhere in the world to mark the start of the Beijing Olympics. More »
URUMQI, China - A Chinese Islamic group that has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to avoid being on planes, trains and buses with Chinese at the games, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday. More »
SINGAPORE: Singapore media company, MediaCorp, is expanding its new media services, launching new products and enhancing existing ones for the growing number of Internet users in Singapore and abroad. More »
BEIJING - An American pastor checked into upscale hotels in the Olympics host city this week, filmed himself painting two of his rooms with slogans like "Beijing 2008 Our world Our nightmare" and then disappeared. More »
| ADVERTISEMENT |

UN envoy tours Myanmar cyclone zone: official







