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A pro-Tibet group says five activists staged a “peaceful protest” in Tiananmen Square, breaching heavy security that has surrounded the heart of Beijing for the Olympic Games.
Lhadon Thetong, executive director for Students for a Free Tibet, said the protesters draped themselves in Tibetan flags and lay down in the square on Saturday.
It wasn’t immediately clear […]

China - Police shut down the bustling bazaar in the capital of China’s restive Muslim region of Xinjiang on Friday amid threats from an Islamic group that attackers might target buses, trains and planes during the Olympics.
A sign at the entrance of the bazaar in Urumqi did not explain why the area, surrounded by mosques […]

THE TALKS on a new national pay deal broke down in the early hours of Saturday morning after unions rejected proposals which would have seen wages rise by 5 per cent over a 21-month period.
However, a deal would also have involved a six-month pay pause for most private-sector employees, an 11-month pay pause for more […]

DAVID O’BRIEN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The non-waiver trade deadline passed Thursday without the Braves getting either the power-hitting outfielder they sought or the solid prospect they wanted in exchange for reliever Will Ohman.
But general manager Frank Wren said he still was satisfied after a week in which the out-of-contention Braves turned their attentions toward the future and […]

By ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writer
The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California in more than a decade rattled windows and chandeliers, made buildings sway and sent people running into the streets on Tuesday. But there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage.
The 5.4-magnitude quake — considered […]

South Africa - In the end, it was a split second and not a court’s decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from competing in the Beijing Olympics.
Pistorius was left off South Africa’s 1,600-meter relay team Friday, ending his hopes of participating in the Summer Games. He couldn’t hit the 400-meter qualifying time of […]

The Abu Dhabi Investment Council prefers to be known as “the Council” rather than by the acronym of its subsidiary, the Abu Dhabi Investment Company. And if there were any doubts that the Council would have the heft to dictate its own nickname, it put them to rest this month when news broke that it […]