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From the BBC: A Chinese journalist working for the New York Times has been freed after almost three years in jail in China. Zhao Yan was arrested in 2004 and later charged with leaking state secrets, prompting condemnation from human rights groups and Western governments. That charge was dropped but he was then convicted of [...]
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From the BBC: A German archbishop has sparked controversy by calling some modern art “degenerate” – a term used by the Nazi regime in its persecution of artists. Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, was speaking as the Church inaugurated its Kolumba art museum. Cardinal Meisner warned that when art became estranged from worship, culture [...]
Sat, September 15 2007 » Main Page, Media, Minutiae » Comments Off
From the BBC: The purported head of al-Qaeda in Iraq has offered a reward for the murder of a Swedish cartoonist over his drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The $100,000 (£49,310) reward would be raised by 50% if Lars Vilks was “slaughtered like a lamb” said the audio message aired on the internet. The speaker, [...]