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Page last updated at 02:27 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 03:27 UK
China tries 200 for Xinjiang riot
More than 200 people will be prosecuted on charges of involvement in the Xinjiang disturbances of last month, the China Daily has reported.
The trials are expected to start this week in Urumqi.
Charges include vandalising public property and transport, organising crowds to cause bodily harm to others, robbery, murder and arson.
Chinese police detained more than 1,500 people after violence between ethnic Uighurs and Han Chinese left 200 dead.
The China Daily that most of the arrests were made in Urumqi and Kashgar, a southern Xinjiang city with a heavy concentration of Uighur people.
The newspaper did not give a breakdown on how many Uighurs and how many Han would go on trial, but it said more than 170 Uighurs and 20 Han lawyers had been assigned to the suspects.
More security?
The newspaper reported last week that more than 3,300 items of physical evidence had been collected, including bricks and clubs stained with blood.
The evidence included 91 video clips and 2,169 photographs, it said.
Although security in Urumqi is already high, "a drastic increase in security is expected in the whole city," the newspaper said, especially around the Urumqi Intermediate People's Court.
Armed police are already conducting around-the-clock patrols in the area.
The riots broke out July 5 after police stopped an initially peaceful protest by Uighur youths, apparently prompted by an earlier riot in a factory in southern China.
The government has insisted the violence which followed was engineered by Uighurs in exile, led by Rebiya Kadeer.
It has been pursuing vigorous diplomatic complaints against countries such as Australia and Japan which gave visas for Ms Kadeer to enter and speak.
Many Uighurs want more autonomy, and respect for their culture and religion - Islam - than is allowed by China's strict centrist rule.
The violence in Xinjiang was the worst ethnic unrest in China for decades.
The government says 197 people died in the ensuing violence, and more than 1,700 were injured.
The government says most of the dead were Han Chinese, but the World Uighur Congress claims many Uighurs also were killed.
[Asia-Pacific]
Page last updated at 14:41 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 15:41 UK
Soldiers killed in south Thailand
Two soldiers have been shot dead and three people injured in a gun attack on an army checkpoint in south Thailand.
The pre-dawn attack, near the southern border of Narathiwat province, has been blamed on Islamist insurgents.
At least 10 rebels are reported to have opened fire on the checkpoint before fleeing in pickup trucks.
The five-year insurgency by Muslims seeking greater autonomy in the southern regions of Thailand has so far cost more than 3,000 lives.
Thailand annexed the three southern provinces - Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani - in 1902, but the vast majority of people there are Muslim and speak a Malay dialect, in contrast to the Buddhist Thai speakers in the rest of the country.
Insurgents usually target people they perceive to be collaborating with the Bangkok government - using bomb blasts, beheadings and shootings.
They have also tried to force Buddhist residents from the area, with the aim of ultimately establishing a separate Islamic state.
[Asia-Pacific]
Page last updated at 00:01 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 01:01 UK
Indonesia thieves loot tiger body
Thieves have killed an endangered Sumatran tiger in an Indonesian zoo and stolen most of its body, officials say.
Only the intestines of the female tiger were left, staff at Taman Rimba Zoo said. Police believe the thieves intend to sell the animal's fur and bones.
The World Wildlife Fund estimates that fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers remain in the wild.
Despite laws against the sale of tiger parts, wildlife groups say they are sold openly in several Sumatran towns.
A 2008 study by British-based wildlife trade monitoring network, Traffic, showed that tiger bones, claws, skins and whiskers were being sold openly in eight cities on the island.
Traffic says tigers are killed to supply parts for souvenirs, Chinese medicine and jewellery.
The Sumatran tiger is listed as critically endangered, the highest category of threat.
They are on the brink of extinction because of rapid deforestation, poaching, and conflict with humans.
[Americas]
Page last updated at 00:37 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 01:37 UK
Castro 'healthy' in media images
A new picture of Fidel Castro has been published in a state-run newspaper, apparently showing Cuba's ailing former leader in much better health.
Mr Castro, 83, was dressed more smartly than in other recent photos, wearing a white shirt rather than a tracksuit.
Later he appeared on television for the first time in 14 months, chatting to Venezuelan students, in a meeting which reportedly took place on Saturday.
He has not been seen in public since undergoing an operation in 2006.
Mr Castro stepped down and his younger brother, Raul, took over his various offices.
Since then he has undergone a series of major intestinal operations, although the state of his health and whereabouts remain state secrets.
Neatly combed
The photograph in Juventud Rebelde, the Communist Youth newspaper, showed Mr Castro talking to Ecuador's left-wing President, Rafael Correa.
There was speculation that Fidel Castro's health had deteriorated significantly at the end of last year in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of Cuba's revolution, says the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana.
But his health does appear to have visibly improved in recent months, our correspondent adds.
In the latest photograph Mr Castro appears stronger: his greying, almost white hair is neatly combed back and even his trademark beard appears to have grown a little.
He remains an influential figure behind the scenes in Cuba and publishes regular editorials in the state-run media.
Occasional photographs of him are published, usually showing him greeting visiting dignitaries.
[Americas]
Page last updated at 02:25 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 03:25 UK
US murder suspect 'dead in motel'
A man suspected of murdering his wife near Los Angeles has been found dead in a motel room in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police say.
Ryan Jenkins, 32, had been the subject of a massive manhunt after the naked body of Jasmine Fiore, a 28-year-old former model, was found in a suitcase.
He had reported his wife missing, and then disappeared himself. His boat was was found near the US-Canada border.
Police said it was unclear how long Jenkins' body had been in the motel.
Sgt Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police says investigators were alerted after police had responded to a call about a dead person at the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, east of Vancouver.
"Preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life," said Sgt Pound.
A police source in California said that Jenkins had hanged himself and was identified by his fingerprints.
Mangled body
Jenkins had been taking part in the show Megan Wants a Millionaire. Described as an investment banker, Mr Jenkins was one of several wealthy young men trying to win the affections of a young woman in the show.
The TV channel VH1 cancelled the series after he was identified as a suspect.
Ms Fiore had no connection with the show, but she and Mr Jenkins had married in Las Vegas in March.
Her mangled body was found in a suitcase in a metal rubbish bin in Buena Park, south of Los Angeles, on 15 August. She was identified by a serial number on her breast implants.
After several days of searching, police found Jenkins' boat more than 950 miles (1,500km) north of Los Angeles - in the town of Point Roberts on the Canadian border.
"We continue to believe that Mr Jenkins was solely responsible" for the murder, said a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney's Office in California, after his death was announced.
[Asia-Pacific]
Page last updated at 02:27 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 03:27 UK
China tries 200 for Xinjiang riot
More than 200 people will be prosecuted on charges of involvement in the Xinjiang disturbances of last month, the China Daily has reported.
The trials are expected to start this week in Urumqi.
Charges include vandalising public property and transport, organising crowds to cause bodily harm to others, robbery, murder and arson.
Chinese police detained more than 1,500 people after violence between ethnic Uighurs and Han Chinese left 200 dead.
The China Daily that most of the arrests were made in Urumqi and Kashgar, a southern Xinjiang city with a heavy concentration of Uighur people.
The newspaper did not give a breakdown on how many Uighurs and how many Han would go on trial, but it said more than 170 Uighurs and 20 Han lawyers had been assigned to the suspects.
More security?
The newspaper reported last week that more than 3,300 items of physical evidence had been collected, including bricks and clubs stained with blood.
The evidence included 91 video clips and 2,169 photographs, it said.
Although security in Urumqi is already high, "a drastic increase in security is expected in the whole city," the newspaper said, especially around the Urumqi Intermediate People's Court.
Armed police are already conducting around-the-clock patrols in the area.
The riots broke out July 5 after police stopped an initially peaceful protest by Uighur youths, apparently prompted by an earlier riot in a factory in southern China.
The government has insisted the violence which followed was engineered by Uighurs in exile, led by Rebiya Kadeer.
It has been pursuing vigorous diplomatic complaints against countries such as Australia and Japan which gave visas for Ms Kadeer to enter and speak.
Many Uighurs want more autonomy, and respect for their culture and religion - Islam - than is allowed by China's strict centrist rule.
The violence in Xinjiang was the worst ethnic unrest in China for decades.
The government says 197 people died in the ensuing violence, and more than 1,700 were injured.
The government says most of the dead were Han Chinese, but the World Uighur Congress claims many Uighurs also were killed.
[Asia-Pacific]
Page last updated at 14:41 GMT, Sunday, 23 August 2009 15:41 UK
Soldiers killed in south Thailand
Two soldiers have been shot dead and three people injured in a gun attack on an army checkpoint in south Thailand.
The pre-dawn attack, near the southern border of Narathiwat province, has been blamed on Islamist insurgents.
At least 10 rebels are reported to have opened fire on the checkpoint before fleeing in pickup trucks.
The five-year insurgency by Muslims seeking greater autonomy in the southern regions of Thailand has so far cost more than 3,000 lives.
Thailand annexed the three southern provinces - Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani - in 1902, but the vast majority of people there are Muslim and speak a Malay dialect, in contrast to the Buddhist Thai speakers in the rest of the country.
Insurgents usually target people they perceive to be collaborating with the Bangkok government - using bomb blasts, beheadings and shootings.
They have also tried to force Buddhist residents from the area, with the aim of ultimately establishing a separate Islamic state.
[Asia-Pacific]
Page last updated at 00:01 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 01:01 UK
Indonesia thieves loot tiger body
Thieves have killed an endangered Sumatran tiger in an Indonesian zoo and stolen most of its body, officials say.
Only the intestines of the female tiger were left, staff at Taman Rimba Zoo said. Police believe the thieves intend to sell the animal's fur and bones.
The World Wildlife Fund estimates that fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers remain in the wild.
Despite laws against the sale of tiger parts, wildlife groups say they are sold openly in several Sumatran towns.
A 2008 study by British-based wildlife trade monitoring network, Traffic, showed that tiger bones, claws, skins and whiskers were being sold openly in eight cities on the island.
Traffic says tigers are killed to supply parts for souvenirs, Chinese medicine and jewellery.
The Sumatran tiger is listed as critically endangered, the highest category of threat.
They are on the brink of extinction because of rapid deforestation, poaching, and conflict with humans.
[Americas]
Page last updated at 00:37 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 01:37 UK
Castro 'healthy' in media images
A new picture of Fidel Castro has been published in a state-run newspaper, apparently showing Cuba's ailing former leader in much better health.
Mr Castro, 83, was dressed more smartly than in other recent photos, wearing a white shirt rather than a tracksuit.
Later he appeared on television for the first time in 14 months, chatting to Venezuelan students, in a meeting which reportedly took place on Saturday.
He has not been seen in public since undergoing an operation in 2006.
Mr Castro stepped down and his younger brother, Raul, took over his various offices.
Since then he has undergone a series of major intestinal operations, although the state of his health and whereabouts remain state secrets.
Neatly combed
The photograph in Juventud Rebelde, the Communist Youth newspaper, showed Mr Castro talking to Ecuador's left-wing President, Rafael Correa.
There was speculation that Fidel Castro's health had deteriorated significantly at the end of last year in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of Cuba's revolution, says the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana.
But his health does appear to have visibly improved in recent months, our correspondent adds.
In the latest photograph Mr Castro appears stronger: his greying, almost white hair is neatly combed back and even his trademark beard appears to have grown a little.
He remains an influential figure behind the scenes in Cuba and publishes regular editorials in the state-run media.
Occasional photographs of him are published, usually showing him greeting visiting dignitaries.
[Americas]
Page last updated at 02:25 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 03:25 UK
US murder suspect 'dead in motel'
A man suspected of murdering his wife near Los Angeles has been found dead in a motel room in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police say.
Ryan Jenkins, 32, had been the subject of a massive manhunt after the naked body of Jasmine Fiore, a 28-year-old former model, was found in a suitcase.
He had reported his wife missing, and then disappeared himself. His boat was was found near the US-Canada border.
Police said it was unclear how long Jenkins' body had been in the motel.
Sgt Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police says investigators were alerted after police had responded to a call about a dead person at the Thunderbird Motel in Hope, east of Vancouver.
"Preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life," said Sgt Pound.
A police source in California said that Jenkins had hanged himself and was identified by his fingerprints.
Mangled body
Jenkins had been taking part in the show Megan Wants a Millionaire. Described as an investment banker, Mr Jenkins was one of several wealthy young men trying to win the affections of a young woman in the show.
The TV channel VH1 cancelled the series after he was identified as a suspect.
Ms Fiore had no connection with the show, but she and Mr Jenkins had married in Las Vegas in March.
Her mangled body was found in a suitcase in a metal rubbish bin in Buena Park, south of Los Angeles, on 15 August. She was identified by a serial number on her breast implants.
After several days of searching, police found Jenkins' boat more than 950 miles (1,500km) north of Los Angeles - in the town of Point Roberts on the Canadian border.
"We continue to believe that Mr Jenkins was solely responsible" for the murder, said a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney's Office in California, after his death was announced.
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