The Sri Lankan editor trapped in his office for the last five years
New freedoms promised by the end of 25-year civil war are still being denied journalists in Sri Lanka, where many who have taken an unbiased stance have paid with their lives
It is not simply dedication to his job that has led newspaper editor MV Kaanamyl-nathan to not leave his office for five-and-a-half years. In the spring of 2006, gunmen stormed into the building and sprayed automatic fire that killed two employees and left bullet holes in the walls and the table in the conference room that remain to this day.
Since then, two police officers have been assigned to permanent duty outside the building and Mr Kaanamylnathan and his wife have left their three-bedroom home in the city and moved into a small space next to the newsroom. "I don't go out. The only exception is to go and see my doctor, a heart-specialist, once every three months," Mr Kaanamylnathan said. "For that, I have to make to make special arrangements.
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Guatemala war victims identified
Guatemala identified a student leader and a labour leader who were captured, killed and buried in a mass grave in 1984 during the rule of president Oscar Mejia, who is facing charges of genocide.
Union leader Amancio Villatoro and student leader Sergio Linares are the first victims that scientists have matched to Guatemala's military journal, a list of 183 citizens who disappeared at the hands of the army between 1983 and 1985.
The document, often referred to as the death squad diary, was declassified in 1999, but no victims listed in the journal had been identified until now.
Guatemala is still grappling with the legacy of the devastating 1960-1996 civil war.
Tribesman who gave up a million to help capture Saif Gaddafi
November 23, 2011 - 11:51AM
The village tribesman turned desert tour guide who turned in Seif al-Islam Gaddafi after being offered euros 1 million (pounds 864,000) to drive him to the Libyan border has been revealed, feted as a hero a short distance from where his captive was being held prisoner.
Yusef Saleh al-Hotmani, from Berqan deep in the Sahara, said he had been offered the money to drive Saif al-Islam and four companions to the border with Algeria and Niger.
From there, Seif al-Islam was due to be picked up and driven into exile, "to return later and claim his country", his men told the guide.
Secrecy Bill: Black Tuesday 'not the end of the road'
STAFF REPORTERS AND SAPA JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Nov 23 2011
The National Assembly passed the secrecy Bill on Tuesday with 229 votes in favour. There were 107 votes against the Bill and two abstentions. The Bill was adopted by majority vote after the Democratic Alliance called for the Bill to be postponed.
Opposition parties present voted against the measure, while hundreds of black-clad activists protested against it outside the gates of Parliament and elsewhere in the country. Editors who attended the parliamentary session staged a walk-out after the Bill was voted in.
Former Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton will head a University of California-sponsored investigation into the controversial pepper-spraying of student protesters last week at UC Davis, university officials announced Tuesday.
Bratton is to lead an independent review and report his findings within a month, UC President Mark G. Yudof said. Bratton is chairman of the New York-based Kroll security consulting firm, which is being hired by UC for a fee that is still under negotiation, officials said.
CAIRO — If the demonstrations that culminated in February were an uprising against PresidentHosni Mubarak, the revolt today is against his legacy.
Opposition parties present voted against the measure, while hundreds of black-clad activists protested against it outside the gates of Parliament and elsewhere in the country. Editors who attended the parliamentary session staged a walk-out after the Bill was voted in.
Bratton to lead investigation of UC Davis pepper-spraying
The former LAPD chief, who now heads a security consulting firm, will lead an independent investigation of the incident in which nonviolent protesters were sprayed by campus police.
November 23, 2011
Former Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton will head a University of California-sponsored investigation into the controversial pepper-spraying of student protesters last week at UC Davis, university officials announced Tuesday.
Bratton is to lead an independent review and report his findings within a month, UC President Mark G. Yudof said. Bratton is chairman of the New York-based Kroll security consulting firm, which is being hired by UC for a fee that is still under negotiation, officials said.
The Old Order Stifles the Birth of a New Egypt
By ANTHONY SHADID
Published: November 22, 2011
CAIRO — If the demonstrations that culminated in February were an uprising against PresidentHosni Mubarak, the revolt today is against his legacy.
“This is the real revolution,” said Mohammed Aitman, helping at a first-aid clinic in a turbulent, roiling and, at times, ecstatic Tahrir Square.
The vestiges of Mr. Mubarak’s order — the military, the Muslim Brotherhoodand other Islamists, or fragmented liberals and leftists — seem ill prepared to navigate the transition from his rule.
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