In India, ethnic Chinese still waiting for apology
Thousands were rounded up as suspected spies and sent to an internment camp after India lost a 1962 border war with China. India never filed any charges.
June 28, 2013, 1:01 a.m.
KOLKATA, India — India-born Monica Liu was 9 in 1962 when her family was loaded into box cars for an eight-day rail trip to an internment camp in the western Indian desert.
The Lius were among about 3,000 people of Chinese descent, most of them Indian citizens, rounded up without trial as suspected spies or sympathizers and placed in Rajasthan state's Deoli camp after India's one-month border war with China. Her family remained in detention until 1967.
Over the decades, the Chinese-Indian community has paid a high price for India's humiliating defeat and the subsequent distrust between the two Asian giants. In May, recently named Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited India in a bid to improve relations. But few expect close ties anytime soon, in light of a disputed 2,100-mile border and India's hosting of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader.
Long consumed by fear, anger and denial, many former detainees have only recently begun speaking out, urging New Delhi to admit mistakes, as Washington finally did in 1988 for the detention of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Brazilian protesters clash with police near Confederations Cup stadium
Around 5,000 protesters in clashes with police near Castelao stadium in Fortaleza where Spain beat Italy in semi-final tie
Around 5,000 anti-government protesters clashed with police on Thursday near a football stadium that hosted one of the Confederations Cup semi-finals.
The protesters marched peacefully, but clashes broke out as they neared the outer limits of a security zone about a mile from the stadium in Fortaleza, where Spain beat Italy on penalties. In Rio de Janeiro around 2,000 protesters marched without incident.
The marches were the latest in a series of nationwide protests in Brazilthat began on 17 June. Sparked by a small rise in bus fares, the protests have spiralled amid anger about corruption and poor public services despite Brazilians' heavy tax burden.
A lost generation: Europe's unemployed youths face years trapped in a downward spiral of poverty and exclusion
EU heads of state have put the issue at the top of their agenda
Each of Europe’s 5.6 million unemployed youths has a different story to tell. Some are university educated and vastly over-qualified for the jobs they are seeking. Others left school early to cash in on the boom times, only to lose everything when the crash came.
Heads of state from the EU holding talks in Brussels today and tomorrow have put youth unemployment at the top of the agenda, as figures hit an all-time high. In April, nearly a quarter of people under 25 looking for work in the EU were unemployed. In Greece, it is more than 60 per cent; in Spain, 56 per cent.
Unless the bleak figures are reversed soon, experts warn of a “lost generation” trapped in a spiral of poverty and exclusion.
EGYPT
Tension rises in Egypt as Morsi supporters and opponents plan rallies
Egypt's liberal and secular opposition has rejected President Mohammed Morsi's call for dialogue, calling instead for early elections. Meanwhile his Islamist supporters are planning rallies in Cairo on Friday.
The opposition National Salvation Front (NSF) lashed out at President Morsi on Thursday, saying that he had failed to take responsibility for the country's deep political polarization and failed economy.
Morsi had given a two-and-a-half hour televised speech the day prior, in which he acknowledged making mistakes during his year in office. The Egyptian president also called for national reconciliation, saying that he was open to cooperating with the opposition on constitutional reform.
28 June 2013 Last updated at 03:49 GMT
Prayer vigil for Nelson Mandela after condition improves
South Africans have been holding an all-night prayer vigil for former President Nelson Mandela, outside his former home in Soweto.
The crowd have been singing and saying prayers for Mr Mandela's health, on what is now his 20th night in hospital.
South Africa's first black president - an icon of the anti-apartheid struggle - is suffering from a lung infection.
President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday that the 94-year-old's condition had improved, but still remained critical.
Pakistan's tourism industry reels after shootings
Pakistan's already embattled tourism industry is struggling to deal with worried customers and cancellations after Islamic militants attacked foreign climbers preparing to summit one of the world's tallest mountains, killing 11 people.
For years, intrepid climbers and mountaineers, lured by a collection of awe-inspiring peaks, were some of the only international tourists willing to come to Pakistan.
Now hotel owners, tour operators and tourism officials worry that may be in danger after the vicious attack by militants Saturday on the climbing group at the base camp of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest in the world.
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