World sitting on ‘powder keg’: Amnesty
AFP Thursday, May 28, 2009 The world is sitting on a “powder keg” of social unrest, which risks exploding as human rights are eroded by the global economic slowdown, Amnesty International warned. But its annual report — detailing abuses from China to Guantanamo Bay and from Sri Lanka to the ex-Soviet Union — said the global meltdown also offers a chance to rebuild an economic framework putting human rights at its heart.
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World sitting on ‘powder keg’: Amnesty
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N. Korean nuclear blast probably less powerful than hoped for: Yale scholar
Sam Kim Yonhap Thursday, May 28, 2009 North Korea apparently failed to achieve desired explosiveness in its second nuclear test, a Yale University professor says, citing seismic readings that have been generated by it.
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N. Korean nuclear blast probably less powerful than hoped for: Yale scholar
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China finding it harder to support NKorea: analysts
AFP Thursday, May 28, 2009 China has long been the main ally of North Korea, but as it assumes a greater role in international affairs, Beijing will find it more difficult to defend the isolated regime, analysts say. North Korea’s nuclear test this week and its threat to attack US and South Korean ships has infuriated the international community, which leaves China with less room to stand by Pyongyang’s side, they say. And that could mean dire consequences for Kim Jong Il’s regime — possibly including new UN sanctions on the North and a severe cut in trade and assistance from the one nation that keeps it afloat