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Casino tycoon’s family feuds over Macau fortune

By AP News Wed, Feb 02, 2011 3:46PM UTC

HONG KONG (AP) — As three “wives” and 16 children of tycoon Stanley Ho grasp for control of his casino fortune, the veneer of professionalism has peeled from his business empire, one of many family-run companies facing succession time bombs in this southern Chinese entrepot. The ailing, 89-year-old Ho is

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Afghan president visits India to discuss security

By AP News Wed, Feb 02, 2011 12:15PM UTC

NEW DELHI (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is visiting the Indian capital to discuss security in Afghanistan and to attend a conference on sustainable development. The Ministry of External Affairs says Karzai will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday about efforts to secure Afghanistan. Last month, India’s

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China restricts reports on Egypt protests

By AP News Wed, Feb 02, 2011 10:15AM UTC

BEIJING (AP) — The protests in Egypt are about free elections and overthrowing a longtime dictator? Not according to China’s state media, which is painting them as the kind of chaos that comes with Western-style democracy. The recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia are no doubt giving pause to many

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Indonesian cleric charged with plotting terrorism

By AP News Wed, Feb 02, 2011 8:45AM UTC

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Prosecutors have formally charged Indonesia’s best-known radical cleric with planning terrorist attacks, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death. Abu Bakar Bashir, the 72-year-old spiritual head of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network, also was charged with helping fund a new terror cell in Aceh

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Rights group urges India to reform justice system

By AP News Wed, Feb 02, 2011 6:00AM UTC

NEW DELHI (AP) — An international rights group Wednesday accused Indian security forces of a range of human rights violations and urged reform of the justice system to prevent abuses during counterterrorism efforts. Human Rights Watch called on Indian authorities to prevent wrongful accusations of terrorism, investigate allegations of coerced

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