The Indian press repeatedly described events, as best they were able to investigate them through eye-witnesses who were too frightened to stand forth with their names. Literally hundreds of articles were written in all as the press tried to do

Concerning the 1993 murders in Sathya Sai Baba's temple bedroom apartmentSEE ALSO TRANSCRIPT OF BBC INTERVIEW WITH THE FORMER HOME MINISTER OF ANDHRA PRADESH - V.P. NAIR - ON THE MURDERS EPISODE, WITH SHORT VIDEO CLIP! (Click here)Two decades of

This is a translation of this post from Hen Huang, Hen Baoli, which seems especially appropriate given upcoming anniversaries that, perhaps, aren't going to be accurately represented by government authorities.1 People in history can be fundamentally divided into two kinds:

The Washington Post reports on Timothy Geithner's visit to China: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner arrived in China this week seeking to reassure America's biggest creditor that its hundreds of billions of dollars of holdings in U.S. government debt

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in Beijing. To commemorate the student movement, CDT is posting a series of original news articles from 1989, beginning

A worker in Wenchuan County, Sichuan, mixes cement in front of a billboard advertising new government-subsidized housing, by hunxue-er

After having his blog shut down days before the Tiananmen anniversary, artist Ai Weiwei is back with a new blog here. 56minus1 blog notes that he also has a Twitter and Fanfou account:Ai Weiwei ( ) is now on Twitter

COLOMBO: The LTTE had a master plan to encircle the entire Sri Lankan eastern coast, capture the Tri...

Colombo, The parents of the now dead Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran are in the "protectiv...

LONDON - More than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final days of Sri Lankas military ope...

Colombo, The political wing leader of the LTTE womens force, who had crossed into the government-he...

COLOMBO: Amnesty International on Saturday called for an independent probe into the number of civili...

They came to kill her children one by one. First was Richard in 2001, then his brother Christopher. Bobby was taken from her the following year, and Fernando in 2007. Now Clarita Alia lives in fear that Arnold, her remaining

Actress Natalie Desselle Reid ("BAPS", "Eve") announced a new short film project. The short film "Queen Victoria's Wedding" was written/directed by Cosby Program alum BJ Rouse for Rouse House Entertainment in association with Mighty Moore Entertainment.The short film, to begin

Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis has flirted with the idea of moving to South Beach for some time now. With recent clients and being the Official Makeup Artist for Pepsi VH-1 Super bowl Bash in Tampa, Gomez-Duplessis decided she was

The sequel to the Twilight movie New Moon is currently being filmed in Italy. The movie will begin playing in theaters on November 20th. Twilight fans can not wait for the new movie. We will get to meet the wolf

Ron Maseth, award-winning professional bodybuilder, announces a new pre-show training video series with six DVDs that demonstrates how bodybuilders prep for shows two to three weeks prior to the event. Active in sports since his early youth, after 20 years

Recordings/Jive Records artist Jordin Sparks is set to release her sophomore effort Battlefield on July 21st. Sparks is off to a great start with the album launch. This week the lead single and title-track "Battlefield" is the No.1 "most added

Agni - II was flight tested for the first time by Strategic Forces Team at 10:05 Hrs. on 19th May 2009 at wheeler Island, near Dhamra, off Orissa Coast. However, there is no claim of complete success or failure. The

The first of the three Indian Air Force AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) platform arrived in India from Israel today. The giant IL-76 configured in its new avatar was escorted by three Mig-29 and Jaguar aircraft each that took