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Thursday, October 23, 2003

Typhoid 'rampant' in Tajik capital. The Tajikistan Government belatedly starts to warn inhabitants of the capital, Dushanbe, about a major typhoid outbreak which has filled every available hospital bed. [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
8:48:43 AM    

N Korea 'kills detainees' babies'. A US group accuses North Korea of routinely killing the babies of women forcibly repatriated from China. [BBC News | Asia-Pacific | World Edition]
8:47:54 AM    

Group: Chinese Church Activist Charged (AP). AP - An activist linked to an unsanctioned Christian church and its imprisoned leader has been charged with subverting state power nearly a month after police detained him central China, a human rights organization reported Thursday. [Yahoo! News - World]
8:46:45 AM    

Typhoid outbreak hits Tajik capital, over 500 sick. AlertNet Oct 23 2003 7:34AM ET [Moreover - Central Asia news]
8:40:17 AM    

Report Details Prison Camps in N. Korea. WASHINGTON — A human rights report released Wednesday exposed harsh conditions in North Korean prison camps, where ex-political prisoners and guards described a life of torture and starvation. [Los Angeles Times World News]
8:39:43 AM    

A Match Made in Heaven, if You Have Enough Yuan. Thousands of Chinese families have gladly ceded personal control over the biggest day in their lives to one-stop wedding centers. By David W. Chen. [New York Times: International]
8:37:50 AM    

N. Korea Buys Weapons Despite Poor Economy. Despite its economic plight, North Korea has bought $400 million worth of second-hand fighter jets, submarine parts and other weapons in the past five years, South Korea's Defense Ministry said Thursday. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
8:37:00 AM    

11,449 Die in 2003 China Work Accidents. Accidents in China's mines and factories killed 11,449 people in the first nine months of this year despite a nationwide safety crackdown, a jump of nearly 9 percent over the same period last year, officials said Thursday. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
8:36:28 AM    

Group: Chinese Church Activist Charged. An activist linked to an unsanctioned Christian church and its imprisoned leader has been charged with subverting state power nearly a month after police detained him central China, a human rights organization reported Thursday. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
8:34:52 AM    

Plight of Pakistan child inmates. Amnesty International says 4,500 children are being held in Pakistan, two-thirds without convictions. [BBC News | South Asia | World Edition]
8:32:43 AM    

Report Dammning North Korean Prison Brutality Now Available on Internet. From http://www.hrnk.org/pr-oct2103.html NEW REPORT EXPOSES EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF GRIM FORCED-LABOR CAMPS FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS IN NORTH KOREA WASHINGTON– The U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea released a report today documenting that the government of North Korea (DPRK) operates... [Free North Korea!]
8:31:56 AM    

North Korea's Gulags. Even babies aren't spared from Pyongyang's regime of torture and murder. BY CLAUDIA ROSETT Wednesday, October 22, 2003 12:01 a.m. EDT The latest hallucination of geopolitics has it that if only we can make North Korea's Great Leader Kim Jong... [Free North Korea!]
8:31:39 AM    



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