| Korean Defector Was Voice for Exiles Hwang Jang Yop, a vocal opponent of Pyongyang, was found dead in his home Saturday, the same day the regime put on one of its biggest spectacles in years—a military parade attended by reclusive leader Kim Jong Il and his heir apparent. online.wsj.com |
Return to Baghdad: Sunnis Warn of a Revived Insurgency A TIME reporter meets two old Sunni contacts and discovers the bitterness that remains feedproxy.google.com |
Pre-Vote Clashes in Guinea Kill One A political demonstrator was killed by police in Guinea's capital in one of several violent street clashes ahead of a planned presidential poll. online.wsj.com |
Iraq war logs: Frago 242 – a licence to torture How the newly released US military files reveal an instruction to ignore detainee abuse by Iraqi authorities; what that meant on the ground; and just how far up the chain of command the order wentMaggie O'KaneGuy GrandjeanTeresa SmithJacqui TimberlakeMona Mahmood guardian.co.uk |
China's State-Owned Firms Take Hits on Overseas Projects While the new Chinese-built Mecca Metro went off without a hitch during this year's hajj, it has caused uproar back in Beijing since the state-owned China Railway Construction Corporation revealed that it suffered a $600 million loss on the project feedproxy.google.com |