Clapping solemnly, dignitaries in Oslo celebrate this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, with an empty chair... more
Most police officers showed considerable restraint policing yesterday’s demonstrations, under sometimes extreme provocation, some sustaining injuries... more
China’s relentless criticism of the Nobel Peace Prize award to a jailed dissident has backfired because it has opened the West’s eyes to its totalitarian regime, human rights groups say... more
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be on the verge of freedom amid reports that an official order for her release has been signed by the country’s military leaders... more
The Prime Minister's to China was always going to run into problems over his hosts’ human rights record - but he has handled the situation with aplomb... more
It’s taken a while, but President Obama has his technology team in place. What’s most striking to us in California is how few of them have any association with the foremost regional generator of tech innovation (which would, ahem, be us) ... more
Nelson Mandela is to make a rare public appearance in London next month when he attends a massive concert in Hyde Park to celebrate his 90th birthday. The former South African president, who turns 90 on July 18, will join a crowd of precisely 46,664 - his old prison number and now the name of his Aids charity - for the show next month
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Nelson Mandela will hold his 90th birthday party at Hyde Park for 46,664 special guests; matching his prison number and the name of his Aids charity.... more
Nelson Mandela will appear at a massive concert in Hyde Park to celebrate his 90th birthday. The former South African president will join a crowd of precisely 46,664 - his old prison number... more
The Lady of Burma, a one-woman show about the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner, makes its mark where many seemingly meatier works fail.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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