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• Islamists Riot in Tunisia After Major Rally is Banned May 19, 2013
  Radical Islamists in Tunisia have engaged in street battles with police after authorities banned thousands of them from holding an annual conference in the center of the country. The radical activists, also known as Salafists, threw stones at Tunisian police who deployed heavily in the central town of Kairouan to prevent them from gathering on Sunday. Police […]
• Egyptian Police Block Israel Border Crossing in Fury at Kidnapping May 19, 2013
  Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday, security sources said. Police have been blocking another border post, the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who […]
• Philippine Workers in Taiwan Feel Backlash May 19, 2013
  Advocates for Philippine migrant workers say they are concerned about the effects of a hiring freeze Taiwan's government has put in place against the Philippines.  The move came less than a week after a Philippine Coast Guard crew admitted shooting at a Taiwanese vessel, killing a fisherman.  Statistics from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administra […]
• Indian, Chinese Leaders Meet to Strengthen Ties May 19, 2013
  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday at the start of a three-day visit, just days after the peaceful end of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains. China says placing India first on the itinerary of new Premier Li Keqiang demonstrates the importance Beijing places on the relationship between the two countries. The Chinese premier an […]
• Indian, Chinese Leaders Meet to Strengthen Ties May 19, 2013
  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday at the start of a three-day visit, just days after the peaceful end of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains. China says placing India first on the itinerary of new Premiere Li Keqiang demonstrates the importance Beijing places on the relationship between the two countries. The Chinese premier a […]