Brutality of Borneo's smiling killers

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There have been vicious attacks in Sambas, in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan in Borneo, on Muslim settlers from Madura, a dry island off the east coast of Java. Most local people seem to support the killings, while the security forces have taken little action against the perpetrators. At least 1,000 Madurese have been attacked, with at least 73 having been killed, while many Madurese homes have been burned.

Indonesia, Racial Oppression, Ethnic relations, Race discrimination

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Wall of silence greets leak of Tiananmen files

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There has been no response from the Chinese government or the official news agency to documents published in US journal Foreign Affairs showing deep splits among Communist Party leaders about the harsh suppression of student protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

China, Human Rights, Management, Massacres, Student movements, Student protests, Foreign Affairs (Periodical), Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989

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A village is destroyed. And America says nothing happened

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The US Dept of Defence has denied that B-52s dropped bombs on the village of Kama Ado, Afghanistan, killing 115 people. However, there is strong evidence that a bomb attack by US planes did take place.

International politics, Military Action, Afghanistan, Military aspects, Military policy, Military operations, Air warfare

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