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| [France24] Death of local girl prompts riots in SW China |
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2008.06.30
China has ordered "rioters" to surrender
following violent protests by 10,000
residents of a southern county angry over the
alleged rape and murder of a local girl, a
dissident website said Monday.
Residents of the restive county of Weng'an in
southwestern Guizhou province reported a
tense calm Monday amid a heavy police
presence two days after huge crowds attacked
and burned government and police targets.
"There are many police in front of the county
government building and police station.
Students are going back to classes, social
order is back to normal," a resident who gave
only his surname, Lai, told AFP.
The incident comes at a sensitive time for
China's Communist Party rulers as they seek
to showcase the nation as harmonious and
stable ahead of the Beijing Olympics in
August.
The riots on Saturday were triggered by anger
over the alleged rape and killing of a
15-year-old school girl amid reports that
local officials were protecting the suspect,
who has been identified as the son of the
county's deputy chief.
The anger was further fuelled by the death in
police custody of the girl's uncle after he
protested the handling of the case, locals
told AFP.
The state-run China Daily newspaper on Monday
quoted officials as saying 10,000 protesters
had taken to the streets due to "officials'
alleged attempt to cover up a murder case of
a girl student".
The dissident website Boxun.com featured a
photo of a public notice ordering those
involved in the rioting to turn themselves
in.
Phone calls by AFP to the local police
station went unanswered on Monday.
The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for
Human Rights and Democracy said Sunday that
more than 1,500 paramilitary and riot police
had been dispatched to the area and that
nearly 200 people had been arrested.
Although numerous Internet postings on the
violence were seen over the weekend, few
could be found Monday. The government's
Internet censors typically block information
on such clashes.
China sees thousands of such outbursts each
year as ordinary Chinese, faced with an
unresponsive legal system and rampant
official corruption, lash out violently at
perceived government abuses and graft.
Tags : France24 News English China riots Guizhou weng'an province protests rape murder police coverup Communist party official |
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| FRANCE24-EN-Report-Benin |
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August 22nd, a boat ran aground on the shores
of the Dokloboué village. The boat carried
three men and fifty boxes of cocaine.
According to the police, two of the men, from
Ghana, were killed and buried on the beach.
The other man, a south-American, apparently
bribed the villagers to save his life and
escape. According to the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime, since January
2007, more than 4 tons of cocaine have been
seized in the area: that's twice more than a
year ago. Indeed, West Africa is becoming a
important hub in the world-wide drug traffic.
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| FRANCE24-EN-Report-Saudi Arabia & Spa |
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In this residential district west from
downtown Riyad, 20 Saudi businesswomen have
opened the country's first women-only
hotel-spa. the place is called "the Luthan"
, in Arab this means the "shelter". "Shelter"
as in a nice and comfortable place... In
Saudi Arabia, 70 % of women have a weight
problem. The spa is a great place to relax,
be pampered and become conscious about your
body and how to keep it fit and trim...
Building up connections between the body,
sports, health and exercise is something
relatively new in Saudi Arabia but this seems
to be catching on fast...
Tags : france24 24 en report arabia saudi hotel spa woman body sports health riyad |
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