Asian Island Nation Looks to Open New Chapter as East Timor Voting Starts for National Government
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Democracy Activists Arrested in Burma Ahead of Protests
Elections Approach as Violence and Protests Continue as Asian Rights Reformer Arrested in Burma
Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Protest New Leader of Hong Kong
Popular Democracy Movement Seeks to Build on Nascent Election Process Without New Leader of Hong Kong
Mongolian Opposition Party Poised to Run Parliament
Amazing Mongolian Opposition Continues to Thrive Between Teeth of Two Largest Dictatorships
China’s Dictatorship Vows Crackdown on Muslim Region
Restive Xinjiang Province Has Seen Unrest in Face of Ethic Han Competition With Locals as China’s Dictatorship Vows Crackdown on Muslim Separatism
China Blaming Political Crisis on West’s Influence
In Usual Panicky Propaganda Response to Domestic Pressure, China Blaming Political Crisis on West
Huge Democracy Protests Said to Have 400,000 Chinese
Hong Kong Citizens Rally in Huge Democracy Protests in the Face of Chinese Dictatorship
Mongolia’s Ruling Party Calls for New Elections
Democracy struggling to build between Russia and China as Mongolia’s ruling party calls vote
South Korea Postpones Military Intelligence Pact with Japan
Japan Concerned After Neighbor South Korea Postpones Military Intelligence Pact Between Countries
Plane Hijack Prevented in China
Hijack prevented in China tests country’s gigantic expansion of its aviation fleet