NZ Herlad Nov 10, 2013 Green Party MP Jan Logie says she is “safe” after being detained by Sri Lankan authorities and her passport confiscated. She was travelling with Australian senator Lee Rhiannon on a fact-finding trip to Sri Lanka in the leadup to Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo. Their trip was scheduled…
NZ Herald Nov 11, 2013 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will skip this week’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, as pressure grows for a boycott of the event over alleged war crimes by Colombo. Singh sent a letter to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Sunday telling him of his decision not to attend the…
AP Novenber 8, 2013 HANOI, Vietnam (AP) Vietnam is mulling the resumption of execution by firing squad because of problems getting chemicals for lethal injections, state media reported Friday. The Laborer newspaper quoted Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang as asking the lawmaking National Assembly to allow the use of firing squads until the…