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1. News - World - FRANCE

   Kurdish activists murdered in Paris

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 09:02pm

   ... was also the Paris representative of the Brussels-based Kurdistan National Congress. The third was Leyla Soylemez, described by the federation as a “young activist”. The three were last seen alive ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1124921/kurdish-activists-murdered-paris
2. News - World - FRANCE

   Suspect in Paris Kurd slaying before judge

   Posted Jan 21st 2013, 06:12pm by AFP

   ... was born in Turkey in 1982 and is thought to have been a driver for one of the victims. The three women, one of them 55-year-old Sakine Cansiz, a co-founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1133068/suspect-paris-kurd-slaying-judge
3. News - World - TURKEY

   PKK founder Sakine Cansiz among three Kurdish activists killed in Paris

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 12:00am by Agence France-Presse

   ... All three were put forward yesterday as possible motives for the murder in Paris of three Kurdish women, including Sakine Cansiz, a founding member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1125160/pkk-founder-sakine-cansiz-among-three-kurdish-activists-killed-paris
4. News - World

   Briefs, January 12, 2013

   Posted Jan 12th 2013, 12:00am by VARIOUS

   ... was shot four times and the others three times. One, Sakine Cansiz, was a founding member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which took up arms in 1984 for Kurdish self-rule ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1125737/briefs-january-12-2013
5. Turkey has helped Kurdish refugees

   Posted Nov 25th 2002, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Politics War Diplomatic Relations Fertile Crescent Iraqi Kurdistan With reference to the article by Borzou Daragahi ('Turkey the big threat, say Kurds', South China Morning Post, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/398613/turkey-has-helped-kurdish-refugees
6. News - World - IRAQ

   Iraq bombings kill 19 on eve of Muslim new year

   Posted Nov 14th 2012, 08:59pm by Agence France-Presse in Kirkuk, Iraq

   ... The attack that killed Rauf’s child struck near offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Iraq’s most powerful Kurdish political party, which is led by Massud Barzani, president of the autonomous ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1082500/iraq-bombings-kill-19-eve-muslim-new-year
7. Resource-rich province the real prize

   Posted Jan 26th 2005, 12:00am by Borzou Daragahi

   ... of Kurdistan toward Mosul and Khaneqin as well as Kirkuk. Sunni Arabs, who mostly occupy the western countryside of the province, are loath to part with the city and province, which they dread ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/487029/resource-rich-province-real-prize
8. News - China

   Flower pots force homeless migrant workers to move on

   Posted Dec 24th 2012, 03:53pm by Peony Lui

   ... News China Migrant Workers Peony Lui In Zhengzhou city, Henan province, the open spaces beneath numerous express bridges were filled with hundreds of flower pots overnight. Previously, many migrant workers in the city took shelter under these bridges, unwilling or unable to afford proper housing. The death of migrant worker Liu Hongwei under Lijiao Bridge last month caught ... journalism because it provides a balanced perspective besides that of the government's. The migrant workers' opinions matter and it's important for them to be heard. In this case, they would like to make a living, and prefer to stay under the bridge. what's wrong with making their voices heard? Just because the author is not singing praises for the Party doesn't mean ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1112145/flower-pots-force-homeless-migrant-workers-move
9. News - Asia - SINGAPORE

   Singapore's ruling party loses key by-election

   Posted Jan 27th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... electorate. The opposition Workers' Party defeated the People's Action Party (PAP), which has been in power for more than 50 years, following a campaign dominated by issues including ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1136816/singapores-ruling-party-loses-key-election
10. News - Hong Kong - LABOUR

    Striking dockers set to escalate action

    Posted Apr 15th 2013, 06:46pm by PHILA SIU AND GARY CHEUNG

    ... News Hong Kong Kwai Tsing dock workers strike Phila Siu and Gary Cheung Unhappy strikers say they have plans ready to go and other workers ready to walk if contractors don't come to the party on wage rises today Striking dockers vowed action with the effect of a "nuclear bomb" if talks with contractors in the dispute over their pay and conditions break down today. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1215339/strike-talks-set-tuesday-dockers-vow-escalate-actions

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