Irregular Military

Officer warns against misuse of paramilitary force

6 Jun 2012

A senior army officer has warned against abusing the deployment of troops for non-combat missions in a commentary by the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.

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Who said it?

23 Mar 2012

One valuable lesson we have learned is that we need to stick to reform and opening up

Zhang Dejiang, Chongqing's new party secretary, speaking to a delegation of Taiwanese...

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United Red Army

19 Feb 2012

United Red Army
Akie Namiki, Go Jibiki, Maki Sakai, Arata
Director: Koji Wakamatsu

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What's On

21 Apr 2005

POLITICAL SATIRE

Mathias Woo Yan-wai and Edward Lam Yik-wah have teamed up to direct West Kowloon Side Story. The political satire is the fourth instalment of the East Wing West Wing...

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Killing time

24 Mar 2005

When you hear the world 'prison', you probably think of a secure place for safely keeping people locked up. It is an accurate description of Philippine jails - if you drop the words 'secure', '...

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Madrid bombs: what would ETA achieve?

14 Mar 2004

It is difficult to comprehend what the Basque militant group ETA hoped to achieve with the massacre of civilians in Madrid.

Did they expect to gain public support by killing scores of...

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Shots fired as kidnap suspects held

Armed police fired four shots into a Wan Chai hotel room early yesterday before storming it and arresting three men wanted for the kidnapping of a car dealer.

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Island braces for army assault as deadline on hostages nears

On the eve of a military-imposed deadline for the release of four hostages held by a Muslim gang, Philippine government officials said there was little hope of averting an army offensive.

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Hostages to a fortune

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's new image as a liberator of hostages is one he should enjoy for the very short time it lasts. The intervention of the Libyan Government has certainly rescued the hostages...

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CALENDAR OF VICTIMS' ORDEAL

Yesterday, Law Cheung-yau, So Chi-ming and Malaysian Tong Ket Ming were released in the southern Philippines after a 106-day kidnap ordeal. Negotiators said no ransom was paid, but military...

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Hostages plead for help on jungle videotape

Video footage of Hong Kong kidnap victims pleading for help was released yesterday, showing them surrounded by their heavily armed captors in the jungle.

'I am sick. This is not a...

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Senior Tigers killed in raid

Separatist rebels admitted yesterday that three of their top military leaders had been killed by government troops during Saturday's attack on an army camp at Sittandy in the Batticaloa district...

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