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CORRECTED-Colorado governor grants reprieve to quadruple killer on death row

May 23, 2013 02:16
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper granted a reprieve on Wednesday to the state's longest-serving death row inmate, ordering his execution blocked indefinitely in a move that infuriated prosecutors and victims' families. "It is a legitimate question whether we as a state should be taking lives," Hickenlooper, a first-term Democrat, wrote in his executive order, issued in response to a request for clemency from condemned quadruple killer Nathan Dunlap.

'British soldier' butchered in suspected Islamist attack

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 02:00
British counter-terrorism police were Thursday investigating the murder of a man thought to be a soldier, who was butchered and beheaded on a busy London street by two men shouting Islamist slogans. The attackers, wielding knives including a meat cleaver, carried out the attack a few hundred metres (yards) from the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast London, then delivered an Islamist tirade to passers-by. Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the "appalling crime", adding: "There are strong indications that it is a terrorist incident."

Top Chinese literary couple's letters on auction

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 01:15
Around 100 letters and manuscripts by one of China's top literary couples are to go under the hammer next month, a Chinese auction house said Wednesday, amid reports of a row over privacy. Qian Zhongshu died in 1997 but remains a household name in China for his novel "Fortress Besieged", about late-1930s middle-class Chinese society. It was first published in 1947 and made into a popular television drama in 1990.

Top Chinese literary couple's letters on auction

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 01:02
Around 100 letters and manuscripts by one of China's top literary couples are to go under the hammer next month, a Chinese auction house said Wednesday, amid reports of a row over privacy. Qian Zhongshu died in 1997 but remains a household name in China for his novel "Fortress Besieged", about late-1930s middle-class Chinese society. It was first published in 1947 and made into a popular television drama in 1990.

North Korea-weekly review-4

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 01:01
*** INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS Inter-Korean Trade Nosedives amid Suspension of Kaesong Complex SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Trade between South and North Korea tumbled last month after the North shut down the jointly run industrial park in its border town of Kaesong, government data showed on May 21. The monthly inter-Korean trade volume came to US$23.43 million in April, down 88 percent from $194.27 million recorded the previous month, according to the data from the Ministry of Unification in charge of inter-Korean affairs.

North Korea-weekly review-3

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 01:00
*** NEWS IN BRIEF North Korea Warns of Dangerous Tensions on Korean Peninsula SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea warned on May 16 that dangerous tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula in May due to naval drills conducted by South Korea and the United States. In an article carried by Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Workers' Party of (North) Korea (WPK), the North claimed the convergence of substantial forces around waters surrounding the peninsula is a move to taunt its Navy and heighten the risk of confrontation.

North Korea-weekly review-1

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 01:00
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK (Part 1) North Korea Fires Short-range Projectiles into East Sea for Three Days SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea launched a total of six short-range projectiles for three days straight beginning May 18, ratcheting up a new wave of tension on the Korean Peninsula while ignoring South Korea's demands to stop such provocative actions. North Korea last week declared a portion of the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast off limits to ships from May 18-21, during which it test-fired the short-range "projectiles" believed to be missiles or rockets.

North Korea-weekly review-5

Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 01:00
*** FOREIGN TIPS U.S. Government Urges North Korea to Free Jailed American WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- The U.S. government called on May 15 for North Korea to release an American citizen jailed there, saying Washington's top priority is to secure the safety of its nationals. "We urge the DPRK (North Korea) authorities to grant Mr. Bae amnesty and immediate release," Patrick Ventrell, deputy spokesman for the State Department, told reporters. "There is no greater priority for us than the welfare and safety of our U.S. citizens abroad."

Top Chinese literary couple's letters on auction

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 00:47
Around 100 letters and manuscripts by one of China's top literary couples are to go under the hammer next month, a Chinese auction house said Wednesday, amid reports of a row over privacy. Qian Zhongshu died in 1997 but remains a household name in China for his novel "Fortress Besieged", about late-1930s middle-class Chinese society. It was first published in 1947 and made into a popular television drama in 1990.

Top Chinese literary couple's letters on auction

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 00:47
Around 100 letters and manuscripts by one of China's top literary couples are to go under the hammer next month, a Chinese auction house said Wednesday, amid reports of a row over privacy. Qian Zhongshu died in 1997 but remains a household name in China for his novel "Fortress Besieged", about late-1930s middle-class Chinese society. It was first published in 1947 and made into a popular television drama in 1990.
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