Torture Is the
New Normal in Tibet
James Tapper, GlobalPost
Tapper writes: "When Xi Jinping became president of China, there were hopes that he might soften his country’s hard line on Tibet. The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, said in 2012 that Xi seemed 'more lenient,' and spoke of his personal connection with the new president’s father."
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James Tapper, GlobalPost
Tapper writes: "When Xi Jinping became president of China, there were hopes that he might soften his country’s hard line on Tibet. The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, said in 2012 that Xi seemed 'more lenient,' and spoke of his personal connection with the new president’s father."
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Obama Wanted
Out of Iraq, Panetta Did Not
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Former Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has denounced the White House in a new memoir, accusing President Barack Obama's top aides of undercutting efforts to secure a deal in 2011 that could have kept US troops in Iraq."
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Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "Former Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has denounced the White House in a new memoir, accusing President Barack Obama's top aides of undercutting efforts to secure a deal in 2011 that could have kept US troops in Iraq."
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Hong Kong's
Triads Attack Protestors
Ben Leung, The Daily Beast
Leung writes: "For years to come, October 3, 2014, is likely to be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of Hong Kong. Some locals have compared it to riots back in 2005; others to the opportunistic looting in Kowloon around the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre 25 years ago – both of these saw teargas and police being deployed."
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Ben Leung, The Daily Beast
Leung writes: "For years to come, October 3, 2014, is likely to be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of Hong Kong. Some locals have compared it to riots back in 2005; others to the opportunistic looting in Kowloon around the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre 25 years ago – both of these saw teargas and police being deployed."
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In Rare
Alliances, Sunnis, Join Shi'ites, Kurds to Repel ISIS Attack
Raheem Salman and Yara Bayoumy, Yahoo! News
Excerpt: "When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this week, they were repelled by a rare coalition of Sunni tribal fighters inside the town and Shi'ites in its sister city Balad on the opposite bank."
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Raheem Salman and Yara Bayoumy, Yahoo! News
Excerpt: "When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this week, they were repelled by a rare coalition of Sunni tribal fighters inside the town and Shi'ites in its sister city Balad on the opposite bank."
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UN Urges
Mexico to Find 43 Missing Students
Laurent Thomet, Agence France-Presse
Thomet writes: "The United Nations in Mexico urged authorities to conduct an 'effective' search for 43 students who vanished after a deadly police shooting last week, calling it 'one of the most terrible events of recent times.'"
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Laurent Thomet, Agence France-Presse
Thomet writes: "The United Nations in Mexico urged authorities to conduct an 'effective' search for 43 students who vanished after a deadly police shooting last week, calling it 'one of the most terrible events of recent times.'"
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Coroner Finds
Christopher Dorner Committed Suicide
Reuters
Excerpt: "A former Los Angeles police officer who eluded authorities for days following a grudge-driven killing spree fatally shot himself in the basement of a burning cabin, a coroner report released on Friday said."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "A former Los Angeles police officer who eluded authorities for days following a grudge-driven killing spree fatally shot himself in the basement of a burning cabin, a coroner report released on Friday said."
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Russell
Wilson: Confessions of an Abuser
Katie McDonough, Salon
McDonough writes: "Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has a piece up on The Players’ Tribune (which has Derek Jeter as its 'founding editor'), and takes on his own experience with violence as a child and the silences within the NFL that allow violence against women to go unaddressed."
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Katie McDonough, Salon
McDonough writes: "Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has a piece up on The Players’ Tribune (which has Derek Jeter as its 'founding editor'), and takes on his own experience with violence as a child and the silences within the NFL that allow violence against women to go unaddressed."
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