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| Jan.16 |
Beijing |
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Zhao Ziyang 'near death' The former Chinese Communist Party chief who was purged for sympathizing with the protests, lay in a deep coma
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Beijing |
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Zhao Ziyang, Purged Chinese leader, dies| Former Communist Party was ousted aafter the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters | |
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| Jan.17 |
Beijing |
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China urged to review Tiananmen China is facing calls to reassess its suppression of the 1989 protests after the death of Zhao Ziyang
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| Jan.18 |
Mosul |
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Video shows 8 Chinese held in Iraq| A Catholic archbishop had been released in the northern city of Mosul | |
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| Jan.22 |
Iraq |
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8 Chinese hostages freed| 'Islamic Resistance Movement' announced the releases Saturday in a videotape | |
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| Jan.28 |
Taiwan |
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Direct China-Taiwan flights start| The first commercial Chinese plane (China Southern) to fly direct to Taiwan in 55 years has landed in Taipei | |
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Beijing |
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Muted goodbye to Zhao Ziyang| Hundreds of people have attended a tightly controlled funeral service for purged Communist Party leader and reformer | |
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