News stories by AJ Correspondents, page 2

DOHA, Nov 08 (IPS) - China's ruling Communist Party has launched its national congress, a pivotal event that ushers in a new set of top leaders for the next decade.

DOHA, Oct 25 (IPS) - Japan's crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tonnes of highly contaminated water used to cool the broken reactors, the manager of the water treatment team has said.

TORONTO, Oct 18 (IPS) - In the late afternoon of Apr. 3, 2011, in the Pakistani city of Dera Ghazi Khan, an annual Sufi Muslim religious festival at the shrine of the 13th century saint Ahmed Sultan was hit by twin suicide bomb attacks which killed over 50 people and left more than 120 wounded.

DOHA, Oct 15 (IPS) - The U.N.-Arab League envoy has called for a ceasefire in Syria during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as the revolt against the Syrian government enters its 20th month with a death toll of more than 33,000.

DOHA, Oct 11 (IPS) - A rapid construction boom in China has led to a rise in people being forcibly removed from their homes and land, according to a leading rights group.

DOHA, Oct 04 (IPS) - Turkey’s parliament has authorised cross-border military action against Syria, if deemed necessary by the government.

DOHA, Qatar, Oct 03 (IPS) - Four blasts have struck a government-controlled district close to a military officers' club in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 100, opposition activists say.

DOHA, Sep 20 (IPS) - Miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa have begun returning to work after agreeing a pay deal.*

DOHA, Sep 18 (IPS) - A suicide car bomber has killed 12 people in the Afghan capital, nine of them foreigners, officials said, in an early-morning attack claimed by an armed group which said it sent a female attacker to avenge an anti-Islam film.

DOHA, Sep 12 (IPS) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has died from smoke inhalation in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, the country's interior ministry and security sources have said.