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A court in military-ruled Myanmar turned aside opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's latest bid for freedom Friday, rejecting an appeal against her most recent sentence of house arrest, government sources said. Ms. Suu Kyi was convicted and sentenced in August for sheltering an uninvited American at her home for two days earlier... 

By Cary Huang from South China Morning Post China celebrated 60 years of communist rule yesterday with a spectacular parade and extravagant pageantry to display the country's growing military and economic might and national pride. While the nation's leaders and privileged guests attended the tightly guarded official celebration... 

By Chris Patten Every country is shaped by its history, but countries fabricate and rewrite their histories, too. The story of how we became who we are needs to accommodate our sense of tribal solidarity and accomplishment. Our triumphs and virtues are exaggerated; our villains externalised; our failings covered up. All this...