China frees NY Times reporter it jailed for 3 years; 35 journalists, 51 'cyber-dissidents' still in prison in China...

15 September :: China has freed a New York Times reporter imprisoned for 3 years; Zhao Yan was detained in 2004 after reporting that Jian Zemin was likely to step down, the charge being the leaking of state secrets; Zhao had also reported on official abuses; China is currently holding 35 journalists and at least 51 "cyber-dissidents" in prison on similar charges...

Bush contemplates formal peace with North Korea; ETA says it will strike Spanish state "on all fronts"...

9 September :: US pres. George W. Bush has said the US would consider a formal peace treaty with North Korea, if the DPRK agrees to give up entirely its nuclear program, in an effort to "end the Korean war"... Basque separast group ETA has said it will "continue to strike the structures of the Spanish state on all fronts" to stop politicians in Madrid from dismantling the Basque process favoring independence; the group said the Basque Country (Euskal Herria or Euskadi) "has no future in the current framework" and that it should begin crafting the aparatus of an independent state... Pakistan deports fmr PM Sharif, only hours after he landed in country, setting up yet another Musharraf showdown with Supreme Court over handling of its orders, Constitution, electoral process...