Sydney Morning Herald China needs to change: Dalai Lama | The use of "secrecy, censorship and bullying" to silence dissenting voices in China must end under the country's incoming leader, the Dalai Lama says. | President-in-waiting Xi Jinping will have "no... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Canberra Times Party leaders clear path for power handover in Beijing | SEVERAL hundred of the Chinese Communist Party's top leaders have decided on a raft of measures that pave the way for a once-in-a-decade leadership transition that starts this week. | Among its deci... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Lan Hongguang)
Al Jazeera Syria envoy seeks fresh UN resolution | Lakhdar Brahimi, the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has called for world powers to issue a UN security council resolution based on a deal reached in June, in a bid to set up a transitional gov... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze) PeacePhotosSyriaUNWikipedia: Syrian civil war