A group of Chinese nationalists have forged ahead with their alternative to the Nobel Prize, the Confucius Peace Prize.

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The results of the first round of voting in Haiti’s presidential election has seen the government-backed candidate scrape close to elimination.

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China has continued to voice its disappointment with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee and its choice of jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.

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Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has been moved to Taipei Prison to see out the remainder of his 19-year jail sentence.

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There’s been an outbreak of violence in the Solomon Islands capital following the sentencing of the country’s fisheries minister and MP for North Malaita province.

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There have been protests in Haiti ahead of this weekend’s presidential poll.

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There’s been a mixed reaction in the Philippines to the Pope’s comments on the selective use of condoms.

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Burma’s recently released democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has given more insight into the affects upon her and her family after 15 years of incarceration.

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The engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton has not just made headlines in Commonwealth countries where the prince will one day be their head-of-state.

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Bodies continue to be found in the burned-out shell of a 28-storey apartment building in Shanghai, a day after unlicensed welding sparked a spectacular blaze in a busy city district.

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