TR EMERITUS

Security sweep codenamed Operation Spectrum saw the arrests and detention of 22 young professionals in Singapore under the Internal Security Act. The "Marxist Conspiracy" arrests, as it is commonly known, also involved the detentions of lawyers Francis Seow and Patrick Seong in 1988 as they sought to represent some of the detainees... 

BEIJING -- In another era, China's leaders might have been content to let discussion of the protests in Egypt float around among private citizens, then fizzle out. But challenges in recent years to authoritarian governments around the globe and violent uprisings in parts of China itself have made Chinese officials increasingly... 

Hosni Mubarak Egypt's cabinet has formally submitted its resignation, paving the way for a new government to be formed. Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, said overnight that he had asked the government to resign after countrywide protests on Friday. "The president will announce who will be the next prime minister. But...