Senior official stresses people's role in building harmonious ... Xinhua, China - HAIKOU, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) - - Building a harmonious socialist society needs more participation from the people, said senior official Jia Qinglin on Wednesday. ...

A Secret Society , Spilling a Few Secrets New York Times, United States - By JAMES BARRON. For more than two centuries, the Freemasons and their grandiose rituals have played a secretive, mysterious role in American life. ...

Surveillance society reaches Shetland Scotland on Sunday, UK - ... Isles. The UK's information commissioner, Richard Thomas, has warned that the country has become a "surveillance society ". There ...