ARMED police have sealed off a village in southern China after violent clashes with residents that rights group Amnesty International said marked the first time Chinese police had fired on protesters since 1989.

ARMED police were yesterday called to a Belfast court as relatives and friends of a dead teenager shouted abuse at a woman jailed for his manslaughter.

Armed police today transferred the alleged mastermind of last month’s deadly Bali nightclub bombings to the Indonesian capital for more questioning.