Saturday July 05, 2008

Asia News

N Korea urges US, nations to deliver promised aid

05/07/2008
NORTH KOREA yesterday said it would not push ahead with an international deal to scrap its nuclear programme until...


ASIA FILES

05/07/2008
Motorcycle bomb kills girl in Pakistan QUETTA, PAKISTAN: A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded at a crowded...


Direct China-Taiwan flights take off, signal warming ties

05/07/2008
HISTORIC regular flights between Taiwan and China began yesterday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time...


India coalition to reorganise over US nuclear pact

05/07/2008
INDIA'S coalition government was undergoing a major shake-up yesterday with the dominant Congress party pushing on with...


Afghan link eyed in South Korea drug ring bust

05/07/2008
SOUTH KOREAN police yesterday said that nine people have been arrested for trying to smuggle tonnes of chemicals for...


Attacks, bombs kill 14 in Afghanistan

05/07/2008
BOMB blasts and attacks killed 11 policemen and three civilians in separate incidents in insurgency-hit Afghanistan,...


Vietnam coffee growers clash with police in land dispute

05/07/2008
MORE than 100 coffee growers have clashed with police, soldiers and forest rangers in Vietnam's Central Highlands,...


M'sia produces degradable, low-cost plastic

05/07/2008
A UNIVERSITI Sains Malaysia (USM) researcher has produced a plastic which is environment-friendly and degradable. ...


Indonesia police interrogate arrested terror suspects

05/07/2008
INDONESIAN police yesterday said they were interrogating 10 suspects and examining some 20 improvised bombs after...


38 dead in Myanmar ferry sinking

05/07/2008
AT least 38 people died when their ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta, official newspapers...