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Sunday, 19 May 2013
NORTH Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions...
MYANMAR President U Thein Sein left Nay Pyi Taw Friday night for Washington to pay an official visit to the United States, official sources said.On his first trip to Washington as a Myanmar head of state in 47 years, U Thein Sein will meet his US...
AN INDONESIAN court has ruled indigenous people have the right to manage forests where they live, a move which supporters said prevents the government from handing over community-run land to businesses.Disputes between indigenous groups and...
Bollywood bad boy Dutt held in terrorist jail cellNEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said...
HONG Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets yesterday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution.The 45 bright red cars were launched by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD, which is partly backed by US...
GUNMEN abducted the elderly father of Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad on Saturday, apparently in reprisal for the arrest of one of their relatives, according to a government source and a watchdog."Today armed men abducted Mr Muqdad's...
PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino III's reform agenda is expected to continue in the last three years of his administration thanks to a near sweep of administration-backed candidates in the senatorial elections, Xinhua reported.The Commission on...
A CHINESE man working on an energy project in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was being held yesterday after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of a Koran, officials said.Lee Ping, administration manager...
A BRITISH woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said yesterday.The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a...
ACTIVISTS demanding the closure of Guantanamo prison marked the 100th day of a hunger strike there Friday by submitting a petition to the White House containing some 370,000 signatures.A group of activists wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods...
SABAH Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan has described as apt, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's decision to include three Kadazandusun Murut (KDM) leaders among the six ministers from Sabah in the Federal Cabinet. !He said the decision...
CHINA will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face fines for nonpayment.The world's second largest economy "will not...
Saturday, 18 May 2013
THE United States yesterday called for the release of two Vietnamese activists jailed for distributing anti-government leaflets, saying their case highlights a "disturbing trend" of authorities muzzling dissent.Female university student...
MYANMAR released about 20 political prisoners yesterday, a top official said, hours before its reform-minded leader was due to leave on a landmark visit to the United States to meet President Barack Obama.President Thein Sein, a former general, has...
TAIWAN'S leader yesterday called for calm and promised to protect Filipinos on the island amid widespread anger at the Philippines over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman.Anti-Manila sentiments mounted after a 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead...
ABOUT 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. That was a year ago. The...
THE dire manners and "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official who lamented their poor "quality and breeding", according to state-run media.Wang Yang, one of...
PROSECUTORS have pressed their case against leaders of a Singapore-based Christian church accused of embezzling millions of dollars to finance the singing career of the pastor's wife.Alleged sham investments by the City Harvest Church — a...
THE rural air services provided by MASwings for East Malaysia helped to increase the number of tourists to Sabah by five per cent, in the first three months of the year.State tourism, culture and environment minister Masidi Manjun said between...
JOSEPH Salang Gandum (pic), the PRS (Parti Rakyat Sarawak) information chief, has refused to accept his appointment in the new Federal Cabinet as Tourism and Culture Deputy Minister.PRS president Dr James Masing had tried to persuade Salang to...
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