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Monday, 2 February 2009
THE latest issue of The Economist will be withheld from distribution in Thailand for the third time in two months because of its coverage of the country's monarchy, the magazine said.The British magazine's Thai distributor, Asia Books, refused to...
THAILAND'S deputy prime minister yesterday rejected an ultimatum by thousands of protesters demanding the government step down, raising the prospect of more rallies in the turmoil-wracked kingdom.Suthep Thaugsuban, one of three deputy prime...
Sunday, 1 February 2009
BANGLADESH has barred suspected war criminals accused of murder, rape or other crimes during its bloody 1971 independence struggle from leaving the country, a minister yesterday said."Instructions have been given to relevant authorities so that...
A US-funded programme to train and arm community members in Afghanistan's most dangerous regions as a way to defend against the Taliban has begun, the country's interior minister said yesterday.The US will provide funds to arm the community force...
UNITED Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Myanmar yesterday for fresh talks with the ruling junta, officials said, less than six months after his last trip ended in deadlock.As with previous visits, Myanmar's military rulers have kept...
Immigration officials still in quandary where the group will be deported toTHAI prison officials released 62 Rohingya migrants being held in detention in southern Ranong province yesterday, handing them over to immigration authorities for...
A Red Cross worker being held by suspected Muslim extremists in the southern Philippines has received medicine for a healthcondition, the government said yesterday.The hypertension medicine was sent to Italian Eugenio Vagni, one of three...
SOUTH Korean President Lee Myung-Bak has vowed to stick to his tougher line on North Korea despite a move from Pyongyang to scrap agreements on easing military tensions.North Korea, which accused Seoul Friday of pushing relations to the brink of war...
THE Sri Lankan military reported a lull in fighting yesterday with cornered Tamil Tiger rebels, as the Red Cross tried to negotiate the evacuation of more civilian wounded from the conflict zone."There have been no incidents, no casualties, no...
MUSLIM separatist guerrillas in the southern Philippines are attacking rural businesses as part of extortion schemes, the military charged yesterday.Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters have burnt equipment belonging to construction...
4 killed in China bomb attackBEIJING: A bomb attack killed four people in central China this week, police said yesterday, adding that authorities were still investigating the motive behind the blast. The attack occurred on Monday near a hospital in...
FIVE newborns, all less than a week old, were killed and another was injured yesterday in northern India after a short circuit sparked a fire in the hospital maternity ward where they were being treated for jaundice.The blaze began before dawn at...
SOME 30,000 supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra gathered in Bangkok yesterday promising to fight on indefinitely unless the new Thai government leaves office within 15 days.The protesters' ultimatum came just before the crowd began a...
Saturday, 31 January 2009
MALAYSIA said yesterday it was battling its worst-ever outbreak of dengue fever, with 14 deaths and some 5,062 cases of the mosquito-borne disease so far this year.The crisis, which is centred on Kuala Lumpur and populous Selangor state surrounding...
THE UN refugee agency yesterday refused to comment on the condition of teenagers from Myanmar being held in Thai custody out of "courtesy" to Thailand's government.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Thursday visited 12...
UNITED NATIONS special envoy Ibrahim Gambari is expected to arrive in Myanmar today to broker fresh talks with the ruling junta, a government official said.Gambari will arrive in the main city of Yangon and spend four days in the country, less than...
A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) office-bearer Ghanshyam rained baton rods on dalit workers last January 14. Ghanshaym is the husband of Urmila Devi, who is the Gram Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Aira Kake Mau, Block Bharawan, District Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh...
NORTH Korea announced yesterday it is scrapping agreements with South Korea on easing military tensions, accusing Seoul of pushing relations to the brink of war.The communist state said all political and military agreements would be nullified,...
TWO men who say they spent 25 days lost at sea in a giant icebox have asked to stay in Australia on humanitarian grounds, officials said yesterday, but there was scepticism about their incredible ordeal.The men, aged 22 and 24 and believed to be...
AT least two million worshippers gathered north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka yesterday for a three-day event billed as the largest annual Islamic event after the Haj.Columns of thousands of devotees most carrying beds and utensils have been...
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