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Leading postgraduate programs for Asian students
By Asian Correspondent Thu, May 23, 2013 10:24PM UTCThere was a time when a bachelor’s degree was the gold standard of professional success and marketability. Today’s employers appear to have shifted priorities, and some commentators (including the New York Times) have been so bold as to suggest that the master’s is the new bachelor’s degree. Actually, it may not be that bold of...
Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India
By AP News Thu, May 23, 2013 6:44PM UTCLUCKNOW, India (AP) — A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing massive electricity cuts and leading angry residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, enraged citizens have set fire to a power station and held power...
Markets reel from Nikkei’s 7.3 percent slide
By AP News Thu, May 23, 2013 6:36PM UTCLONDON (AP) — Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago. Several reasons have been blamed for the 7.3 percent fall in the Nikkei index to 14,483.98, including a spike in Japanese government bond...
Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam
By AP News Thu, May 23, 2013 6:29PM UTCHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation’s power grid. State electricity company EVN said in a statement Thursday that the blackout occurred Wednesday after the crane operator knocked a tree down onto the main north-south...
State media shows NKorea has new military chief
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 12:35PM UTCPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A North Korean state media dispatch shows that leader Kim Jong Un has named a hardline general as his new military chief. The new title for Kim Kyok Sik came in a dispatch Wednesday from the North’s Korean Central News Agency detailing a delegation at Pyongyang’s airport that was seeing...
WATCH: Ai Weiwei releases heavy-metal music video
By Asian Correspondent Wed, May 22, 2013 12:00PM UTCControversial Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has released his new single ‘Dumbass’. In the video and song he hits back at the prison guards who abused him when he was detained in 2011. Watch the video and read the (explicit) lyrics in English and Chinese below. Dumbass (Explicit Lyrics) When you’re ready to...
Key senator to let Burma sanctions bill lapse
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 9:51AM UTCWASHINGTON (AP) — In a significant move, a prominent Republican senator said Tuesday he plans to let key sanctions legislation against Burma lapse because of the country’s progress toward democracy. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell made the announcement after meeting the nation’s President Thein Sein who is making a landmark visit to Washington. On Monday,...
Leading postgraduate programs for Asian students
By Asian Correspondent Thu, May 23, 2013 10:24PM UTC View CommentsThere was a time when a bachelor’s degree was the gold standard of professional success and marketability. Today’s employers appear to have shifted priorities, and some commentators (including the New York Times) have been so bold as to suggest that the master’s is the new bachelor’s degree. Actually, it may not be that bold of...
Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber
By AP News Thu, May 23, 2013 9:57AM UTC View CommentsKATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, is back on the mountain to make another attempt at the title. Unfortunately for Yuichiro Miura, the 81-year-old Nepalese man who nabbed the record just before he could...
India: Gujarat phone snooping sparks privacy storm
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, May 23, 2013 9:22AM UTC View CommentsRevelations this week of police surveillance of 93,000 phone numbers are the latest in a long line breaches of privacy in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat The top cop of India’s ever-contentious state of Gujarat has stirred the hornets’ nest by scaling down significantly the capacity of the police department to routinely requisition mobile and fixed line...
Indonesia gets tough on sovereignty
By Asia Sentinel Wed, May 22, 2013 11:21AM UTC View CommentsGovernment forced to defend self against domestic and international critics, writes Asia Sentinel’s Lauren Gumbs Indonesia is indicating increased concern for its territorial integrity and international image in the wake of public pressure over deteriorating situations for minorities in the country. Internal calls for West Papuan independence are making headlines outside Indonesia, spurring transnational human...
Burma to host first Internet freedom forum
By Chan Myae Khine Wed, May 22, 2013 10:54AM UTC View CommentsMyanmar ICT Development Organisation (MIDO) will host “Myanmar Internet Freedom Forum” in Yangon from June 1-2. In the first forum of its kind in Burma, MIDO aims to raise awareness of Internet freedom in a country that has endured decades of media censorship Last August, Freedom House called for proposals that would promote and protect...
Thailand urged to explore edible insect market
By AP News Wed, May 22, 2013 9:00AM UTC View CommentsBANGKOK (AP) — Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call ‘six-legged livestock’ — edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that...
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