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Chinese stunt man on missing Malaysia flight
By AP News Wed, Mar 12, 2014 12:23PM UTCHONG KONG (AP) — A stunt man whose credits include the acclaimed martial arts epic “The Grandmaster” and other films was among the passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight. Ju Kun also worked on “The Forbidden Kingdom.” He was scheduled to work on a joint Weinstein Co. and Netflix production, the pilot of a...
Afghanistan: 2 suspects arrested in killing of Swedish journalist
By AP News Tue, Mar 11, 2014 5:39PM UTCKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Swedish Embassy has confirmed that a Swedish journalist has been killed in Kabul, and Afghan police say two suspects have been arrested. Embassy counselor Christian Nilsson tells The Associated Press that Nils Horner, the Asia correspondent for Swedish Radio, was killed on Tuesday. Nilsson says Horner was in his 50s....
Malaysia: Stolen passport passenger was Iranian asylum seeker
By AP News Tue, Mar 11, 2014 3:43PM UTCKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police say one of the passengers using a stolen passport on a missing jetliner was an Iranian asylum seeker....
Search widens for missing Malaysian passenger jet
By AP News Tue, Mar 11, 2014 12:35PM UTCKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The search area for a missing jetliner has expanded with Malaysian Airlines saying the western coast of the country is now the focus of the hunt....
Obama discusses Ukraine with Chinese leader
By AP News Tue, Mar 11, 2014 12:12PM UTCWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed on the importance of upholding Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity....
Malaysia Airlines shares rally after heavy losses
By Asian Correspondent Mon, Mar 10, 2014 7:42PM UTCAfter losing almost 18% of their value in early trading, Malaysia Airlines shares rallied in afternoon trading to close down 4pc at 23 sen per share (US$0.07). Monday morning's dramatic losses came as trading resumed after news broke early Saturday that the airline lost contact with flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing....
Rising LGBT discrimination challenges Thailand’s culture of tolerance
By Casey Hynes Wed, Mar 12, 2014 1:27PM UTC View CommentsThailand is one of the more liberal countries in Southeast Asia, and may even be the first to legalize same-sex marriage. The government even promotes the country as a destination friendly to travelers of all backgrounds and sexual orientations. The website Go Thai. Be Free. promotes Thailand as a place that is welcoming to gay tourists, and features testimonials from previous visitors praising the country as an accepting place. ...
Flight MH370 co-pilot entertained women in cockpit in 2011
By AP News Wed, Mar 12, 2014 12:33PM UTC View CommentsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia Airlines says it is investigating an Australia television report that the co-pilot on its missing flight had invited two women to stay in the cockpit for a flight two years ago....
Search continues for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
By Asian Correspondent Tue, Mar 11, 2014 11:40AM UTC View CommentsAt 2.40am local time Saturday Malaysia Airlines lost contact with flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The Boeing B777-200 aircraft was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members. It is believed the plane went missing just after entering Vietnamese airspace. We'll be updating with text, tweets, images and video throughout the day. ...
3 years on: Events, questions mark Fukushima anniversary
By Graham Land Tue, Mar 11, 2014 6:00AM UTC View CommentsThree years ago an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale struck off the east coast of Japan. The Tōhoku quake was the fifth most powerful earthquake ever recorded and the strongest ever to hit Japan. The resultant tsunami triggered the world’s most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Three reactors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Powerplant experienced level 7 meltdowns, “major incidents” according to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES)....
Insensitive coverage of missing jet sparks Twitter backlash
By Asian Correspondent Mon, Mar 10, 2014 10:46AM UTC View CommentsThe flood of pictures of grieving next-of-kin awaiting news of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 jet has triggered a backlash on Twitter....
Malaysia sodomy case flawed from Day One
By Asia Sentinel Sat, Mar 08, 2014 9:56AM UTC View CommentsAnwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II trial, which ran almost two years before ending in 2012, was built on flawed evidence, procedural mistakes, tainted witnesses and reports of political collusion with the current prime minister, and was condemned internationally by legal scholars and human rights activists. ...
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