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Australia News
Asia-Pacific animal news — who cares? Apparently, everyone
By Graham Land Sat, May 26, 2012It’s the weekend and what better time for a trio of human interest stories involving cute animals from the Asia-Pacific region? Perhaps human interest is an inaccurate description since none...
Burma News
Burma power protests put government to the test
By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012BANGKOK (AP) — Protests this past week in Burma over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country’s elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations...
Cambodia News
Cambodia land activists’ convictions called unjust
By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate...
China News
U.S. says human rights deteriorating in China
By Asian Correspondent Sat, May 26, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Human rights conditions have deteriorated in China with a “closing of space” for activists and lawyers, while Vietnam also continues to severely restrict freedom of expression, the...
Hong Kong News
The scary habit of painkiller dependence
By Elmer W. Cagape Fri, May 25, 2012I guess nobody wants to feel pain so it is understandable that we’d like to take whatever pain reliever is available out there. And even if some of us are...
India News
Opinion: The question of Dharun Ravi’s apology
By Sunil Adam Fri, May 25, 2012There was a telling moment during the sentencing of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was convicted of 15 criminal counts in the webcam spying case. That was...
Indonesia News
Landslide kills 6 gold miners in Indonesia
By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An official says a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java has killed at least six gold miners. Six other workers at the illegal mine are...
Japan News
Asia-Pacific animal news — who cares? Apparently, everyone
By Graham Land Sat, May 26, 2012It’s the weekend and what better time for a trio of human interest stories involving cute animals from the Asia-Pacific region? Perhaps human interest is an inaccurate description since none...
Malaysia News
Nuclear power: No consensus in Asia or the West
By Graham Land Thu, May 24, 2012The Fukushima disaster put nuclear power under the microscope throughout the world. But in the aftermath of the worst nuclear incident in 25 years, countries acted differently. Some stopped to...
Pakistan News
Nuclear power: No consensus in Asia or the West
By Graham Land Thu, May 24, 2012The Fukushima disaster put nuclear power under the microscope throughout the world. But in the aftermath of the worst nuclear incident in 25 years, countries acted differently. Some stopped to...
Philippines News
Philippines: Chief Justice Corona says he didn’t declare $2.4m
By AP News Fri, May 25, 2012MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court has testified at his impeachment trial that he did not violate any laws when he failed to declare...
Singapore News
Singapore Democratic Party appeals dismissed
By Kirsten Han Sat, May 26, 2012On 1 May 2008, a group of activists and members of the Singapore Democratic Party (among them SDP Secretary-General Dr. Chee Soon Juan) gathered at Toa Payoh Central. They wore...
South Korea News
Little change 10 years after fatal U.S. military crash in South Korea
By Nathan Schwartzman Sat, May 26, 2012A decade after the tragic deaths of two teenagers who were struck by a U.S. military vehicle, Highway 56 remains a dangerous road to travel. Here, an article about the...
Taiwan News
Nuclear power: No consensus in Asia or the West
By Graham Land Thu, May 24, 2012The Fukushima disaster put nuclear power under the microscope throughout the world. But in the aftermath of the worst nuclear incident in 25 years, countries acted differently. Some stopped to...
Thailand News
Born this way? Lady Gaga meets Thai ‘lady boys’
By AP News Fri, May 25, 2012BANGKOK (AP) — Lady Gaga has met Thailand’s premier “lady boys” at a Bangkok drag show featuring busty dancers who were not born that way Diving in to the city’s...
Vietnam News
Nuclear power: No consensus in Asia or the West
By Graham Land Thu, May 24, 2012The Fukushima disaster put nuclear power under the microscope throughout the world. But in the aftermath of the worst nuclear incident in 25 years, countries acted differently. Some stopped to...
Other Countries News
Days after deaths, another crowd attempts Everest
By AP News Fri, May 25, 2012KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A wave of climbers has headed for the summit of Mount Everest, and several people have already made it in what is expected to another busy...
