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Australia: Activists converge on Canberra for wind power protests
By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Sun, Jun 16, 2013Supporters and detractors of the Julia Gillard Government’s clean energy plans will converge into the Australian capital Canberra Tuesday to hold two separate rallies in a showdown of rhetoric on wind power turbines. The Green bloc...
Burma News
Burma media reform hampered by three draft laws
By Zin Linn Sat, Jun 15, 2013In March of this year, a delegation from the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand convened a meeting with the major Myanmar media associations at Myanmar Media Resource Center in Yangon....
Cambodia News
Rights group says Cambodian land program flawed
By AP News Thu, Jun 13, 2013PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An international human rights group has charged that a massive land redistribution program spearheaded by Cambodia’s strongman prime minister is unfair, open to corruption and...
China News
15 die in China bus crash
By AP News Wed, Jun 19, 2013BEIJING (AP) — A bus carrying 36 people veered from a road in heavy fog and crashed into a valley in western China, killing at least 15 people, state media...
Hong Kong News
The threat to Hong Kong’s international status
By AP News Tue, Jun 18, 2013Nationalism and bureaucratic folly make life tougher for foreigners, writes Asia Sentinel’s Philip Bowring Foreigners and mainlanders who live in Hong Kong are seeing that despite its still-abundant attractions it...
India News
Gender report of Shah Rukh Khan baby investigated
By AP News Tue, Jun 18, 2013NEW DELHI (AP) — Health officials in Mumbai are investigating reports that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his wife know the sex of a baby they are having through...
Indonesia News
Quake off Indonesia shakes capital, but no damage
By AP News Fri, Jun 14, 2013JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s main island of Java and was felt hundreds of kilometers away in the capital, Jakarta, but no major damage...
Japan News
United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
By AP News Wed, Jun 19, 2013SEATTLE (AP) — An indication of an oil filter problem prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday...
Malaysia News
Singapore fumes as pollution hits 16-year high
By AP News Tue, Jun 18, 2013SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work Tuesday after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring...
Pakistan News
Attacks in Pakistan’s southwest kill 22
By AP News Mon, Jun 17, 2013QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani forces stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday in a restive southwestern province, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that...
Philippines News
Philippines sends fresh troops to disputed shoal
By AP News Wed, Jun 19, 2013MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has deployed a fresh batch of marines and supplies to a shoal in the disputed South China Sea, where a Chinese warship and surveillance...
Singapore News
Singapore fumes as pollution hits 16-year high
By AP News Tue, Jun 18, 2013SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work Tuesday after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring...
South Korea News
North Korea proposes high-level talks with US
By AP News Sun, Jun 16, 2013PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling...
Taiwan News
House passes bill for US to back Taiwan at UN body
By AP News Wed, Jun 19, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill to support Taiwan’s bid for observer status at the International Civil Aviation Organization. The bill, passed 424-0...
Thailand News
Moody’s, rice pledging and the Thai govt’s communication crisis – Pt 2
By Bangkok Pundit Tue, Jun 18, 2013Part 1 of this article is available here The Nation on June 5: The government yesterday ordered immediate verification of the status of the rice-pledging scheme in a bid to...
Vietnam News
Vietnam arrests well-known blogger for criticizing government
By AP News Fri, Jun 14, 2013HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese police have arrested one of the country’s better known bloggers for posting criticism of the communist government, the latest in an intensified crackdown against dissent...
Other Countries News
Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 US troops
By AP News Wed, Jun 19, 2013KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks...
