Asia in Depth: Top 200 News Headlines on 4/2/15

• Thailand ruler tightens grip
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
• News Analysis: Stampede to Join China’s Development Bank Stuns Even Its Founder
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank attracted 46 founding members, among them 14 advanced economies of the Group of 20, including Brazil, France, Germany and Russia.
• The man who's always on the bus
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  Indian asylum seeker who spends his time on night buses
• World Briefing: Japan: Weeks After a Birthday, the World’s Oldest Person Dies
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  Misao Okawa, the world’s oldest person, died Wednesday, a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday.
• The Chinese Billionaire Zhang Lei Spins Research Into Investment Gold
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  Zhang Lei got his break as an intern for Yale’s endowment, which he impressed so much with his detailed reports that it gave him $20 million to invest.
• Op-Ed Contributor: South Korea’s Invasion of Privacy
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  State encroachment on freedom and privacy is worsening under President Park.
• S. Korean man charged with attempted murder of U.S. ambassador
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  Kim Ki-Jong, the man accused of stabbing U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert in South Korea last month, was charged with attempted murder Wednesday, an official with the Seoul Central District Court said.
• No Change Seen in China's Use of Death Penalty Amid Broad Public Support
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from RFA Home
  Execution figures are hard to gauge, and are often published only to serve broader political aims, analysts say.
• VIDEO: Making guitars from storm-felled trees
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  Craftsman's guitars made in memory of deadly Myanmar storm
• F.B.I. Says Terrorist Was Killed in Botched January Raid in Philippines
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  DNA and photographs confirmed the death of Zulkifli bin Hir, a Malaysian bomb-maker, in a Jan. 25 raid that left dozens of police officers dead, experts said.
• India’s Central Asia Policy Makes Comeback in Kyrgyzstan
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Diplomat
  After years of floundering, India’s Connect Central Asia policy is finally making progress.
• Google drops Chinese net regulator
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  A Chinese internet regulator has hit out at Google for no longer accepting its security certificates.
• Revenge Porn In Japan: 110 Reports In 1 Month Despite Countrywide Ban, Survey Finds
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business Times
  The act of posting sexually graphic images or video of former lovers to the Internet continues to rise in Japan, according to the results of a new survey that was released Thursday. Cases of so-called “revenge porn” were reported 110 tim...
• Kim Jong Un Recruiting Young Women For 'Pleasure Troupe,' Government Officials Told To Find North Korea's Prettiest Daughters
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business Times
  North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un is recruiting young women to entertain him as part of his new "pleasure troupe." Kim, 32, who is married and has a young daughter, sent government officials across the country to select the prettiest women...
• 'Distasteful remarks' about Sonia Gandhi
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  Federal minister Giriraj Singh's 'racist comment' about opposition party leader Sonia Gandhi sparks intense criticism.
• Death of an Idea: New Delhi’s ‘Common Men’ Fall From Grace
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Diplomat
  With the leadership of the organization at odds, the biggest supporters of India’s Common Man Party are defecting.
• Watch Out Would-Be Hackers! The United States Is Playing Cyber Hard Ball
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Diplomat
  This is no April Fool's joke.
• South Korea’s Liberal Opposition Implodes
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Diplomat
  Defections in the NPAD have the party facing serious challenges from its own former members.
• Say grass! Police take cattle mugshots
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  Police in the Indian city of Malegaon, in the western state of Maharashtra, are requiring identity cards for an unusual group of residents: Cattle.
• Web campaign saves noodle stall sign
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  A Vietnam council returns a noodle shop's joke sign after social media campaign.
• 55 greyhound carcasses found dumped in Australia
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  Australian authorities are vowing a crackdown on the greyhound racing industry after at least 55 dog carcasses were found dumped in Queensland bush.
• Explosion at Protest in Afghanistan Kills Over a Dozen, Authorities Say
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  Dozens of others were wounded in the city of Khost, including a member of Parliament, at a demonstration seeking the removal of a provincial governor.
• Letter From India: A Failure in Shaming From Abroad
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  The documentary "India's Daugher," about a rape and killing in Delhi, outraged India because of who made it, not because of its content.
• Lessons from Singapore's founding father
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
• China Censors Interview With Anti-Corruption Activist Who Alleged He Was Framed By Police
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business Times
  SHANGHAI -- A Chinese news website on Thursday published an interview with a well-known anti-corruption campaigner, who was detained last week on prostitution charges, in which he said he was framed by police.
• A Fiber-Optic Silk Road
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Diplomat
  China’s Silk Road initiative has profound implications for cyberspace, as well as for physical infrastructure.
• Amnesty releases death penalty report
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  Governments around the world are using the threat of terrorism -- real or perceived -- to advance executions, Amnesty International alleges in its annual report on the death penalty.
• Woman in court for Australia murders
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  A Chinese woman accused of stabbing a four-year-old boy and his grandmother to death with garden shears appears in court in Melbourne.
• Afghan suicide bomb blast kills 16
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  At least 16 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, officials say.
• Rule of law or not, bloggers are vulnerable
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
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• [Newsmaker] California unveils water cut plan
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  LOS ANGELES ― California announced sweeping statewide water restrictions for the first time in history Wednesday in order to combat the region’s devastating drought, the worst since records began.Gov. Jerry Brown issued the declaration a...
• U.S. soldier booked on sexual assault
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  A U.S. soldier has been booked without detention on charges of sexual harassment, police said Thursday. According to police, a private first class stationed at the Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province grabbed a 20-year-old Korean...
• Internet firms Baidu, NetEase probed for spreading porn
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Global Times
  Three leading Internet firms in China - Baidu, NetEase and MoMo - were investigated for spreading pornographic content in a campaign aimed to clean up the nation's cyberspace.
• S. Korea seems negative about inter-Korean summit in Russia
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  South Korea is still cautious about holding summit talks with North Korea on the occasion of Russia's war anniversary event in May, a Seoul official said Thursday.Both South Korean President Park Geun-hye and North Korean leader Kim Jong...
• Hong Kong broadcaster ATV refused TV license renewal
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Authorities in Hong Kong on Wednesday announced their refusal to renew the free-to-air license for Asia Television Limited (ATV), one of the Special Administrative Region's two free-to-air television ...
• Publisher finds images of Tanizaki notes used to compose novel
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• UPDATE1: Baseball: Nakamura gets untracked for unbeaten Lions
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Hyundai Motor ranks as highest-paying chaebol
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, was the highest-paying conglomerate in Korea last year, outpacing other big names such as Samsung, SK and LG, data showed Thursday. According to data compiled from the nation’...
• [Herald Interview] Jaguar Land Rover flaunts British ambience
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  The seductive design, powerful performance and agile steering and refined drive make a British Jaguar stand out from other premium cars in the market, including German vehicles, according to Dmitry Kolchanov.“The unique aluminum technolo...
• Threshold for airline fuel surcharges raised in China
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  The threshold for fuel surcharges for domestic flights will be raised in an effort to cut passengers' travel costs, China's top economic planner announced on Wednesday. The fuel surcharge threshold...
• Audi shows off connection between technology, fashion
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  The New Audi 6 with lighter frame, boosted powertrain and LED headlight, is the frontrunner for Audi at the Seoul Motor Show. Scheduled to make its official debut in Korea before June, the best-selling model from the German carmaker flau...
• Taiwan may trail South Korea without AIIB entry, says economist
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Taiwan may fall behind its rival South Korea in trade development if it fails to join multinational organizations such as the proposed China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a local ec...
• Kyodo news summary -8-
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• European firms interested in Taiwan's submarine program: official
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Several European companies have expressed interest in working with Taiwanese shipbuilders on Taiwan's submarine program, a senior military officer said Wednesday. So far, more than 20 companies fro...
• Actor Helen Thanh Dao to run for Taiwan legislator-at-large seat
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Vietnamese-born half-Taiwanese actor Helen Thanh Dao, who rose to fame from her role in the Taiwanese film My Little Honey Moon, announced Wednesday that she will accept a nomination to run as a legis...
• Asustek falls to third-largest tablet vendor in Japan in Q4
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Taiwan's Asustek fell one spot to become the third-largest tablet computer vendor in Japan during the final quarter of 2014, overtaken by domestic vendor Fujitsu, according to data from research firm ...
• Volkswagen highlights innovations
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Volkswagen Korea unveils its Design Vision GTI concept car for the first time in Asia at the Seoul Motor Show. The concept car has a maximum 503 horsepower and runs up to 300 km per hour. It is said to be the “ultimate golf,” delivering ...
• BoA to release first album in 3 years
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  K-pop singer BoA will likely release a new album this year to mark 15 years since her debut. “BoA is preparing to release a new album in Korea,” an official from SM Entertainment said. “But the exact date has not been confirmed.”  Singer...
• Taiwan firms willing to spend more to land top execs
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Taiwanese enterprises are increasing willing to spend big bucks in order to find qualified people to take top positions in their firms, reports our Chinese-language sister newspaper China Times. ...
• Ex-rail worker’s depression ruled industrial illness
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  A KTX train service attendant’s clinical depression was recognized as work related for the first time on Thursday. According to the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service, or COMWEL, a former KTX attendant was informed that her ...
• URGENT: Feb. U.S. trade deficit falls 17% to lowest level in nearly 5.5 years
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Taiwan travel agency recruits Japan, South Korea 'explorers'
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  The Taiwan-based online travel agency KKday is recruiting travel lovers to help it explore fun activities in Japan and South Korea, with incentives of free flight tickets, free lodging for 30 days and...
• Wider stock movements allowed in Taiwan from June 1
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), Taiwan's main financial regulatory agency, has decided to allow wider daily stock price fluctuations beginning on June 1, ahead of the previous scheduled st...
• Is this real love? Four-page ‘love letter’ in Chinese newspaper sends web-users’ pulses racing
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from China feed
  A four-page advert in a Beijing newspaper that appears to be a man’s apology letter to a lover has raised eyebrows among the mainland’s internet users.
• FSC not prepared for low-incomers’ debt relief
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Critics claim financial regulators have been negligent in cracking down on the excessively high or illicit lending rates for low-income earners charged by private moneylenders. Regulators recently instructed first-tier commercial banks t...
• Long distance ace Chen Penbin to run 100 marathons in 100 days
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  China's first international ultra-marathon champion Chen Penbin faces a big challenge starting on Thursday — running 100 marathons in 100 consecutive days. Chen, 37, will embark on his journey fro...
• China seen stepping up naval capabilities on southern Hainan island
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• (Photo News) New Nikon cam
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Models pose with Japanese camera-maker Nikon’s new interchangeable-lens digital camera, Nikon 1 J5, at an unveiling event of the product in Seoul on Thursday. The digital camera is capable of shooting 20 continuous frames per second and ...
• Drop Dead Sexy
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Global Times
  During this year’s Spring Festival holidays, a man surnamed Zhang watched a strip show somewhere he didn’t expect, at a funeral in his hometown in Cheng’an county, Hebei Province.
• AmorePacific head overtakes Samsung heir on superrich list
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Suh Kyung-bae, chairman of South Korean cosmetics giant AmorePacific Group, has outpaced Samsung Electronics’ vice chairman Lee Jay-yong to become the nation’s second richest person, according to market data released Thursday.Suh ranked ...
• Oe adds his voice to scholarly group opposing Futenma relocation plans
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
  Nobel-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe has added his weight to a group of scholars demanding that the government immediately halt work to relocate a U.S. air base in Okinawa Prefecture.
• Samsung SDI rolls out new energy management system
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Samsung SDI, a leading battery maker in South Korea, has started running a next-generation energy system, called “UES,” which allows stable and efficient energy supply and management, according to the company Thursday. The system was cre...
• After 70 years, Japanese-American war veteran reunited with former foes in Okinawa
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
  YOMITAN, Okinawa Prefecture--For decades, U.S. war veteran Harold Okumura could not bring himself to return to Okinawa, haunted by the death and destruction he witnessed near the end of World War II.
• Samsung Galaxy S6 series certified for eco-friendly materials
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Samsung Electronics Co. has earned recognition from international agencies for the use of eco-friendly materials in the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, the company said Thursday. The two models, due to hit shelves April 10, have been c...
• [Ashok B. Sharma] Modi’s ocean politics: Gluing security, blue economy
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  India, of late, has woken up to realize the importance of oceans, more particularly the one in its backyard. Better late than never, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a humble beginning for integrating with countries in the Indian Oc...
• Ministry tightens controls on wet-wipe chemicals
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Local wet-wipe producers will be banned from using certain chemicals in their products ― including xylene, a chemical often used to make certain liquids dry slowly ― South Korea’s health authorities announced Thursday.Wet-wipes, moistene...
• Lax management at university's pilot training school puts an end to official designation
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
  A university in Tokyo that operated a pilot training program voluntarily surrendered its government-approved credentials after the transport ministry accused it of sloppy oversight at its flight school.
• Construction firm chief to be grilled in graft probe
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  The prosecution said Thursday it will summon the head of a local construction firm on Friday to question him over alleged embezzlement and the misuse of funds involving a resources development project by the previous Lee Myung-bak admini...
• UPDATE1: Feb. U.S. trade deficit falls 17% to lowest level in nearly 5.5 years
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Hyundai Heavy under tax probe
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Tax authorities in Korea are investigating Hyundai Heavy Industries amid speculation that the nation’s largest shipbuilder might have been involved in illegal overseas fund transactions. The NTS and the company confirmed Thursday that au...
• Solar sector in China enters new round of expansion
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  China's solar companies plan to expand production in 2015 after the Chinese government set a higher solar power installation target for the year, Beijing-based China Business Journal reports. The Na...
• N.K. denounces U.N. human rights office in Seoul
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  North Korea lashed out Thursday at the U.N.’s plans to set up a field office in Seoul to oversee North Korea’s human rights violations, threatening “ruthless retaliation.” The Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of Pyongyang’s ruling Workers’ ...
• Japan looks to generate 20% of electricity by nuclear in 2030
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
  TOKYO - Japan looks to generate at least 20 percent of its electricity by nuclear power in 2030, government ...
• Court backs state order to alter history textbooks
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  A Seoul court ruled Thursday in favor of the government’s 2013 decision to revise all high school Korean history textbooks.“(The revision orders) are aimed at correcting or getting rid of expressions that are susceptible to misinterpreta...
• Tokyo Disney Resort, Universal Studios Japan attract record crowds
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
  Tokyo Disney Resort and Universal Studios Japan racked up record visitor numbers in fiscal 2014 on the strength of new attractions based on popular films, the operators said on April 1.
• Samsung, SK Telecom team up for next-generation technology
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom, leaders in South Korea’s smartphone manufacturing and mobile network industries, have joined hands to develop new information and communications technology. At a signing ceremony for a memorandum of un...
• U.S. challenges S. Korea's ban on poultry imports
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  The United States has taken issue with South Korea's decision to ban imports of U.S. poultry following the discovery of highly pathogenic bird flu cases in Washington and Oregon, the Seoul government said Thursday.In December, South Kore...
• Parents of ferry disaster victims refuse state reparation plan
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  A group of parents of some of the high school students killed in a ferry accident last year lambasted the government’s reparation plans on Thursday, demanding a thorough probe into the accident’s causes and the recovery of the sunken shi...
• Record No. of travelers expected during Golden Week holidays: JTB
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Top cross-strait negotiators to meet in China
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  The heads of the two main negotiating bodies of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan are scheduled to sit down together in Xi'an later this month to talk about issues of great concern to Taiwanese business...
• Reveal names of NPA defaulters: CPI asks govt
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zee News : India National
   CPI on Thursday asked the government to reveal the names of defaulters, especially the corporate houses, responsible for a large chunk of about Rs 2.60 lakh crore worth of unpaid bank dues, instead of merely focussing on asking people t...
• Arunachal Pradesh: Army convoy ambushed in Tirap district, 3 soldiers killed
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top India News- IBNLive.com
  Three soldiers were killed and three others injured on Thursday when suspected terrorists ambushed an Army convoy in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district.
• 'The Walking Dead' Season 6 Spoilers: Has the Role of Negan been Cast?
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from IBTimes.co.in : India
  Although there are more than 6 months left before the next season airs, buzz on who will enact the role of Negan has already started.
• Down by the riverside: Modi, Hollande to talk diplomacy on Seine
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Firstpost » India
  Prime Minister Modi, who will be visiting France this month, will hold talks with President Francoise Hollande on a boat ride on the river Seine, while the two nations seek to deepend diplomatic ties. The post Down by the riverside: Modi...
• 'The Vampire Diaries' Will Not Air on Thursday, 2 April: What Will Happen in Season 6 Episode 18?
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from IBTimes.co.in : India
  Episode 18 of the season titled "I Could Never Love Like That" will air only on 16 April.
• Janata Parivar likely to announce merger on Sunday
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  The new entity is likely to have a ‘Samajwadi’ tag.
• Delhi Dialogue Commission holds meet with experts on solid waste management
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top India News- IBNLive.com
  Aiming at adopting a "best solid waste management plan" in city, Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC), an advisory body of the AAP government, on Thursday held a conference with different experts.
• Delhi University Vice Chancellor defends FYUP in reply to HRD Ministry showcause
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top India News- IBNLive.com
  Standing his ground on introduction of the controversial FYUP, Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh is understood to have told the HRD Ministry that there was no disapproval from the Visitor to the programme or any objection rai...
• Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts to discuss judicial reforms, pendency of cases
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top India News- IBNLive.com
  Judicial reforms to tackle over 2.6 crore cases pending in courts and ensure speedy trial would be among critical issues to be debated upon at a conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts beginning in New Delhi on Fr...
• It`s an unforgettable trauma, says Yemen returnee
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zee News : India National
   Relief writ large on her face, a Keralite among the first batch of Indians who returned home after being evacuated from Yemen on Thursday said it was an unforgettable trauma with streets of the war-hit nation dotted with arms-wielding s...
• Bihar court orders FIR against Giriraj Singh
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  The court ordered the local Mithanpura police station to immediately lodge an FIR against Giriraj Singh and report to the court within a week’s time.
• Chhattisgarh Congress condemns Giriraj's remarks on Sonia
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Chhattisgarh Congress has passed a resolution on Thursday condemning Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh’s controversial remarks against party president Sonia Gandhi.
• Youth Congress slams Giriraj`s anti-Sonia comments
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zee News : India National
   Youth Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Brar on Thursday described the Union Minister Giriraj Singh's comments against Sonia Gandhi, as "shameful".
• RBI should use Indian paper, ink to print currency: PM Narendra Modi
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the Reserve Bank to use Indian paper and ink to print currency notes and set a target date for achieving the objective as part of the 'Make In India' campaign.
• BSF seizes ganja, heroin near Bangladesh border
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Zee News : India National
  The BSF, in three operations across the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, has seized 64 kg of ganja and over 500 grams of heroin besides arresting a man for weapons smuggling, an officer said on Thursday.
• Give autonomy to railways, government should only frame policy: Panel
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top India News- IBNLive.com
  Railways should be given autonomy with the government having the role of only framing policy, according to recommendations of a high-level committee which favours complete overhaul of the national transporter within a period of seven years.
• Rajasthan: Congress attempts to provide alternative form of govt
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » India
  Congress will now attempt providing an alternative form of government along with its confrontationalist strategy of holding protest rallies.
• Woman claims LBSNAA Deputy Director got her fake ID card
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  The woman who was illegally residing at the IAS training academy in Mussoorie using fake identity as an IAS officer and a library employee, on Thursday accused the academy’s Deputy Director of tak...
• India needs more research and innovation: President
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Top India News- IBNLive.com
  Speaking at the inauguration of the centenary year celebrations of Dakshineswar Ramkrishna Sangha Adyapeath, he said, "We need more research and innovation in the country as India is far behind all other developed nations when it comes t...
• 3 Army personnel killed in Arunachal ambush
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  Three Army personnel were on Thursday killed and four injured when suspected NSCN militants ambushed their vehicle in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district bordering Nagaland. The ambush on...
• Sequel to Larsson's Millennium trilogy packs sci-fi spy intrigue
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  The sequel to Swedish author Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millenium crime trilogy, due for release in August, kicks off with an artificial intelligence intrigue involving a US spy agency, the book's publishers revealed Tuesday.
• Typhoon Chedeng weakens further
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Nation
  MANILA (UPDATE) – Typhoon Chedeng (international name: Maysak) weakened further as it moved across sea towards the Aurora-Isabela area, state weather bureau PAGASA said Thursday.
• General : Japanese Envoy To Malaysia Pays Courtesy Call On Abu Zahar
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BERNAMA - English Version
  KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Makio Miyagawa today paid a courtesy call on Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang at Parliament House here.
• Business : Malaysia To Decide On TPPA In Q3 2015, Says Mustapa
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BERNAMA - English Version
  KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will decide whether it will be part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in the third quarter of this year after the completion of the talks, said International Trade and Industry ...
• General : Najib Launches RM200 Million Dana Bumiputera Al-Ansar Lembaga Tabung Haji
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BERNAMA - English Version
  KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today launched the RM200 million Dana Bumiputera Al-Ansar Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) which aimed to strengthen and lift the economy of Muslim Bumiputera entrepren...
• Russia's Prime Minister to visit Vietnam from April 5-7
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Russia's Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from April 5-7, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on March 30
• Cosmetics goods to be tested for origins
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Ha Noi's Market Watch sent samples of confiscated goods from Xuan Thuy Cosmetics Ltd to the police for testing, said Le Viet Phuong, deputy captain Market Watch Unit 14.
• Tapping Green Climate Fund
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) is inviting organisations in Thailand to submit proposals, to win a piece of the United Nation's Green Climate Fund.
• Krabi residents demand details on coal power plant, threaten major protests
  Saturday, March 28, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - National
  LOCAL villagers and tourist business operators in Krabi oppose the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)'s plan to build a port for coal imports and an electricity-generating plant in Nuea Khlong district.
• Viet Nam, DPRK to strengthen traditional friendship
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  National Assembly Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son hosted a reception for Choe Jin-su, Chairman of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, in Ha Noi yesterday.
• Push for DSI chief to probe land deals
  Saturday, March 28, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - National
  THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI)'s Bureau of Special Crime 3 will on Tuesday ask DSI chief Suwana Suwannajutha to consider taking up alleged money-laundering through property transactions by Supachai Srisupa-aksorn, the emba...
• Typhoon Chedeng enters PAR
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Nation
  Typhoon Chedeng (international name Maysak) has entered the Philippine area of responsibility, state weather bureau PAGASA said late Wednesday night.
• HCM City dominate in the pool
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  HCM City's swimmers dominated the National Short-Course Swimming and Fins-swimming Championships with a haul of 21 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze medals after four days.
• Buddhists plan 'mass prayer' event at Royal Plaza
  Saturday, March 28, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - National
  At least seven Buddhist organisations will join a "mass prayer" at Bangkok's Royal Plaza on Tuesday to call for more religious protection, according to the Association of Scholars for Buddhism (ASB).
• Court bomb suspect forgives 'abuse'
  Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  A suspect in the Criminal Court grenade attack said he has forgiven the military who he claims tortured him during detention early this month.
• Hundreds of children drown during the summer months
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  The Public Health Ministry has warned parents to keep a close watch on their children as an average of 402 children drown each year during summer months.
• General : BERNAMA AKRAB Donates Aid To Needy Orang Asli Families
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BERNAMA - English Version
  IPOH, April 2 (Bernama) -- The Civil Service Guidance Programme (Akrab) of the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) has provided aid to 12 selected needy families in the Orang Asli village of Kampung Pos Raya in Simpang Pulai near here.
• Storms lash regions as hot Songkran tipped
  Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Severe summer storms hit several provinces in the Central Plains, and the northeastern and eastern regions, leaving one dead and three injured yesterday.
• DSWD prepares 300,000 food packs for Typhoon Chedeng
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Nation
  MANILA – More than 300,000 food packs have been prepared for residents in provinces that may be affected by Typhoon Chedeng, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said.
• Captain of industry
  Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Isara Vongkusolkit, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, sees his task as far from done.
• ASEAN University Network discusses quality of universities
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  The ASEAN University Network (AUN) had several achievements in setting up and developing policies, norms and quality processes for university members.
• General : Dewan Rakyat: Sports Ministry Expected To Table Amendment To Limit Leadership Tenure In Sports Associations Soon
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BERNAMA - English Version
  KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 (Bernama) -- The Youth and Sports Ministry is updating the proposed amendments to the Sports Development Act 1997 which will probably contain a provision to limit the tenure of leadership in sports associations, the...
• Pakistan, Morocco, Sudan and Algeria legislators welcomed
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  In separate receptions, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung received Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi and Morocco's President of the House of Councillors Mohamed Cheik Biadillah in Ha Noi yesterday.
• PM to shorten 'Return to happiness' speeches
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Tuesday that his weekly televised speech would be shortened and that he will have his ministers pitch in.
• FBI confirms death of Marwan
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Nation
  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it has confirmed that Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan, one of its "most wanted terrorists," was killed in a raid in the Philippines in January.
• Myanmar government, rebels agree draft nationwide ceasefire accord
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  Yangon - Myanmar's government and 16-ethnic armed groups agreed on Monday on the draft of anationwide ceasefire that if ratified and respected would marksignificant progress toward ending over 65 years of armedconflict in the country.
• Orders issued under Article 44
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  Here is a summarised version of the 14-point Order on Maintaining Public Order and National Security, issued on Wednesday night by Prime Minister and National Council for Peace and Order head General Prayut Chan-o-cha, to replace martial...
• General : Kelantan Government Thanking Federal Government For Restoration Work After Major Floods
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from BERNAMA - English Version
  KOTA BAHARU, April 2 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Government on Thursday thanked the federal government for helping the PAS-led state in restoration works after being badly affected by the devastating floods last December.
• Swiss bank BSI fined $211 mn in US tax evasion case
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Swiss Bank BSI will pay a US$211 million penalty after acknowledging it helped clients create sham identities to evade US taxes, the Justice Department announced Monday.
• Police launch new drive to curb trafficking
  Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Police are digging deeper into 1,300 human trafficking cases in the latest drive to break up sophisticated networks and seek justice for the victims.
• Thais scramble to remove flight curbs
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Thai airlines and tour operators are struggling to control the snowballing damage caused by the move by Japan and South Korea to restrict flights by certain Thailand-registered carriers to their nations out of safety concerns.
• VN backs India's Act East policy
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Viet Nam backs India's Act East policy and comprehensive connectivity with Southeast Asia, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in Ha Noi yesterday.
• A third of party lists to be women
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  Aim is Gender equality, but move seen as impractical for local administrations
• Abhisit apologises for remarks by Bangkok governor
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  DEMOCRAT Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva apologised Tuesday for what Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said after flooding hit the capital last week, saying he believed the governor had no intention to hurt people's feelings when ...
• Buddhists ready for anti-reform rally
  Sunday, March 29, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Several thousand monks and lay people are expected to visit the Royal Plaza Tuesday for a protest against reform proposals set out in a National Reform Council (NRC) report.
• Business : Businesses Given Sufficient Time To Get Ready For Gst - Abdul Wahid
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from BERNAMA - English Version
  JOHOR BAHARU, April 1 (Bernama) -- The 17-month timeline given to businesses to get ready for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation is reasonable and sufficient, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahi...
• Where Typhoon Chedeng will hit
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Nation
  Mukhang uulanin ang Semana Santa weekend ng marami sa atin. Inaasahan kasing tatama ang Bagyong Chedeng sa Sabado de Gloria. Alamin natin kung saan tatama ang bagyo mula kay Bettina Magsaysay na nasa PAGASA forecasting center.
• UN rights boss decries Thai junta move
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday that the Thai military government had replaced martial law "with something even more draconian" and called for a return to civilian rule.
• Rights groups slam use of Article 44
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  INTERNATIONAL rights groups aired criticism against the government's imminent use of absolute power under Article 44 of the interim constitution, with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calling for a return to civilian authori...
• Article 44 legitimises PM Prayut's powers
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  Junta chief promises constructive use of legal tool amid widespread criticism
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• Malaysia's opposition raises concerns about proposed anti-terror laws
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Malaysia has tabled new controversial anti-terror laws in its bid to keep militancy at bay at all costs.
• Malaysian arrests of website editors draws flak
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  The editors for The Malaysian Insider were arrested late Monday on suspicion of sedition and spent the night in jail, according to the website. 
• Thai PM says he has asked king to lift martial law
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Thailand's junta chief said Tuesday (Mar 31) he has asked King Bhumibol Adulyadej for permission to end martial law, but added that a new executive order would be drawn up to replace it.
• Policemen among 8 dead in Sar-i-Pul firefight
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Paiman Noori on 01 April 2015 SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok):  At least four militants and as may policemen were killed on Wednesday when rebels mounted attack on a police check post in northern Sar-i-Pul province, provincial police chief said. ...
• Myanmar government, rebels sign draft nationwide ceasefire accord
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  The United States led international praise on Tuesday for a draft ceasefire accord between Myanmar’s government and ethnic rebel groups, a move aimed at ending more than 65 years of armed conflict in the country.
• Only one TransAsia pilot fails latest safety test after crash
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  TAIPEI - Only one of 53 pilots at TransAsia Airways Corp failed a second-round proficiency test held in the wake of a crash last month which killed 43 people, Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said on Tuesday. A f...
• China completes evacuation of its nationals from Yemen
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  China's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday its warships had completed an evacuation of Chinese nationals from Yemen, with more than 570 people safely transported across the Red Sea to Djibouti, from where they will be flown home.
• Crackdown against Afghan nationals underway in Sindh
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Pajhwok Report on 02 April 2015 KARACHI (Pajhwok): Authorities in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have registered cases against 1,048 Afghan nationals arrested in the province during the last three months, officials told Pajhwok Af...
• China seeks to brush up on global image
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  After a slew of negative opinion polls by international bodies, China is aiming to improve its global image - and working to counter a negative portrayal of reality in the country. 
• What happened to the rampaging rhino?
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  The runaway rhino that killed a woman and injured eight other people as it rampaged through a small town in Nepal on Monday is now back in its habitat, government officials said Tuesday. "We used four trained elephants to corner the rhin...
• Man proposes to girlfriend with a bouquet of meat
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  Look closer, that's not your average bouquet of flowers. RELATED STORIES Most creative marriage proposals Woman gets surprise marriage proposal at new home A man in China got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend with a meat bo...
• Models in gas masks highlight Indonesian environmental devastation
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  RANCAEKEK - Wearing gas masks and designer dresses, models paraded down a catwalk against a backdrop of polluted, rubbish-strewn paddy fields in central Indonesia, a colourful condemnation of the fashion industry's role in causing enviro...
• Japan extends sanctions on North Korea by two years
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Japan has decided to extend sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's delay in reporting on its investigation into the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, the top government spokesman said on Tuesday.
• Suicide bomber dies on way to Herat City
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Storai Karimi on 01 April 2015 HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A suicide attacker blew himself up after being chased by security forces before reaching his target in western Herat province on Wednesday, injuring a civilian, an official said. He...
• Japan mulls its own CIA-like agency
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  TOKYO - A recent spate of deadly incidents involving Japanese nationals abroad has reignited debate over whether Japan should create its own version of the CIA. Japan was rocked by the murder of two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic ...
• Afghan peace talks likely in Dubai this week
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By پاينده حکمت on 01 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): A meeting between Afghan government’s representatives and former Taliban leaders to lay the groundwork for peace talks is expected to take place this week in Dubai, sources said on Wednesd...
• Pakistani grooms face terror charges over wedding fireworks
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  KARACHI - Two newly-wed brothers in Pakistan could be facing long prison sentences after police arrested them on terrorism charges for letting off firecrackers during their joint wedding ceremony. It is a longstanding, if dangerous, cust...
• Causalities feared as explosion rocks Khost City
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Mohammad Haroon on 02 April 2015 KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): A powerful explosion took place near governor house in southern Khost province on Thursday, an eyewitness said. The blast jolted the locality at around 10:00 am near the tents est...
• High school teacher gunned down in Batikot
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Zeerak Fahim on 01 April 2015 JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Unknown gunmen shot dead a high school teacher in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said. Noor Mohammad, the 27-year-old who taught at the d...
• Thai opposition TV channels face suspension for breaking government rules
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  In the latest crackdown on freedom of expression in Thailand, two television stations affiliated to the Red Shirt movement have been ordered off the air for "violating" government orders.  
• Malaysians rush to stock up before GST kicks in
  Monday, March 30, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Malaysians are stocking up on everything, from essential goods to shoes and bags, before the 6 per cent GST is introduced on Wednesday (Apr 1).
• South Koreans look to invest overseas as interest rates hit all-time low
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  The Bank of Korea cut rates to a record low of 1.75 per cent this month, and Koreans are looking for higher returns overseas.
• Aliens behead Badakhshan police pair
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Gul Mohammad Tanha on 01 April 2015 FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Foreign militants beheaded two policemen after kidnapping them in northeastern Badakhshan province, where three Taliban insurgents joined the peace process, the acting governor s...
• Japan's full-timers put in most overtime on record in 2014
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  TOKYO - Japan has long been known as a place where workers toil for long hours and take few holidays. The latest data does nothing to shake that stereotype. The average Japanese full-timer worked 173 hours of overtime last year, accordin...
• China to punish Tencent, Youku Tudou, other video sites for pornography
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  BEIJING - China will punish Internet companies including Tencent Holdings Ltd, Youku Tudou Inc and Baidu Inc's iQiyi for hosting videos suspected of containing violence and pornography, which it said causes juvenile delinquency. The offe...
• Tokyo district OKs Japan's first same-sex partner certificates
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Asia
  TOKYO - A Tokyo council voted on Tuesday to issue "partnership" certificates to gay couples, the first such recognition of same-sex unions in Japan. Assembly members in Shibuya district - a business and shopping hub that is home to inter...
• Youth sentenced to death for raping sister
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Pajhwok on 01 April 2015 TALUQAN (Pajhwok): An appellant court on Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for rapping his seven-year-old sister in northern Takhar province. The convict, Mirwais, had confessed to sexually assaul...
• Would-be suicide bomber among 3 held in Kunduz
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Hidayatullah Hamdard on 01 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Police in northern Kunduz province detained three persons including a would-be suicide bomber, a statement from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Wednesday. Farhad, 20, and his ...
• Ministers-designate being introduced to WJ today (Video)
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Ataullah Khapalwak on 01 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Second vice-president Sarwar Danish is scheduled to introduce ministers-designate for the remaining 16 cabinet seats to the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) today (Wednesday) for a vote... read more
• Malaysian sentenced to hang for murder of UK medical students
  Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Malaysian Zulkipli Abdullah has been sentenced to death for the fatal stabbing of two British medical students after an argument in a bar in Kuching. 
• President Sargsyan sends telegram of condolence to Russian President
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The President of the Republic of Armenia expressed his condolences to Vladimir Putin on the drowning of the Dalny Vostok trawler.
• Naira Zohrabyan and Tian Erlun discuss future PAP-CPC programs
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The leader of the political party presented the latest domestic political developments in Armenia and the PAP’s plans for the future.
• Armenian FM to pay official visit to Moscow: Lukashevich
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan will be on an official visit to Moscow on 7-8 April.
• Stephen Hawking to soon become a trademarked brand
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  British physicist Stephen Hawking is getting his name trademarked, joining the ranks of celebrities like children's writer J K Rowling and football player David Beckham, who have turned their names into brands.
• The "miracle worker" in cinema..."Days of Henri Verneuil" kick off in Yerevan
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  A book presentation, opening ceremonies of a street and movie theater named after Henri Verneuil, film screenings-these are the events that will be held as a tribute to the renowned artist.
• German Bundestag holds discussions on usage of "genocide" term
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The German Bundestag will hold a one-hour discussion on the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day marked on April 24.
• Curiosity rover team intrigued by two-tone rock on Mars
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  NASA's Curiosity rover has spotted a bizarre-looking network of Martian mineral ridges.
• Minister Nalbandyan touched upon situation in South Caucasus at sitting of CSTO Foreign Ministers Council
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The ministers determined the ten topics for statements to be made on behalf of the CSTO in 2015, and three of those statements will be at the initiative of Armenia.
• Armenia and Cyprus issue “Melkonian Institute” stamps
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The stamps entitled “Melkonian Institute” have been issued in 60,000 copies.
• System of a Down's world tour to highlight Armenian Genocide
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Tankian said his band had wanted to perform in Turkey this year, which would have been a first, but permission from the country stalled.
• Criminalization of the denial of the Armenian Genocide is important from the perspective of genocide prevention: Shavarsh Kocharyan
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Criminalization of the denial of the Armenian Genocide is important not only for Armenians from the perspective of the restoration of justice, but also for all mankind in order to prevent future genocides.
• Kolkata Armenian school turns 194
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  ACPA was founded in 1821 in then-Calcutta by Astvatsatur Muradghanian and Mnatsakan Vardanian, prominent members of the Armenian community in the city.
• Banners on U.S. Treasure Island commemorates anniversary of Armenian Genocide
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Drivers taking the Bay Bridge to San Francisco will get some history with their commute in the form of a sign for the month of April.
• Cyprus made significant contribution to genocides prevention: Armenia's FM
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian has issued a statement on the law criminalizing the denial of the genocides adopted by the Cypriot parliament.
• Cypriot parliament unanimously adopts Armenian Genocide denial criminalizing BILL
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The draft law, criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, unanimously was adopted at the Cypriot parliament.
• Al-Qaeda frees 300 prisoners in Yemen jail break
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Jihadists have freed 300 inmates from a Yemen prison, as Saudi airstrikes begin to show results and drive back the Houthis.
• Armenia's Kotayk has new governor
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Abovyan's Mayor Karapet Guloyan has been appointed the Governor of Armenia's Kotayk Province.
• Armenia’s Government increases loan allocated to Karabakh
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The Government of the Republic of Armenia has amended one of its earlier decrees and has increased the amount of the loan to be allocated to the Government of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
• US Senator to read names of Armenian Genocide victims on House Floor
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced on Wednesday that on April 22nd, for an entire hour on the House Floor, he will read the names of a small fraction of the 1.5 million people killed during the Armenian Genocide.
• Russian companies can enter EU market from Armenia on privileged regime
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Russian "IT Summit 2015" has kicked off in Armenia's capital Yerevan.
• Armenian Genocide and its responses in Russia: Expo in St. Petersburg
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The exhibition “Armenian Genocide and Russia’s cooperation” was held at the National Library of the Russian Federation in Saint Petersburg, devoted to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
• Shortest total lunar eclipse of century rises Saturday
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Only the speediest of sky watchers will have a chance to see the total lunar eclipse rising Saturday: NASA predicts that the total phase of the lunar eclipse will only last about 5 minutes, making it the shortest lunar eclipse of the cen...
• Chairman of Armenia’s Parliament meets with Armenian community of Cyprus
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The Armenian Parliamentary Delegation laid a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Nicosia, capital of the Republic of Cyprus,
• Turkey denies Genocide cooperating with another genocidal state – Azerbaijan: Karabakh President
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  "Armenpress" News Agency introduces exclusive interview with the President of Nagorno- Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan.
• Senator Menendez of New Jersey indicted on corruption charges
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  U.S. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was indicted on corruption charges, allegations that the high-ranking lawmaker said he would address at a news conference on Wednesday night.
• Russian freezer trawler sunk in Sea of Okhotsk, killing dozens
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Besides Russia, Interfax said crew members came from Latvia, Ukraine, Myanmar and Vanuatu.
• Armenian GM – Slovakia’s Champion
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Then, the Armenian grandmaster at the team “Rapid” of Pardubice city became the Vice- Champion of the Czech Republic.
• Sale of 7.5 million Olympic tickets begins in Rio
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The Olympics competition schedule was also released on Tuesday, with eight finals on the last day, Sunday Aug. 21.
• Relieving Aram Harutyunyan of position of Kotayk Province Governor ongovernment’s agenda
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Harutyunyan will start another job.
• Parliamentary speaker Galust Sahakyan on official visit to theRepublic of Cyprus
  Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  This is what Head of the Department of Information and Public Relations of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Arsen Babayan informed on his Facebook page.