- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The DiplomatChinese media are keeping a close eye on the OAS summit in Panama.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from RFA Home
Central authorities disregard advice from forestry officials based on local conditions. - Saturday, April 11, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Former first lady and secretary of state will launch campaign on Sunday to become first female president, media reports.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The DiplomatTaiwan wants many things. War isn't on that list.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The DiplomatCertain groups are alienated by Beijing's reforms -- even groups that should logically be supportive of the effort.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaIndia's PM Narendra Modi announces the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets after meeting French President Francois Hollande.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe United States is concerned about the decision of the Pakistani government to release the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks from jail, US Department of State Spokesperson Jeff Rathke said during a press briefing on ...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaSeven people are injured on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand after a vehicle explodes, local media report.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeYANGON: A second round of talks between the key players in Myanmar’s looming election, including Aung San Suu Kyi, finished without resolution, a minister said on Friday, though he described the discussion as “successful.” Polls, slated ...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificPlanes and naval vessels have evacuated 4,640 Indians and 960 foreign citizens since the effort began last month, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeKABUL: A Taliban suicide car bomb targeted a Nato convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least three civilians as security forces brace for a full-blown insurgent offensive in the spring fighting season. Separately, 12 civil...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificAnalysts saw the decision as a significant setback for Saudi Arabia, which is leading a campaign of airstrikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian newsBomb detonated in a busy shopping centre
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
BANGKOK (AP) — Officials say a car bomb has exploded at a shopping mall on a Thai island popular with foreign tourists for its pristine beaches, injuring seven people. - Friday, April 10, 2015 from RFA Home
Key government and opposition players discussed amendments and set date for detailed talks in the next round. - Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asian CorrespondentPARIS (AP) — India's prime minister has announced plans to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, but said negotiations on "terms and conditions" of the multibillion euro sale are ongoing.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from AsiaThe scale of China's construction in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands is clear in new satellite images released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, whose director speaks with NPR.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asian CorrespondentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An international aid group says five local staff in Afghanistan who were abducted last month have been killed.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer says the suspected Pakistani mastermind in the 2008 Mumbai attacks has left a jail near Islamabad following a court order that he be set free pending trial. - Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asia on Huffington Post
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The DiplomatUzbekistan’s septuagenarian leader was inaugurated (again) Friday with little fanfare.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
Apple's early advertising promoted the watch as a fashion accessory, with elegant design and numerous options in watch faces, bands and other features. But the company is also emphasizing the new technology it's developed, including the ... - Friday, April 10, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaPakistan's release of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has caused outrage in India. CNN's Mallika Kapur reports.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asian Correspondent
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan minister says a bill to clip enormous presidential powers is ready for debate in Parliament as part of democratic reforms promised by President Maithripala Sirisena on his way to being elected. - Friday, April 10, 2015 from AsiaZaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, accused of plotting the Mumbai attack that left more than 160 people dead, walked out of a Pakistani prison on Friday. The move threatens to strain relations with India.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)First two planeloads of medical equipment arrive in capital Sanaa, as UN says humanitarian situation is getting worse.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaCould North Korea ever give up its nuclear capability?
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The DiplomatThe eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 was a spectacular natural event that affected the entire world.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe theme park where all the staff have dwarfism
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The DiplomatThe United States and Indonesia carried out an air patrol exercise over the increasingly tense Natuna Archipelago.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
An amusement park dedicated to the “One Piece” pirate manga and anime series has opened at Tokyo Tower to serve as a “pilgrimage destination” for fans of the franchise. - Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdA Chinese state-run newspaper warned Friday that bilateral ties between Seoul and Beijing would be "shattered" if an advanced U.S. missile-defense system is deployed in South Korea. The Global Times made the comments in an editorial on t...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe organizers of the 2018PyeongChang Winter Olympics announced on Friday that they have teamed up with international experts in preparations for the opening and closing ceremonies of the multisport competition.The organizing committee s...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdKorea’s top three supermarket chains are under investigation by the nation’s antitrust watchdog over allegations that they purposely misled consumers or forced suppliers to share their losses.The Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday launch...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdKorea Water Resources Corp., better known as K-water, is giving an impetus to its smart water management system in a bid to increase water and energy efficiency in water supply systems by making use of advanced ICT technologies. The stat...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdU.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday that Washington was not in a position to discuss the issue of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system, a core element of the U.S. missile defense program, as it is still in producti...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdNorth Korea Friday threatened to respond with force against South Korean activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets and materials via balloon across the inter-Korean border. Despite the Seoul government's request for restraint, anti-North...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe labor reform talks that lasted six months is in jeopardy as the union representatives walked out of the tripartite committee with government and employers. Judging from past experiences, it is hardly surprising that the Federation of...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - China News(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Beijing hit back Friday at U.S. President Barack Obama's criticism of Chinese construction in the disputed South China Sea, arguing that it is Washington that has greater military “muscle.”
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - NationalAn experienced war photographer has vowed to fight the Japanese government after being issued a passport that specifically bars him from going to violence-wracked Iraq and Syria. Yuichi Sugimoto, who has been reporting from conflict zone...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - China News(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A popular Chinese television celebrity has apologized for insulting the founder of Communist China, after his remarks at a private dinner caused a stir in China and rekindled debate on the complicated legacy of the r...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Chosun Ilbo
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - Asia Pacific News,亞洲新聞,太平洋新聞(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Malaysia's parliament early Friday approved tougher penalties for sedition in a move criticized by the United Nations and described by the opposition as “a black day” for democracy and free expression.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdHaving a clean and natural brand image is the most crucial asset in the bottled-water business, said the CEO of the country’s best-selling drinking water producer. “Many companies have been trying to emulate our success, but couldn’t fol...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - Asia Pacific News,亞洲新聞,太平洋新聞(ChinaPost.com.tw) - South Korea and Japan will next week hold their first high-level security talks in more than five years, Seoul said Friday, despite simmering tensions over territorial and other historical disputes.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China feedChina's grand arrival on the world scene is playing out in many acts. The latest to fixate players and watchers is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Global TimesChina’s family planning authority Friday denied the current family planning policy would be relaxed in May to allow all couples in the country to have a second child.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdMany tourists who have traveled to Japan’s picturesque Hokkaido will have heard of the famous dessert brand LeTAO and most likely its headline dessert, the double fromage. This much-coveted cake, like its name, is a marriage of two layer...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdFive young men get on a plane to an unfamiliar country, cameras in tow. At first glance “News Report Reality: Exciting India,” which aired its first episode Friday, may seem like just another travel reality show. However, the cast of K-p...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: NationWorkers carefully load bombs onto a truck yesterday in the city of Mudanjiang in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province before moving them to a deserted mining area for destruction. The bombs, 475 of them, were left behind by Japanese t...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Chosun IlboFrom Beijing to Paris to San Francisco, the Apple Watch made its debut Friday. Customers were invited to try them on in stores and order them online. The watch is Apple's first new product category since the iPad came out five years ago....
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdProsecutors on Friday revealed a list containing the names of people who allegedly received political funds from a deceased businessman. The list, apparently written by the late Sung Woan-jong, includes two former chief presidential secr...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Chosun IlboMany older people are joining the online sales market dominated by 20- and 30-somethings as e-commerce has grown markedly and become much easier to handle. People over 50 accounted for a mere 18 percent of the startup sellers on shopping...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdRucker shines on 4th country albumDarius Rucker / “Southern Style” / (Capitol Nashville)Darius Rucker’s second career as a country singer shows no signs of slowing down on his new album, “Southern Style.” The lead singer of the rock band...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe world’s largest network of municipalities on Friday adopted an action plan aimed at taking prompt measures against climate change at a congress held in Seoul.The Seoul Action Plan was released by Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon to gather m...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - 台灣新聞 , Taiwan , News(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The United States' commitments under the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) remain unchanged, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said Friday, amid fears that bilateral cooperation would be affected by recent lax security...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - Asia Pacific News,亞洲新聞,太平洋新聞(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The U.S. Treasury said Thursday that the Chinese and South Korean governments should stop intervening in markets to protect their undervalued currencies and let them rise.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (U.S.), Opened April 9Drama. Directed by Ned Benson. Conor Ludlow (James McAvoy) and Eleanor Rigby (Jessica Chastain) are a young couple living in New York. They fall in love, and it seems they ha...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - China News(ChinaPost.com.tw) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned Thursday that China shouldn't “elbow aside” countries it is in conflict with in the South China Sea, where the United States has sounded an alarm over Chinese construction on disput...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Global TimesOverseas tourists traveling to Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region has increased 30 percent in 2014 to 13,295 people when compared to 2013, local authorities told the Global Times Friday.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Chosun IlboAhn Si-nae, a student at the University of Seoul, has become a travel writer of sorts after the travel journal she wrote on her Facebook page attracted more attention than she expected. She posted regularly while traveling for 141 days w...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Global TimesChinese stocks Friday surged to new highs, with the Shanghai Composite Index climbing above the key benchmark of 4,000 points at closing for the first time since early 2008.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Global TimesPeople wait in a queue to test out the new Apple Watch at a store in Hong Kong on Friday. Apple says its first wearable device will connect wirelessly to a user’s iPhone and will be the interface for messaging, calls and apps, especially...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdA feasibility study has shown that the physical recovery of a passenger ferry that sank last year may be technically possible, but it has yet to be decided whether to actually salvage the ship, the government said Friday.The interim outc...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - 台灣新聞 , Taiwan , News(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A collapsed section of an under-construction elevated railway at a Taichung Mass Rail Transit System (Taichung Metro) construction site caused four deaths and four injuries late Friday afternoon; three of the dead we...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdA customer checks out a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge phone at a LG Uplus retail outlet in Jongno, central Seoul, on Friday. Samsung Electronics’ new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, go on sale Friday worldwide. (Yonhap)
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Hong Kong feedThere is a chance to resurrect Asia Television, says the businessman who still aspires to be the "white knight" of the ailing broadcaster, if the government allows the station to keep its spectrum for another three years.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Global TimesAn “adult health” expo in Shanghai was more restrained than previous years in terms of the “suggestiveness” that had drawn repeated protests, local media reported on Friday.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Hong Kong feedProducers at RTHK have drawn up a proposal to provide "mini newscasts" as a contingency measure when ATV stops broadcasting.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Hong Kong feedI have no idea if Cathay Pacific "lacks virtuous Chinese morals and professional ethics", as famous mainland artist Lee Yuet-fung alleged in court.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korean shares rose to the highest level in 44 months on Friday as investors took heart over the upbeat outlook of corporate earnings, analysts said. The Korean won lost against the greenback.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pric...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsIndia has decided to bolster its control of the disputed border region of Arunachal Pradesh ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to China next month, according to a report from the Indian Exp...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdAs water, life’s most critical resource, becomes scarce, strategic and advanced water management is emerging as a key policy task for cities. Cities in Denmark are spearheading the best practices in prioritizing water management in their...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Hong Kong feedThe chances of the undocumented daughter of insurance executive Nick Cousins being able to claim permanent residency hang in the balance, even though she has spent all her life in the city.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from China Post Online - 台灣新聞 , Taiwan , News(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday said that he has never actively sought out cases of illegal construction extensions to make examples of; but rather, cases voluntarily come to him.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Korea HealdXISHUANGBANNA, China ― Xishuangbanna is not “typical” China. Located at the very southern end of Yunnan province and dubbed China’s mini-Thailand, it strikes visitors as remarkably Southeast Asian. The region’s capital city, Jinghong, li...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsTaiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the stability of Taiwan's relations with China, should it win the presidential election in 2016, the party's...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalCiting "problems" faced during the "pre-Modi period", French business leaders on Friday pushed for clear, transparent and stable rules as they evinced interest in investing in India and decided to set up with Indian companies five task f...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalChief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will make a high-level pitch for investments in energy and manufacturing sectors in the State, during his six-day visit to China beginning April 12.During...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - National‘Food safety’ is the theme forWorld Health Day this year
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - National2 jail officials suspended, charges issued against 2 others
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalVolunteers to formulate guidelines that will help prioritise child rights
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalMarks will be scanned and uploaded, making them error free
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalUnion Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu was informed by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) that the operation to bring the body of mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu from the Cerro Tr...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Department of Space, Gadanki, Andhra Pradesh is currently engaged in the development of an X-Band Polarimetric Radar at a cost of Rs.10 crore to...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalCongress on Friday referred to former BJP MP Arun Shourie's book critical of BR Ambedkar in a bid to throw BJP on to the backfoot on what it claimed was its plan to appropriate the legacy of the Dalit icon.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe forest officials in Chittoor district hope to call in for reinforcement of the patrolling party, cashing in on the lull in smuggling activity in the aftermath of the encounter by the Task Force...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalSitanshu Kar, principal spokesperson of Ministry of Defence on late Friday night published the first picture of the entire Squadron of C17 Globemaster III, who tirelessly worked for 10 days to evacuate people from the strife-torn Yemen.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalA sum of Rs. 5 lakh has been allotted by the State government to Chettikuppam village panchayat in Gudiyatham in order to implement new drinking water schemes to mitigate water scarcity in the area...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalA tiff between a union leader and the RTC management led to disruption of bus services in Chittoor district on Friday. In what appears to be a trivial issue, Arjun, a conductor of Piler depot was a...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalSome persons attacked a family in PN Colony of Srikakulam, causing injuries to four persons. The injured were identified as Baratam Durgaprasada Rao, his wife Devayani and sons Shanmukha Sagar and...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalPolice on Friday busted a three-member inter-State gang who was involved in several murder cases and dacoities. Speaking to reporters here, SP Raviprakash said the three accused - Sizo Chandran (34...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - National6-day-old
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalOn a day Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was released, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gave a veiled message to Pakistan, saying no country should provide shelter to terrorists but should punish them.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalNine persons -- five workers of a shoe company in Ambur, staying in Gudiyatham and four school students -- were injured when the van in which they were travelling capsized at the road overbridge ac...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalTension prevailed for a while at the local MPDO (Mandal Parishad Development Office) office at Puttur on Friday, following heated arguments and minor clash between the ruling TDP and YSRC cadres at...
- Saturday, April 11, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalA Division Bench of Hyderabad High Court on Friday made it clear that the commercial vehicles entering Telangana State have to pay Motor Vehicle Tax pending final disposal of several petitions chal...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSCOMMENT It will not be water under the 'crooked' bridge for the feuding duo.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - HeadlineThe national congress of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Thursday officially re-elected Megawati Soekarnoputri as chairwoman for the fourth consecutive time since 1999, reinforcing her grip on the party that contro...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsFour short documentaries on the 112 year-old Long Bien Bridge will be screened next Thursday at Ha Noi Cinematheque.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationIn the wake of the bloody Mamasapano mission, at least one lawmaker wants a review of the protocols between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesSays amlo chief being unfair targetting his mother over embezzlement charges
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Jakarta Globe » NewsA director at state-owned television channel TVRI has been named a corruption suspect for allegedly marking up the budget of several broadcasting programs in 2012. The post State TV Boss Named Graft Suspect appeared first on The Jakarta ...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Thanh Nien News Online | Thanh Nien DailyObama says he hopes to open embassy in Cuba before Panama summit U.S.-Cuba edge closer to restoring diplomatic relations Historic U.S.-Cuba talks shift to restoring diplomatic ties
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSThe 11 were initially cleared by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Nov 2010.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationChina defends its reclamation work in disputed waters, saying it would be used for civilian services as well as military defense. But the Philippines is not about to let China get away with it.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Thai PBS English NewsThe official announcement was made in Brisbane on Thursday for the bilateral initiative that will see the koalas live in a purpose-built exhibit at Singapore Zoo for six months. Next week, the koalas will fly to Singapore, but the offici...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionJOHOR BAHARU, April 10 (Bernama) -- The Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) today warned it will blacklist fishmongers who raise the prices of fish by citing the Goods and Services Tax introduced on April 1.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsDespite not playing any matches last month, Viet Nam have jumped up five spots to 125th in the April rankings, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) said.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsNguyen Thi That finished fourth in the second stage of Tour of Thailand 2015 yesterday, and lost the yellow jersey that she had won in the first stage.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationThe Philippine National Police on Friday said it will use the reports of the Board of Inquiry, the Senate and the House of Representatives on the Mamasapano mission to determine whether police officials will be held liable in the deadly ...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from hanoitimes.com.vn - NewsVietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Secretary of the Yunnan provincial Party Committee Li Ji Heng and other provincial officials upon his arrival in the provincial capital city of Kunming on April 9.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationMANILA - Malacañang on Friday said the Philippine government strongly opposes the reclamation work being done by China around the Mischief Reef which the Philippines insists is in its exclusive economic zone.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
A former Malaysian international was jailed for two years for attempting to bribe a referee to rig a football match involving a Singapore team in 2012. Thana Segar S. Sinnaiah pleaded guilty to working with Singaporean Selvarajan Letchum... - Friday, April 10, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSThe event wiped out over two-thirds of the animals living on land.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Singapore's Business Times today said it has obtained documents confirming the involvement of another bank in the island state with 1MDB, the troubled Malaysian state firm which recently parked over US$1 billion in BSI SIngapore. The pap... - Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
The newly created Aviation Commission must report to Parliament for scrutiny and public safety, and not the prime minister who is already tainted by his links to debt-laden sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), PKR said... - Friday, April 10, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsA new private museum featuring traditional Muong ethnic culture has opened in the northern province of Hoa Binh.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionBy Mohd Hisham Abdul Rafar SHAH ALAM, (Bernama) -- Many among the nation's six million taxpayers are probably busy completing their income tax return forms and submitting them to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) either manually or through ...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - HeadlinePakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Thursday that his son Bilawal was undergoing training in London and would enter politics gradually because of security risks
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - HeadlineA military aircraft yesterday brought back 68 Thai fishermen from Indonesia where many were stranded and some locked up for illegal fishing
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationA former executive of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) was found guilty for the unlawful payment and release of retirement gratuity and terminal benefits of an ex-PCIC chairman, the Ombudsman said Friday.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesThree arrests made and warrants also issued for some foreigners; Bt250m assets seized
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from theSundaily.my HighlightsGEORGE TOWN: SMK Convent Green Lane needs more funds to build a new two-storey building. Its building committee chairman Dr Manjit Kaur said the school needs another RM400, 000 for the construction of the new building which is to be comp...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationMANILA - Former police director Eliseo Dela Paz has been allowed by the Sandiganbayan 4th Division to attend the wake and burial of his sister from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. Saturday.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUCHING, April 10 (Bernama) -- With Sarawak again hosting the ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards (Aiffa), the state is set to become the latest destination for more local and foreign film producers and directors for their films...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Irrawaddy » Burma
The opposition leader meets Friday with Burma’s top leaders, but says the talks will be meaningful only if they lead to credible elections this year. The post Suu Kyi Hopes High-Level Meeting Leads to Fair Elections appeared first on The... - Friday, April 10, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSUPDATED 1.11PM His claim Dr M gerrymandered seats vindicates complaints.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Malaysia TodayIn contrast, even when he was still a freshman, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had already attacked the then Umno president and former prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. The Rakyat Post... READ MORE
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionKUALA LUMPUR, April 10 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was not at all involved in the Altantuya Shaariibuu case, former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationChina's plans for islands it is creating in the South China Sea show for the first time the scale of civilian architecture it will extend across the disputed waterway, entrenching its reach in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia, expert...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from BERNAMA - English VersionPUTRAJAYA, April 10 (Bernama) -- Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan said he would raise the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recommendations in the Cabinet and ensure that appropriate corrective action is...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesThe Russian PM discusses arms sales and nuclear energy development for Thailand in the second half of his interview with Nation Multimedia Group chairman Suthichai Yoon
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam NewsHa Noi Police raided a company in Thanh Tri district yesterday, and seized thousands of fake water purification machine filters of Kangaroo brand.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
The High Court today dismissed the public prosecutor's appeal against the acquittal of PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu and Batu MP Tian Chua who participated in the 2007 Bersih rally. Judge Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah, however,... - Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsLABUAN, April 10, 2015: Umno and other Barisan Nasional (BN) component party branches in Labuan have pledged their full support for the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The backing was voiced by Labuan MP and Labuan U...
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 ― Tan Sri Dr M. Kayveas joined other Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders today, voicing the PPP’s support of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s leadership in the wake of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s stinging attack ... - Friday, April 10, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Saifullah Maftoon on 10 April 2015 GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Twelve passengers, including six women and a child, were killed when a coach they were travelling in strucke a roadside bomb in the Khogyani district of soutehrn Ghazni provinc...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Zeerak Fahim on 09 April 2015 JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A Taliban’s shadow district chief was among 10 others killed in an airstrike in eastern Laghman province on Thursday, an official said. The airstrike took place in the Dawlat Shah di...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaMoody's ratings revised India's sovereign rating outlook to "positive" from "stable" on Thursday as it expects the actions by policymakers will enhance the country's economic strength in the medium term. Moody's also said that it expecte...
- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from The Independent :: Online EditionA chargesheet filed by the detective police before the court has accused thirty five men, including twenty five from the RAB, in the sensational seven murder case.
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaAs the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is set to hold a congress to usher in a new board of management, talk is emerging on the future prospects of the party being led by the third-generation of Indonesia founding ...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsFamily of Filipino drug convict on death row Mary Jane Veloso is appealing for Indonesian President Joko Widodo's clemency before her impending transfer to Nusa Kambangan Island for execution.
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaPresident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is expected to launch the Mandeh tourist resort in South Pesisir regency, West Sumatra, as a sea park on May 8, a local top administration official has said. "We are preparing for his arrival and are contin...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaBANGKOK - Thai divers on Thursday resumed the search for a 12-year-old Israeli girl missing after a blaze destroyed a ferry packed with tourists in southern Thailand, police said. More than 100 foreign tourists were plucked from the sea ...
- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshMore than 20,000 pass the first hurdle to enter civil service
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Saifullah Maftoon on 09 April 2015 GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Four Taliban militants were killed and five others injured during a clash with police in the Zankhan district of southern Ghazni province on Thursday, the district chief said. ...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaFollowing a security breach at the Pekanbaru airport in Riau on Tuesday when a man managed to sneak into a plane and fly 949 kilometers while crouching in the wheel well, the Transportation Ministry has prompted state-owned airport opera...
- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsPolice declined to say whether a bomb caused the explosion but said dozens of packages containing nails and "suspicious" black powder were found nearby.
- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshGovt orders schools, colleges to train students to swim
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Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolf Azcuna is reported among the candidates being considered by President Aquino as new Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman. Rumors have swirled in the Palace that Azcuna is allegedly bein... - Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Qutbuddin Kohi on 09 April 2015 MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Three localities in Qaisar district of northern Faryab province have fallen to insurgents amid intense fighting for the last two days, officials said Thursday. Col. Nizamuddin, police...
- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from TOLOnews.com RSS FeedMembers of the Afghan House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the government and security institutions to break the silence and take urgent steps to secure the safe release of 31 bus passengers taken hostage in February. MPs crit...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By on 09 April 2015 KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The project to raise Dahla Dam, the largest in southern Kandahar province, has been stalled for some reasons, but the project’s first phase is 80 percent complete and the remaining is to be fi...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaHYDERABAD - An Indian court on Thursday convicted the former chief of outsourcing giant Satyam and his aides over a US$2.25 billion (S$3 billion) accounting fraud in a scandal dubbed "India's Enron", the prosecutor said. Byrraju Ramaling...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Mohammad Halim Karimi on 09 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Influential individuals, religious scholars and former jihadis on Thursday held a gathering in the capital Kabul, calling for the long-anticipated peace talks to be started soon ...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaBEIJING - China's main state broadcaster, CCTV, will investigate one of its anchors after a video of him insulting the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, went viral on social media sites. Mao, who died in 1976, remains a divisive figur...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Ahmad Bashir Naadem on 09 April 2015 KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Half of the tractors distributed among local agricultural cooperatives in six districts of southern Kandahar province have been sold, with the money ending up in private po...
- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from TOLOnews.com RSS FeedAn attack in eastern Nangarhar province has left a member of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission dead on Wednesday afternoon, the alliance confirmed in a statement. The incident occurred in Jalalabad, the provincial capital, when ...
- Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsNorth Korea accused Mexico on Wednesday of illegally detaining one of its ships with some 50 crew and warned it would take "necessary measures" to release the vessel, which United Nations sanctions monitors say belongs to a blacklisted s...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaPUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines - Summer in Palawan is not all beach and white sand. For many poor families living on its forest fringes, it is a season for burning the wilderness to plant the crops that would tide them over in the com...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaPosters of a K-pop boy band and a big stuffed bear imply the owner of the room must be a teenage girl. Indeed, sitting at the centre of the room is a large portrait of a girl with the typical look of a Korean high school student with sho...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Qutbuddin Kohi on 09 April 2015 MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Officials on Thursday said insurgents have torched a mosque and 13 houses in the SherinTagab district of northern Faryab province. Brig. Gen. Abdul NabiElham, provincial police chief,...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaBANGKOK - A 12-year-old Israeli girl who was reported missing after a blaze destroyed a ferry packed with tourists in southern Thailand has been found dead, police said on Thursday. Divers discovered her body trapped inside the toilet of...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific NewsFour koalas from Australia are getting ready for their new home in Singapore as part of celebrations for SG50, and the 50th anniversary of Australia-Singapore diplomatic relations.
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaAlmost a year has passed since the Sewol ferry sank off the coast of Korea, taking with it some 300 lives, most of them students on a school trip. An exhibition looking at the main figures involved in the media coverage of the sinking op...
- Thursday, April 9, 2015 from AsiaThe National Police announced that they had officially detained eight suspects out of 10 arrested in March for allegedly spreading propaganda of the Islamic State (IS) movement and recruiting members to send to war-torn Syria. National P...
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- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.comArmenian President Serzh Sargsyan visited the Vittoriano Museum Complex and met with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella as part of his official visit to Italy on Thursday.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Parliament of São Paulo, which is Brazil’s largest state, has passed a resolution recognizing the 24th of April as “the Day of Recognition of the Armenian Genocide and Remembrance of the Victims”.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -The Hovnanian International LLC has granted a land to the Kardashian family in Vahakni residential community nearby Yerevan.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanAzerbaijan’s State Migration Service unveiled a set of rules foreigners will need to follow when visiting Azerbaijan in connection with the first European Games Baku 2015 on April 10.
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- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Civil.Ge Daily NewsMan, suspected of fatally shooting two policemen and wounding two others, arrested in Borjomi.
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- Friday, April 10, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -According to Professor, Dr. Vahram Shemmasian, the April 12 Holy Mass to be served by Pope Francis on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial will be a new “slap” to Turkey.
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- Friday, April 10, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -Italy's former Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Deputy Catia Polidori talked about the new opportunities for Armenian-Italian relations.
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- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.comArmenian lawmakers are going to adopt a statement calling on the parliaments and inter-parliamentary organizations around the world to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -New York Times journalist Seth Kugel has been included in the list of undesirable persons of the Azerbaijani foreign ministry for a visit to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
- Friday, April 10, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.comKarabakh serviceman Artur Arakelyan (born in 1996) has died as a result of an accident, the NKR Defense Ministry said today.
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