Asia in Depth: Top 200 News Headlines on 4/5/15

• Myanmar Villagers Turn Back Chinese Nationals After Border Encroachment
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from RFA Home
  The group tried to plant a Chinese flag in Shan state, an official says.
• Malaysia Helicopter Crash: Six, Including Former Ambassador To US, Among Dead
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from International Business Times
  A helicopter crashed outside the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur, killing all six people aboard, local authorities said Saturday. Among the dead were a former ambassador to the U.S. and a current aide to Prime Minister Najib Razak...
• VIDEO: Non-Japanese sumos filling top ranks
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  After sumo wrestling's streak of champions from countries such as Mongolia and Bulgaria, Japanese fans are yearning for one of their own to win the championship.
• Sewol parents in inquiry protest
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  Relatives of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster march to press the South Korean government for a truly independent inquiry.
• 'Adventure Time' hits the skies
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  "Jake the dog and Finn the human. The fun will never end. Adventure Time."
• Pew Survey Predicts Rise In Atheism In US, Europe Despite Growing Religiosity Worldwide
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from International Business Times
  By 2050, only 13 percent of the world’s population would not be religiously affiliated, as opposed to over 16 percent in 2010, according to a new Pew Research Center study published Thursday. The survey, which forecast a rise in the numb...
• Relax Japan: No sign of space invaders
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  The classic video game "Space Invaders" was developed in Japan back in the late 1970's -- and now their real-life counterparts are the topic of an earnest political discussion in Japan's corridors of power.
• Authorities Place No Restrictions on Welcome For Tibetan Monk Freed From Prison
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from RFA Home
  The monk was released after serving a seven-year sentence for challenging Chinese rule in Tibet.
• Post-Censorship, Myanmar’s Literary World Awakens
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Diplomat
  In Mandalay, hundreds gathered to hear talks by Burmese and international authors.
• Arrests in India peeping camera case
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  Police have arrested four employees of a popular Indian ethnic-wear chain after a minister spotted a security camera overlooking the changing room of one of its stores.
• Israeli security cabinet slams Iran nuclear deal
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)
  US, European and Iranian leaders hail breakthrough, while Israeli PM continues criticism over Iran rapprochement.
• Typhoon Maysak: Hundreds Of People Return Home In Philippines As Storm Weakens
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from International Business Times
  MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people in the north of the main Philippine island of Luzon left evacuation centers and returned home on Sunday after a typhoon weakened significantly as it made landfall, although officials still warned of ...
• Yemen leader's loyalists drive Houthis from Aden
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)
  Houthi rebels withdraw from city centre as Saudi planes drop medical aid and weapons to forces backing president.
• Indian Government Plans Nuclear Missile Defense Shield For Delhi
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from International Business Times
  The Indian government has placed two missile-tracking radars in the capital city of New Delhi, the first part of a planned effort to give the city a nuclear missile shield, local media reported on Saturday. The planned shield, expected t...
• Ex-envoy among 6 killed in copter crash
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  A helicopter crash Saturday in Malaysia killed six people, including the nation's former ambassador to the United States and a high-ranking member of the prime minister's staff, the Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported.
• Malaysia cartoonist charged with sedition over tweets
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)
  Zunar could face 43 years in jail for tweets criticising the judiciary over sentencing opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
• Chinese Taxi Drivers Drink Pesticide in Beijing Protest
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  At least 10 men were hospitalized after they traveled to Beijing and drank pesticide to protest what they said was poor treatment by their companies.
• Mahathir’s Laments Put Malaysia Back in the Spotlight
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Diplomat
  The political paralysis enveloping Malaysia has taken a predictable turn for the worse.
• Have Aliens Tried to Invade Japan?
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Diplomat
  Japan's Defense Minister faced unusual questions from a lawmaker this week.
• Top former Chinese official charged
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
• South Korea’s History Textbook Controversy
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from The Diplomat
  A South Korean court ruled in favor of allowing the Ministry of Education to mandate history textbook revisions.
• Children sold for sex in Cambodia
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
  "If people weren't trying to buy child sex it wouldn't be being sold." Actress and activist Mira Sorvino talks about the child sex trade in Cambodia.
• Sri Lankan Airlines 'corrupt'
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  Sri Lankan government launches an investigation into the country's national airline over allegations of corruption running into billions of dollars.
• Western Pressure is a ‘Common Problem’ for Russia, North Korea - Ambassador
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Sputnik International
  North Korean Ambassador to Moscow Kim Hyun Joong stated that sanctions make the DPRK and Russia stronger, contrary to Western expectations.
• China Releases American Geologist Xue Feng Jailed For Over 7 Years On Spy Charges
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from International Business Times
  An American geologist, who was imprisoned in China for over seven years on charges of stealing state secrets, was released and sent back to the U.S. on Friday, human rights officials said. Xue Feng had obtained a collection of rare data ...
• Pakistan: Exporting terror?
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)
  General Asad Durrani, the former head of the ISI, Pakistan's notorious spy agency, on its role in the "War on Terror".
• Storm Maysak 'still a threat'
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
• China Sends Three Warships to Gulf of Aden to Escort Civil Ships
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Sputnik International
  The fleet is equipped with two helicopters and has dozens of special operation soldiers and more than 800 officers and soldiers. It will pay close attention to piracy activities and the security situation in the area.
• VIDEO: Pakistan evacuees on 'tense' Yemen
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - Asia
  A plane carrying 176 Pakistani passengers who were evacuated from Yemen on a Chinese Naval vessel has arrived in the capital Islamabad.
• Indonesia Frees 300 Men Found Enslaved on Island
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from NYT > Asia Pacific
  Migrant fishermen who had been enslaved on trawlers for years rode those same vessels to freedom after a daring rescue from a remote island.
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• Three Chinese local officials under graft probe
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Global Times
  Three more Chinese officials are being investigated for alleged bribe taking in separate cases, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said Friday.
• Suga, Onaga hold talks over relocation of Futenma base in Okinawa
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Japan Times » National
  Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga began a meeting Sunday in Naha in a bid to defuse a confrontation between the central and Okinawa governments over the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps’ A...
• Seoul opens interim embassy on warship due to conflicts in Yemen
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  South Korea said Sunday it has opened an interim diplomatic mission on a Navy destroyer in waters off the Gulf of Aden to help support the safety of Korean residents who opted to stay in conflict-hit Yemen.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said ...
• Seoul Motor Show has 122,000 visitors in 2 days
  Monday, April 6, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  More than 122,000 people flocked to the Seoul Motor Show in the first two days, organizers said Sunday.A total of 122,791 visitors came to the biennial event on Friday and Saturday, a similar head count compared with the previous one hel...
• Gree to roll out mobile phones to tap smart home market
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  As part of its plan to tap the smart home market, Gree, a leading home appliances brand in China, is poised to roll out own-brand smartphones, reportedly in April or May, according to the website of S...
• KOTRA: S. Korean Exports Expected to Slow in Q2
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
  [Economy] : A survey finds that South Korea's exports are expected to be sluggish in the second quarter of this year. [more...]
• E-commerce market beats offline retailers in 2014: data
  Monday, April 6, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  South Korea's online commercial transactions outpaced those of other retailers for the first time in 2014 as online shopping malls and social commerce operators continued to grow rapidly, data showed Sunday.  The total amount of online a...
• MLB/ Yankees opening day starter Masahiro Tanaka expects his velocity to be down this season
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
  WASHINGTON--New York Yankees opening day starter Masahiro Tanaka says his fastball speed could be down this season as he makes adjustments to the way he throws.
• Okinawa governor holds talks with Suga for 1st time, reaffirms opposition to base relocation to Henoko
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
  NAHA--In his long-awaited first meeting with a Cabinet member on April 5, Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga reaffirmed his defiant stance that it is “absolutely impossible” to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps base within the prefecture.
• UPDATE2: Suga, Okinawa governor remain apart over Futenma relocation
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Hasuike recounts day when secret North Korean agent asked him for a light
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
  A nighttime stroll on a beach 37 years ago in Niigata Prefecture proved to be the turning point in the lives of Kaoru Hasuike and his future wife. It is where they were assaulted and bundled onto a ship that took them to North Korea.
• Pirelli CEO eyes growth, clean technology with ChemChina
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Days after the signing of an agreement that paves the way for China National Chemical Corporation's takeover of the Italian tiremaker, Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera is focusing on clean develop...
• Taiwan's trade surplus with China at US$442bn in six years: MAC
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Investment by Taiwanese businesses in China has given a big boost to cross-strait trade, with Taiwan enjoying a total trade surplus of US$442.2 billion with China over the past six years, the Mainland...
• Easter in China: rebirth in a Tibetan Catholic village
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from China feed
  The image of a vast plateau cradled between snowcapped mountains, where peace-loving natives devote their lives to prayer and meditation, is one largely conjured up by the West as far as Buddhist Tibet is concerned.
• Baseball: Rookie Takagi throws 1st career shutout to beat Tigers
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Conglomerates spend more on R&D, intellectual property in 2014: report
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  South Korea's top conglomerates spent more on research and development and intellectual property to seek new growth engines in 2014, while cutting back on facility-related investments, a report showed Sunday.A total of 274 firms belongin...
• SUV, minivan sales jump in Q1: data
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Sales of SUVs and minivans surged greatly in South Korea during the first quarter of 2015 from a year earlier amid the continued popularity of leisure-oriented cars, data showed Sunday.A total of 108,904 of the units were sold during the...
• Churches Nationwide Celebrate Easter
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
  [Culture] : Churches around the nation have held services to celebrate Easter. [more...]
• Thousands visit site of first nuclear bomb test 70 years on
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Baseball: Pacific League standings
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Smaller Korean cosmetics firms seek listing
  Monday, April 6, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  Several smaller cosmetics companies are seeking to list their shares on the local stock markets backed by growing popularity of their products abroad, market watchers said Sunday.Tonymoly Co., a budget cosmetics maker, applied for a prel...
• S. Korea, China to hold joint inspection on illegal fishing in Yellow Sea
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  South Korea and China will hold a joint inspection of fishing boats operating in their shared waters in the Yellow Sea this week, a move aimed at reducing the number of Chinese ships fishing illegally in South Korean waters, the Seoul go...
• 'Worshipping moths' seen in Alishan
  Monday, April 6, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Brahmin moths have been spotted at a temple in central Taiwan's Alishan National Scenic Area, an annual occurrence that temple-goers believe shows that the insects are paying respects to the deity, wh...
• ROC soldiers killed in 1938 Shandong battle to be reinterred
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Seventy-seven years after laying down their lives for their country, 486 Republic of China soldiers will be reinterred at a new graveyard with a monument to mark their sacrifice in the Second Sino-Jap...
• National › Disaster expo shows innovations in thriving industry
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - National
  Mankind is powerless to prevent calamities such as typhoons and earthquakes, but in Japan where the devastating 2011 tsunami still looms large, there's a flourishing industry in devising ways to cope with catastrophe. Some of the product...
• Security forum on Northeast Asia due in Japan next month: sources
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  A two-track regional security forum is to be held in Japan next month, involving government officials and scholars from the six nations engaged in multilateral talks on North Korea's denuclearization, sources said Sunday.Since its incept...
• S. Korea to Propose Talks to Resolve Wage Hike at Gaeseong
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
  [Inter-Korea] : South Korea is seeking to hold formal talks with North Korea to resolve a dispute over the Pyongyang’s unilateral decision to raise wages for its workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex. [more...]
• DPP cynical in urging caution on AIIB membership
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party is reluctant to express open opposition to Taiwan joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), an international financial institution ...
• Yemen evacuation by PLA shows we're the good guys, says Xinhua
  Monday, April 6, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  When the Chinese naval frigate Linyi received plaudits from around the world for an out-of-area operation it conducted around the heart of the Middle East, it demanded reflection on the fearmongering ...
• Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival to open in Taipei
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  The Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival will open on April 10 in Taipei, showcasing over 40 films, including cult classics and other non-conventional productions from around the world. A spinoff o...
• New Zealand's exports to Taiwan jump under free trade deal
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Under a free trade deal which took effect in December 2013, New Zealand's imports to Taiwan increased 14.5% in 2014 from a year ago, despite stagnant growth in the country's exports that year, accord...
• Richest women in China often marry younger men
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Zhou Qunfei, the former factory girl who became the boss of Apple's glass supplier Lens Technology, became the richest woman in China on March 30, 12 days after her company went public. The market pri...
• Mudslide blocks northwest Chinese railway
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: Nation
  TRAFFIC has returned to normal after a mudslide blocked a major rail line in west China in the early hours of today, railway authorities said. The mudslide blocked a section of Baoji-Chengdu Railway near
• Broker of sham marriages for illegal immigrants jailed
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Korea Observer
  JEONJU – A court Sunday convicted a South Korean woman of brokering sham marriages to dozens of illegal immigrants. The … Read more The post Broker of sham marriages for illegal immigrants jailed appeared first on The Korea O...
• Security Forum Likely to Open in Japan Next Month
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
  [International] : A multilateral security forum will likely be held in Japan next month. [more...]
• 21 confirmed dead in SW China bus plunge
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Shanghai Daily: Nation
  A TOTAL of 21 people were confirmed dead after a mid-size bus plunged into a river Saturday night in southwest China's Guizhou Province, local authorities said. Three people were also injured when the
• Brazil's new visa policy good for Taiwan business: ministry
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  A move by Brazil to extend its business visa validity for Taiwanese nationals is good for bilateral ties and expected to help Taiwanese exporters penetrate the Brazilian market, Taiwan's Ministry of E...
• Baseball: Tanaka ready to start Opening Day with year hanging on his elbow
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• Cap on executive salaries to tighten belts at China's SOEs
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  China has put a cap on salaries paid to executives of state-owned enterprises this year. According to the annual reports of the 136 listed state-owned enterprises in 2014, the average salary incre...
• S. Korea watches Japan's possible provocations over Dokdo
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Korea Heald
  South Korea is closely watching Japan's plans to unveil its review of school textbooks and an annual diplomatic report as they are expected to contain Tokyo's repeated claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, officials said Su...
• Air Busan to Launch Int'l Flights Departing from Daegu
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
  [Domestic] : Busan-based low-cost carrier Air Busan will launch international flights departing from Daegu. [more...]
• China's stock market rally lacks support: Standard Chartered
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Despite a rally in global stock markets, the surge of shares in China lacks solid support, reports the Shanghai-based China Business News, citing Standard Chartered Bank. Shares in China have rall...
• Foxconn allies with Tencent to build smart electric car platform
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry or Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contractor manufacturer, has tied up with China's Tencent Holdings to jointly build a platform for smart electric cars i...
• Airports in China saw 10% rise in passenger traffic last year
  Monday, April 6, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  Passenger arrivals and departures recorded at Chinese airports hit 831.5 million in 2014, representing a rise of 10.2% year on year, official data has revealed. More than 760.6 million trips were ...
• Kyodo Top12 News (13:30)
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• 22 detained after protesters block train in Guangdong
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  A high-speed railway station in south China's Guangdong province has had its normal operation restored Friday after 22 protesters were detained by local police for allegedly blocking train and damagin...
• Investigators sent to Turkey to probe killings of Japanese hostages
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
• 10 S. Korean Firms Paid over 100Mln for Employee’s Annual Salary
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
  [Economy] : Employees at ten South Korean companies were paid on average, over 100 million won for their annual salary last year. [more...]
• Oracle steps up marketing of cloud services in Asia-Pacific
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News
  In order to meet growing demand, US IT firm Oracle recently announced a plan to recruit 1,000 sales representatives in the Asia-Pacific region, including over 250 in China, according to the website of...
• Half of owners of Fukushima land for site to store radioactive soil are unknown
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Japan Times » National
  The central government has not been able to identify half of some 2,400 owners of land in Fukushima Prefecture where it plans to build storage facilities for contaminated soil from the nuclear crisis, sources said. The government intends...
• Five cops injured as Trinamool workers ransack police outpost
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Five policemen were injured when a police outpost was ransacked and three vehicles were damaged allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers at Chapdani in the district on Sunday.
• Navati celebrations gets a touch of GSB Seva Mandali's precision
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Gowd Sarsawath Brahmin community from across India is witness to Mumbai's precision and discipline at the Navati celebrations of Srimad Sudhindra Tirtha swamiji at Haripur Kalan, this sleepy suburb of Haridwar.
• Row over Good Friday meet unfortunate, we will settle it ourselves: CJI Dattu
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Chief Justice of India HL Dattu today termed as "unfortunate" the controversy surrounding his colleague Kurian Joseph's objection to the holding of judges' conference on Good Friday and said while all Supreme Court judges are invited, th...
• Government to set up crude oil storage units:
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  The downward trend of petroleum prices in the international market has got the central government mulling over quickly filling the crude oil reserve caverns which are under construction.
• Not asked to quit parliamentary panel, says BJP MP
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  Shyama Charan Gupta had claimed that there was no clear proof yet linking smoking cigarettes and cancer.
• Caste census needed for Karnataka: Srinivas Prasad
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  District minister Srinivas Prasad has said that caste census is the need of the hour.
• Centre indicates no further amendments to Land Bill; Venkaiah Naidu says ready to face ‘consequences’
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » India
  Venkaiah Naidu did not buy the argument that there is a deadlock on the Bill as the Opposition is firm on opposing it.
• UP has become ‘crime pradesh': Mayawati to Akhilesh
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » India
  At the same time, she attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the NDA government has failed to rein in Hindu outfits and improve economy.
• Chinese PLA make incursion bids in Ladakh
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Zee News : India National
  Indian and Chinese troops recently had two face-offs along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, in the same area where People's Liberation Army had pitched camps in April 2013 leading to a three-week long stalemate.
• Morena again: 'Sand mafia' mows down cop who tried to stop a dumper
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  A police constable was mowed down allegedly by sand mafia when he tried to stop a dumper carrying illegally mined sand from Chambal River.
• INS Mumbai evacuates 440 people from Yemen
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  Meanwhile, MoS for External Affairs V.K. Singh was busy planning the evacuation of the rest of the Indian nationals.
• Rs 570 Crore excise duty evasion demand against Cadbury
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  Penalties imposed MD of Cadbury India Ltd for allegedly violating central excise rules
• Political class is under scrutiny 24 hours: PM
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said political class was now under the constant scrutiny of media and various other institutions as he advocated for an "inbuilt mechanism" for judiciary to monitor itself.
• Damage to Rabi crops estimated to be around 30%
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Unseasonal rains have done havoc to ready-to-harvest rabi crops and damage could be at least 25-30% to crop yields with impact on wheat procurements which generally begin from April beginning, according to Assocham-Skymet Weather joint s...
• Four Indian cities in preferred travel destinations in Asiaindia travel
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
  Four Indian cities such as Jaipur, New Delhi, Mumbai and Jaisalmer have emerged as popular choice among globetrotters as these tourist attractions have featured in the TripAdvisor top 25 destination in Asia.
• Centre insensitive towards poors, will gherao Parliament: AAP
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Zee News : India National
  Aam Admi Party leader and Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai today said his party would gherao the Parliament on April 22 against Centre's 'anti-farmer and labour policies'.
• Over 50 fake call centres in Delhi-NCR duping job seekers: Delhi police
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » India
  Youths were duped to the tune of Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 in the name of application and processing fee, police said.
• Children prevent opening of liquor outlet
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from The Hindu - National
  They raised slogans against the nuisance posed by those patronising the outlet and succeeded.
• Judiciary, Legislature need to coordinate: CJI
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Zee News : India National
  Viewing Judiciary and Legislature as "siblings", Chief Justice of India HL Dattu on Sunday pressed for coordination as well as correcting each other in case the path laid down by the Constitution is deviated from.
• Smriti Irani-Fabindia case: Shopping malls asked to change location of CCTV cameras
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Zee News : India National
  After Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani discovered a hidden camera in Fabindia showroom in Goa, the police in Uttar Pradesh are on their toes to ensure that no such incidence takes place in the state governed by CM Akhilesh Yadav.
• Drought expected to lower rice yields in central region
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  The rice harvest in the south-central and Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) regions is expected to be under 35,000 tonnes compared to the previous winter-spring crop because of prolonged drought, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develo...
• Kantar: Spending will recover
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Consumer spending began showing positive signs of recovery in February, and a sharp rebound is expected in the second half, says London-based research house Kantar Worldpanel Thailand.
• Ha Noi eyes great fisheries potential
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  With vast water surface areas and a large market for fish, Ha Noi has high potential for sustainable aquaculture development.
• Thai academic researchers lag behind their counterparts in the Asean region, study finds
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - National
  THAI researchers perform at about the world average but are far behind regional neighbours like Singapore and Malaysia, Elsevier senior vice president Michiel Kolman has said.
• Two bills tabled as pre-emptive measure against terrorism
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia tabled two bills in Parliament as a pre-emptive move to shield the country from terror […]
• Police advise people to stay away from unlawful gatherings
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  KUALA LUMPUR: The police have advised the people to stay clear of unlawful gatherings, even as spectators. Federal […]
• N. Korea denounces UN human rights office in Seoul
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - Headline
  North Korea lashed out Thursday at the UN’s plans to set up a field office in Seoul to oversee North Korea’s human rights violations, threatening “ruthless retaliation.” .....
• BN rep blasts Selangor MB for stopping projects
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  SHAH ALAM: A Selangor state assemblyman lambasted Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali whom he said tended to cancel […]
• Thai food in all its glory
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Thai food cookbooks are not hard to find. If you are a fan of Thai food and like to cook yourself, chances are you may already own a few. But if you still don’t own a single one and are looking for the perfect Thai cooking bible in Engli...
• SBV to have final say on banks' dividends: officials
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Shareholders will be unable to negotiate dividends with their banks this year, with the final decision resting with the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV), according to senior bank officials.
• Foreigner held for operating forged passport and work permit ring
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  MELAKA: The Melaka Immigration Department has detained a 37-year-old Pakistani man suspected of masterminding a fake passport and […]
• Call for students to be freed in South
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  HUMAN RIGHTS Watch called on Thai military authorities yesterday to immediately confirm the location of 17 student activists arrested last week following a predawn search at four student dormitories in Narathiwat.
• S'pore scholar in poisoning case 'stressed, shy and insecure'
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - Headline
  Even Singaporeans at Stanford University who knew Ouyang Xiangyu did not find out for a long time that she had been arrested for trying to poison her laboratory mates. This is another indicatio .....
• HCM City fair offers clothes, crafts
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Clothes, furniture, handicrafts, and other consumer items will be on sale at discounts of 30-70 per cent at a fair in HCM City's District 1 on April 4-5.
• 100 doctors to hold concert for epilepsy
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  BERLIN — An orchestra featuring 100 doctors from 20 nations is planning to hold a charity concert for epilepsy sufferers at the Berlin Konzerthaus in April.
• Shares rise as liquidity worries investors
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Shares extended rallies yesterday on both bourses but draining liquidity remained a big concern for investors.
• Ministry to launch plan to empower local authorities
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  SEREMBAN: Local authorities (PBT) nationwide will be empowered and transformed through the ‘PBT Di Hati Rakyat’ Plan, which […]
• Klongchan probe nears end
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - National
  THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) is preparing to conclude its investigation into a major embezzlement at Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative later this month.
• ‘Prepaid telco cards revert to old prices from April’
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  SHAH ALAM: Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan has clarified that that the prepaid telco cards and reload […]
• 'Charter to ensure that reforms are enacted'
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  Mechanism will enable continuity for futire govts, CDC chief assures
• Belmonte wants end to 'unproductive criticism, faultfinding'
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Nation
  MANILA - House Speaker Sonny Bemonte is calling for an end to "unproductive criticism and faultfinding," saying these will only result in a "pained and divided nation."
• Cartoonist charged with sedition over tweets on Anwar's trial
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - Headline
  Cartoonist Zunar has claimed trial to nine charges of sedition for allegedly insulting the judiciary in tweets made regarding Anwar Ibrahim's conviction in the Sodomy 2 case. Zulkiflee Anwa .....
• New constitution aims to empower the citizen sector, Borwornsak says
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  BORWORNSAK UWANNO, president of the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), said yesterday he was not worried about the new charter being rejected by the public, because if they studied the draft they would realise that the new charter ai...
• New albums mark Reunification Day
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Fans have shown great interest in new albums featuring folk and revolutionary music celebrating the country's Reunification Day.
• 24,000 to be evacuated as 'Chedeng' closes in on Philippines
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Nation
  MANILA, Philippines - Around 24,000 people from the Philippines were being evacuated Saturday with Typhoon Maysak a day away from potentially striking the country's northeast coast, officials said.
• Overcoming the challenges of an ageing society
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  KUALA LUMPUR: Ageing is an inevitable process. As a society ages and the number of its senior citizens […]
• Cranes help lift bears out of Tiger Temple
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - National
  FOREST RANGERS and wildlife protection officials yesterday retrieved six moon bears - a protected species - from dens at a famous temple in Kanchanaburi known to tourists as the Tiger Temple, despite resistance by resident monks and thei...
• PAC to recall Agriculture Ministry after rice subsidy proceeding finalised – Nur Jazlan
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will recall Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry after the proceedings […]
• National GDP likely to reach 6.5 per cent
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  The country's gross domestic product (GDP) this year is expected to be 6.5 per cent, much higher than the Government's set target of 6.2 per cent, the National Financial Supervisory Committee (NFSC) forecast.
• Workshop focusing on protecting female migrant workers held
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  <p>The number of female labourers working abroad has risen but there is no specific policy to facilitate their stay and work abroad, a workshop held in Ha Noi yesterday indicated.</p>
• Thousands Witness Crucifixions in Philippine Good Friday Rituals
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Around The World News- RSS Khaosod English
  MANILA (DPA) — Thousands of Catholic devotees on Friday trooped to a northern Philippine village where men were nailed to wooden crosses or flogged themselves bloody in annual rituals re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
• Q1 exports picked to dip 3%
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  First-quarter exports are expected to contract by 3% year-on-year, possibly shaving 1.6 percentage points off GDP growth, but tourism and government spending could compensate for dismal export growth, says Deputy Prime Minister MR Pridiy...
• Red shirts event 'needs permission', NCPO says
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  National Council for Peace and Order spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvari has said the red shirts must seek permission from the First Army Region's Peace Keeping Force before holding their planned activity on Friday.
• WHO official denies abusing helper
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - Topstories
  THE World Health Organisation's top official in Thailand yesterday denied beating his Ethiopian domestic helper and treating her like a modern-day slave.
• Temple battleground
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Wat Kalayanamit in Thon Buri, which is known for its archaeological charms, seems to be never far from controversy.
• UN told to rein in errant envoys
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top Stories
  Labour rights groups have called on the United Nations (UN) to investigate and sanction diplomats who misbehave and to strengthen the UN internal code of conduct regulating officials’ behaviour.
• Permatang Pauh Umno names three candidates for by-election
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  BUKIT MERTAJAM: Permatang Pauh Umno has submitted three names as potential candidates to be fielded by Barisan Nasional […]
• Dr Subramaniam: 124 medical equipment exempted from GST
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » Nation
  PUTRAJAYA: A total of 124 types of medical equipment purchased by hospitals or clinics are exempted from the […]
• Woman charged with rape for first time in Korea
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Asianewsnet.net - Headline
  A woman in her 40s has been indicted on charges of attempting to rape a man after drugging him, becoming the first woman to be charged for such offences in Korean history. Up until June 2013, K .....
• Fighting Nam out of Indonesian tennis tourney
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Lastest news from VietNam News
  Ly Hoang Nam fought hard but had to bow out of the Indonesia F1 Men's Futures yesterday, losing 2-6, 7-6 (4) to the host nation's Christopher Rungkat in Tarakan City.
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• 6 dead, including Malaysian MP, in helicopter crash
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Malaysia's former Minister for Science and Technology Jamaluddin Jarjis was among the six people on board the helicopter.
• About 30 sent to hospital in China after consuming pesticide: Reports
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  The people - said to be rental car drivers from Heilongjiang - are out of danger, say the Beijing police.
• No public funds for peace summit
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  As an "independent body," the National Peace Summit initiated by President Benigno Aquino III to educate the public on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) would receive funding from the private sector, according to its convenors. "As...
• Nangarhar varsity teachers go on strike
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Zeerak Fahim on 04 April 2015 JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Nangarhar University lecturers on Saturday boycotted classes and vowed to continue the strike until their problems were resolved as gunmen took away their salaries, the chairman o...
• Vietnamese food trail
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
• Pentagon chief heading to Japan, S Korea next week
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Pentagon chief Ashton Carter will travel to Japan and South Korea next week to underscore President Barack Obama's commitment to a strategic shift towards Asia.
• Apache photo investigation continues
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office yesterday continued to conduct investigations on the ongoing Apache photo scandal case at the Army Special Forces 601 Brigade. The scandal was brought to light after local present...
• Massive power outage hits Mindanao
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  DAVAO CITY, Philippines - A massive power outage hit Mindanao on Easter dawn engulfing much of the island in darkness for up to seven hour in some areas. Initial reports said the power went out past midnight affecting many areas includin...
• Policemen among 10 dead in Farah skirmish
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By on 04 April 2015 FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): At least five policemen, four militants and a prayer leader were killed in the ongoing fighting between rebels and security forces in the Poshtrud district of western Farah province, an official ...
• Malaysia to implement S$7.45 levy for Singapore vehicles on Aug 1
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Malaysia adds that the government is in the process of procuring and installing equipment at the Causeway and Second Link to collect the fee.
• Solar Impulse 2 Pilot appeals for clean future
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  Solar Impulse 2 Round-The-World fuel-free flight pilot, Bertrand Piccard, paid a visit and delivered a speech on the importance of a clean energy future at ABB Chongqing Transformer Company in Chongqing, on April 2. Piccard was well rece...
• Anwar out on furlough to pay last respects to his father
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim leaves prison for a few hours on Sunday (Apr 5) to pay last respects to his father, Ibrahim Abdul Rahman.  
• Police detain 10 alleged smugglers with drugs
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Pajhwok on 04 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Police have detained ten smugglers and recovered hundreds of kilograms of drugs and other valuable from their possessions from different parts of the country, a statement from the Criminal Jus...
• The Big Read: Iskander’s lure is a strong pull for S’poreans
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Singapore
  SINGAPORE - Every weekday morning before the sun even rises, Singaporean teacher Naharudin Shariff, 46, will leave his home in Nusajaya – about 20 minutes' drive from Johor Bahru city centre – and make his way across the Causeway to send...
• Man guilty of selling expired yogurt gets 2 years
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A businessman has been convicted of fraud charges and sentenced to two years in prison for selling repackaged yogurt products that had passed their sell-by dates, high court officials in Taipei said. The high court retu...
• Bus plunges 100m into river in China, killing 21
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
• Former Ghazni PC member wounded in Taliban attack
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Saifullah Maftoon on 04 April 2015 GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok):  A former provincial council member of southern Ghazni province was wounded in militants attack in Ghazni City, the provincial capital, on Saturday, the governor’s spokesman sa...
• Philippines braces for Typhoon Maysak
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Residents have been evacuated and tourists have been warned to stay away from the beaches.
• China moves to regulate square dancing
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Square dancing will be subject to regulation after being criticised for disrupting the peace and causing noise pollution. 
• Hundreds protest Islamic law in Australia
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Protests have taken place in Sydney and Melbourne against the rise of Islamic extremism. 
• Malaysian helicopter crash kills PM's senior aide and former envoy to US
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's chief of staff and a former ambassador to the United States, who was also a senior member of Najib's party, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash near the capital, officials said on Sun...
• Chinese police detain 22 after protest at railway station
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
  Police in southern China have detained 22 people after demonstrators forced their way into a high-speed rail station in a protest about land and housing issues, state news agency Xinhua has said.
• 5 rebels, 2 soldiers dead in Khyber, S. Waziristan airstrikes
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Pajhwok Report on 05 April 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): In fresh development, heli­copter gunships conducted air strikes in parts of Tirah valley in Khyber tribal region, leaving five suspected militants dead and destroyed their hideouts, me...
• Christ is the answer; what’s the question?
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » National
  In the vigil service of Holy Saturday tonight, Christians await the Lord as He comes forth from the tomb. The paschal candle symbolizes the Risen Christ dispelling the darkness of sin and death. This is dramatically enacted as the church...
• New Taipei mayor shows no interest in presidency
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  TAIPEI, Taiwan -- New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu yesterday continued to rule himself out of the presidential election although his Kuomintang (KMT) is set to lay down the rules for a primary for which only one party member has so far declared...
• Farkhanda’s murderers be given exemplary punishment (Video)
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)
  By Babrak Amirzada on 04 April 2015 JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A number of enraged protesters took to the streets in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, and demanded the government to award exemplary punishment to... read more
• Tokyo urges Okinawa governor to back down in US base row
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  Shinzo Abe's right-hand man on Sunday urged the governor of Okinawa to concede in a lingering row over the construction of a US air base ahead of the Japanese prime minister's visit to Washington later this month. The base's construction...
• Flood, storm surge warning up
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » National
  The state weather bureau yesterday warned residents in low-lying and mountainous areas along the path of typhoon “Chedeng” of possible flashfloods, landslides, storm surges, and surface waves of up to two meters as the cyclone continues ...
• More haze problems for North Thailand
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  The northern haze situation has returned, with Chiang Rai province yesterday reporting a reading of particles of less than 10 micrometres (PM10) of 125 and 144 micrograms per cubic metre in its Muang and Mae Sai districts respectively. T...
• Ten officials' behind illegal land deeds
  Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Asia
  THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) suspects that 10 land officials are involved in issuing illegal title deeds in forest reserves to politicians and businessmen in Nakhon Ratchasima. After checking the land title deeds for a r...
• President Serzh Sargsyan attends opening of newly built AGBU central headquarters
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  In 2010, the AGBU laid the groundwork for the construction of the new building located at Melik-Adamyan Street in Yerevan.
• Alexander Bozhko receives AGBU Garbis Papazian Award
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  "I would like to assure my Armenian brothers and sisters that I will do everything possible to make sure my country officially recognizes and condemns this tragedy against mankind,” Alexander Bozhko mentioned.
• AGBU Director of Central Board Programs Anita Anserian receives “Surp Nerses” Order
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians granted the “Surp Nerses” high order of honor to AGBU Director of Central Board Programs Anita Anserian.
• Joint resolution on declaring 2015 as year of Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemoration submitted to California State Assembly
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Large-scale events dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Centennial will be held in the State of California, which has a population of more than one million Armenians.
• Armen Martirosyan appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to India
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  By a presidential decree, Armen Martirosyan has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to India.
• Ara Hakobyan relieved of position of Armenia's Ambassador to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Malaysia
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree on relieving Ara Hakobyan of the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Malaysia.
• Minister Hranush Hakobyan calling on all Armenians to invest in Armenian banks
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia Hranush Hakobyan calls on all Armenians around the world to invest in Armenian banks.
• Turkey creating obstacles for Armenian Genocide conference
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The History Foundation and UCLA, the organizers of the conference, have started looking for another venue.
• Armenia may become a transit country for Iran’s energetic resources
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Iranologist Rubik Danielian says the final agreement over Iran’s nuclear program will provide Armenia with a good opportunity to expand cooperation with Iran in different spheres.
• 100 meter long Armenian tricolor flag was waved in front of Bundestag
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The Armenians of Germany waved the 100 meter Tricolor Flag symbolizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in front of the Bundestag and respected the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide with 100 seconds of...
• Large protest “1915-2015: 100 Years of Denial: It’s Enough” to be held in Bern
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The protest will be dedicated to the recognition of the genocides of the Armenians, Assyrians and Pontic Greeks and the commemoration of the victims.
• Short story about Armenian Genocide acknowledged as best on Amazon
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The book will be released on April 7th.
• Agreement over Iran’s nuclear program might lead to serious geopolitical changes
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  Danielian emphasized that the agreement over Iran’s nuclear program goes to show that the West, Russia and China are ready to adapt to Iran’s new role in the region.
• Hawaii State Senate recognizes Armenian Genocide
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  : Hawaii’s State Senate last week unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and declaring April 24 as a day of remembrance and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.
• Armenian chess player among leaders in Aeroflot Open
  Saturday, April 4, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The authoritative Aeroflot Open chess tournament, attended by Armenian chess players as well, is drawing to its end in Moscow.
• Preparing For Easter: Priest says more Armenian youths fast for spiritual reasons only
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.com
  The number of young people keeping fast not just for the purpose of dieting but for spiritual reasons has grown considerably, Fr. Nikoghos Hovhannisyan, an Araratian Pontifical Diocese priest, says.
• Genocide 100: Musicians plan concerts under ‘I Remember and Demand’ slogan
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.com
  Cellist Alexander Chaushian will hold a concert with the slogan “I Remember and Demand” today in the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet after Alexander Spendiarian with the participation of the Armenian National Philh...
• AGBUTalks: Panel discusses challenges of building the Armenian State
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.com
  The challenges of building the Armenian State are various and along with the need to change almost all systems they require responsibility and participation of every Armenian, said speakers at another panel organized by the Armenian Gene...
• Détente in the Neighborhood?: Tentative Iran deal may open up new vistas for Armenia
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.com
  The negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland, on a framework agreement with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program were completed successfully on Thursday, with Armenia swiftly hailing the progress made at the talks between its ne...
• Armenia welcomes framework deal on Iran’s nuclear program
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.com
  Armenia has welcomed the framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear program that was reached on Thursday by the Islamic Republic and world powers during marathon negotiations in Switzerland.
• Sargsyan offers condolences on Russian trawler sinking
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.com
  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has extended his condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in connection with the sinking of a trawler in the Sea of Okhotsk.
• Soccer: Russian coach tipped to take up Armenia national team job
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Home | ArmeniaNow.com
  Former head coach of FC Spartak Moscow Valeri Karpin is the number one candidate to head the Armenian national team, Russian sports news portal Sportbox.ru writes.
• Turkish Stream less and less topical for Ankara
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest Headlines
  Ankara and Moscow, despite having political differences mainly over the Syrian crisis and the political situation in Ukraine, are major economic partners.
• Armenian Genocide expo held in Paris
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The official opening ceremony of the exhibition, dedicated to the Armenian Genocide centenary, was held on April 2 at the Holocaust Memorial in Paris, attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to France Vige...
• Armenia’s Defense Minister highlights military-industrial complex development
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  A consultation was held on April 3 to discuss issues related to the development, production and supply of military output for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
• Afghanistan: Suicide Bomber Kills 16, Injures Dozens at Anti-Corruption Protest
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from hetq.am RSS -
  An anti-corruption rally in eastern Afghanistan ended in tragedy on Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near the crowd, killing at least 16 people and injuring 40, according to police.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Young Man Who Allegedly Tried to Join ISIS Testifies Against Bosnic
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from hetq.am RSS -
  An 18-year-old arrested in February at the Sarajevo Airport while allegedly embarking for Syria to fight for the Islamic State (IS), testified that he attended the speeches of suspected IS recruiter Husein "Bilal" Bosnic before the trip.
• Personal cancer vaccine research 'exciting,' say experts
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Panorama.am
  Tailor-made cancer vaccines that target unique genetic errors in a patient's tumour have been developed in the US, the BBC reported. Safety tests on three people, published in the journal ...
• Armenia’s Red Cross allocates equipment to 275 Syrian Armenian families to start profitable business
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from armenpress.am RSS -
  The Armenia’s Red Cross allocated equipment to 275 Syrian Armenian families to start profitable business.
• Iran nuclear talks: Rouhani vows to abide by deal
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Panorama.am
  Iran's president has vowed it will abide by the terms of the preliminary nuclear agreement it signed with six world powers, so long as they do too, the BBC reported. The ...