- Monday, May 4, 2015 from RFA Home
The veterans of two regional wars say they are falling below the poverty line.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatDon't hold your breath for a "historic" cross-strait breakthrough.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatUnlocking Afghanistan’s very real potential will require significant investment.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from International Business Times(Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen attacked a school in Pakistan on Monday and killed a guard, police said, raising fears of a repeat of a deadly school attack five months ago that toughened Pakistan's resolve to fight militants. Police sai...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaIndia's PM Narendra Modi joins China's main microblogging service Weibo, gaining thousands of followers by the hour and plenty of comments.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe quake photo that broke hearts but was not all it seemed
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Hollande and Sheikh Tamim sign $7bn euro contract in Doha which includes training of Qatari pilots and technicians.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatProbably not. Attribution is difficult and there is very little verifiable information.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatMany Chinese scholars equate civil disobedience with the color revolutions much feared by the Chinese leadership.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaMore than 1,400 meters above sea level, amidst Nepal's treacherous alpine terrain, an entire mountain is shaking.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatDozens arrested after rally protesting new government tax.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AsiaNepal's government has struggled to distribute relief supplies to some of the villages in the mountains. But that's slowly getting better as aid groups organize and fan out across the country.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Two suspected gunmen shot dead outside an exhibition depicting the Prophet Muhammad in suburb of Dallas, Texas.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Dozens injured during anti-racism rally in Tel Aviv sparked by brutality against a black soldier.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatLed by Alibaba, private-sector players are threatening a major shakeup of China’s healthcare sector.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatTurkmenistan and Europe are keen to get the gas flowing, but it could just be a pipe dream.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from International Business TimesChina’s key infrastructure projects are under increasing threat from climate change, China’s top meteorologist warned this week. He noted that typhoons, floods, droughts and heat waves are growing more frequent and intense because of ris...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatChina has better things to remember on May 4 than "Star Wars" day.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificThe stakes are high, and the valuations lofty, in a country that is adding five million new Internet users, many of them on mobile, a month.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from International Business TimesIn the past, China’s presence in the disputed South China Sea waters was based on what it says are historical claims to the area. Now, China is shifting its narrative from a so-called regional military “reclamation” effort based on sover...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaLu Ping, the Chinese official who oversaw Hong Kong's transition from British to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, dies at the age of 87.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificThe driver lost control of the minibus and it skidded off a highway, plunged down a gorge and then caught fire on the way in Madhya Pradesh State.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from International Business TimesA local government in western Indonesia has banned unmarried men and women from riding together on motorcycles, reports said. Lawmakers in the North Aceh regency in Aceh province said shared motorbike rides between mixed sexes could arou...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatAshton Carter will push New Delhi to buy US military hardware during this June's planned visit to the subcontinent.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificThe head of the Thai national police said that three local officials and one man from Myanmar had been arrested since the discovery of a mass grave.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from RFA Home
Slower growth prompts Li to spread blame around, ponder return to old stimulus methods. - Monday, May 4, 2015 from The DiplomatForeigners in China -- particularly whites -- are given economic value simply because of the color of their skin.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificThere seems almost no chance that anyone alive is still trapped in the rubble from the quake last month, though three survivors were found Sunday.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaMany in Nepal feel Indian media's coverage of the earthquake has been insensitive and jingoistic, writes Soutik Biswas.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Taliban claims responsibility for deadly attack on bus carrying employees of Afghan attorney general's office.
East Asia & World News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsFallen Chinese political heavyweight Zhou Yongkang has a mysterious son who remains in hiding in the United States, claims Duowei News, a US-based Chinese political news outlet. Zhou Han, believed ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A former Republican Party U.S. lawmaker, Bob Inglis, received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday for reversing his position on climate change despite the predictable political fallout that helped ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdRenault Samsung Motors said Monday the company would introduce battery-powered ultrasmall electric vehicle Twizy to Korea in the near future, starting with test-drives on domestic roads in the first half of the year. The management is di...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Six days after the death of a young black man at the hands of police sparked riots in Baltimore, the city's mayor lifted a citywide curfew on Sunday, signaling an end to the extraordinary measures taken to ensure pub...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsThe period from 4-6 am is the only time of day when the air quality is good enough for outdoor activities in Taipei, a health expert said Sunday. A team led by Chan Chang-chuan, associate dean of N...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea should revise its sex education guidelines for schools to include lessons about homosexuality and other sexual minorities, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.The Education Ministry’s sex education guidelines ― distributed to sch...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Raucous performances by New Orleans hometown hero Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, rocker Lenny Kravitz and rising country star Kacey Musgraves closed out the 2015 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Sunday.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Haircuts of a spiky and unorthodox nature have reportedly been banned in Iran because they imply devil-worship, while tattoos and other male bodily adornments are also being outlawed.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The steely and polished Scottish independence leader Nicola Sturgeon has emerged as an unlikely star of Britain's unpredictable election race and could decide who is prime minister after Thursday's election.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, has told worshippers at a church service in Nairobi that homosexuality had no place in the east African nation, reports said Monday.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Japan Times » NationalThe Abe administration is considering having a private entity assume practical work for regulating drone flights, such as identifying their operators, after one carrying a small amount of radioactive cesium was found on the roof of the p...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdPresident Park Geun-hye on Monday criticized the scale of the latest deal on the public servants’ pension reform as falling short of public expectations, amid growing complaints that it was hastily reached by rival parties.“(The agreemen...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsThe Beijing-based Economic Observer has learned from various sources that the People's Bank of China is very likely to further lower its benchmark lending and deposit interest rates by 0.5%. China...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea urged North Korea on Monday to release a South Korean college student with a U.S. green card who has been detained for illegal entry.North Korea announced over the weekend that it has detained a 21-year-old man studying at Ne...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - French President Francois Hollande sought to boost ties in the Gulf Monday as he oversaw the signing of a warplanes deal with Qatar and headed to Saudi Arabia for a summit.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsAfter a booming year, the bull run of China's stock market is expected to continue, boosted by economic and financial reforms in addition to easing measures. China's stock market has soared over th...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdTop executives of tech giant Samsung Electronics gathered in a movie theater to watch the Hollywood blockbuster “Avengers: Age of Ultron” in Gangnam, Seoul on Monday.The Samsung executives showed a great deal of excitement after watching...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsCalifornia-based camera sensor designer OmniVision is likely to be acquired by a consortium of Chinese private equity investors at a price of US$29.75 per share in cash, which will place the company a...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - More than half the nearly 6,000 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend arrived in Italy Monday as aid workers warned of no end in sight to a “heartbreaking” crisis.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdG-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang, Seungri, and Daesung raised eyebrows online with the release of their “Bae Bae” music video. It was unusual in many ways, and -- as American music magazine Billboard put it, represented Big Bang’s “sexual peak.”...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe Sung Woan-jong scandal is a typical corruption case in which a greedy businessman pursued his financial and political interests through collusive ties with influential people and bribery. The scandal, which has already unseated the p...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korean Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan (second from right) and Bank of Korea Gov. Lee Ju-yeol (right) attend a joint press conference after the meeting of financial chiefs of ASEAN Plus Three in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday. (Finan...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
An unprecedented sense of crisis as well as feelings of optimism engulfed rallies and other events around Japan on May 3, the 68th anniversary of the enforcement of the postwar Constitution. - Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe South Korean government Monday approved a plan by civic groups to meet North Koreans this week to discuss joint events.The five-member delegation from a related coalition plans to hold two-day talks from Tuesday with North Korean rep...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdLocal securities firm Daishin Securities slashed South Korea’s top portal operator Naver’s target share price by 11 percent in a report released Monday. The securities firm revised the portal’s target price down to 670,000 won ($620) fro...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe Welfare Ministry on Monday said 30,000 more assisting nannies will be assigned to public day care centers suffering from a chronic workforce shortage, as part of the long-term measures to enhance child welfare and prevent abuses.Curr...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-News"To save up enough money to help our mother buy a new house" is the wish made for the upcoming Mother's Day by the Lin sisters, whose filial piety was recognized at an award ceremony held Sunday in Ka...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe number of couples marrying in Seoul has dropped nearly 40 percent from more than two decades ago, a study showed Monday, as more people delay their marriages.Last year, 65,000 couples tied the knot in Seoul, down 37.6 percent from 19...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdROME ― Italian carrier Alitalia will resume services to Korea after 18 years with its Incheon-Rome direct route to launch on June 4. Alitalia, a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance, will operate the new route three times a week with 2...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdDebate has resurfaced over the possibility of South Korea’s nuclear armament as North Korea’s nuclear threat remains unabated with growing security rivalry in the region most recently stoked by Japan’s push for heavier armament.Lingering...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsThe Aviation Industry of China is expected to become the world's largest maker of military drones by 2023, as the production value for military drones worldwide swells to US$2.3 billion, according to ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Signs of volcanic activity prompted the Hakone town government to close off hiking trails around the popular tourist destination of Mount Hakoneyama southwest of Tokyo in the middle of the Golden Week holidays. - Monday, May 4, 2015 from News - Kyodo NewsBEIJING - A group of senior Japanese lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties are likely to meet with Zhan...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdSamsung Electronics showed a decrease in smartphone sales while other players enjoyed an increase in the first quarter of this year, data showed Monday.According to Hong Kong’s Counterpoint Research, Samsung’s sales reached 83.3 million ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdIt is not rare to receive negative news from North Korea, be it about its reclusive, totalitarian leader and his loyal lieutenants, grave violations of human rights or an economy in tatters. Yet, the latest developments in the country ra...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsPrime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia and the Chinese ambassador to the country Bu Jianguo on Monday jointly broke ground for the construction of a 182-km national road No. 55, which stretches from Pursa...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChina is leading the global race in the development of metamaterials, spearheading a new trend that is revolutionizing technology in fields ranging from telecommunications to aerospace, reports the ov...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdAn executive of POSCO Engineering & Construction, the construction arm of South Korea's largest steelmaker, was detained Monday for allegedly creating a private slush fund, prosecutors said, the latest in a string of arrests of the compa...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdRenault Samsung Motors Co., the local unit of French automaker Renault SA, said Monday that it is seeking to introduce its popular Twizy ultra-small electric vehicle in South Korea amid "satisfactory" progress in talks with relevant auth...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdA growing number of Chinese tourists are flocking to Ewha Womans University in Sinchon, Seoul, generating not only financial benefit to the school but also concerns over the privacy of students. Ewha Womans University has welcomed many...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is expected to use the U.S. dollar as its currency of settlement, a diplomatic source here said Monday, despite Beijing's ambition for the internationalization of China's yuan. Fifty-sev...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from China Post Online - International News, åéę°č(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Look at your hands. See those fingers? Chances are, they know how to type and swipe.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea's Air Force chief is under probe over his alleged misuse of public funds, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.Suspicions have mounted surrounding Gen. Choi Cha-kyu, South Korea's Air Force Chief of Staff, including h...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Korea HealdA top South Korean university said Monday it has sent relief goods to a Nepalese hospital to help with the earthquake relief operations.Seoul National University said it has donated 600 water filters to the Kathmandu University hospital ...
- India & World News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaAn al-Qaida video that mentions Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put security agencies on alert ahead of the PM’s visit to Kolkata on May 9.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesThe last four days of the budget session of Parliament is expected to be stormy - with the government and opposition being at loggerheads over several key bills, including the flagship Goods and Servi...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaAn al-Qaida video that mentions Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put security agencies on alert ahead of the PM’s visit to Kolkata on May 9.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaThe Moga molestation and murder case is all set to rock Parliament with Amritsar MP Capt Amarinder Singh announcing that the Congress will move an adjournment motion on Tuesday to discuss the law and order situation in Punjab.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaAn al-Qaida video that mentions Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put security agencies on alert ahead of the PM’s visit to Kolkata on May 9.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalA parliamentary panel has taken dim view of the delay in implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013 which provides for distribution of discounted food grains to 67 per cent of the popu...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalArtists have protested against the sudden transfer of Venu Vasudevan, Director-General of the National Museum, the abrupt removal of Lalit Kala Akademi chairperson Kalyan Chakravarty and non-renew...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalA fast-track court in Gandhinagar on Monday dismissed the discharge petition filed by the self-styled godman Asaram's wife Laxmidevi, who is an accused in the rape case filed against her jailed husband.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalPrime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out directly to Chinese netizens by opening an account on Sina Weibo — the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. But the unorthodox move, ahead of his vi...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesOn Sunday, Mr Owaisi was at a book release function when he publicly questioned why the Bharat Ratna was given to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and why LK Advani was given the Padma Vibhu...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalSenior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has failed to support farmers affected by unseasonal rains and claimed that the recent suicide of a debt-ridden farmer was the first such incident in the...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe Patna High Court has set aside a government order relating to promotion of employees belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in government jobs. Justice V. Nath pronounced...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalShow of solidarity in the face of West’s boycott of Victory Day Parade
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesThe young man and woman were found hanging from two ends of a dupatta flung across the branch of a tree, in death very close. The police allege that Rajnish, 22, and Imrana, 18, committed suicide beca...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from World News, News of World, Top World News, World Breaking Headlines - Times of IndiaA joint team of researchers from Presidency University and University of Calcutta is collaborating with Scotland’s University of St Andrews to digitally recreate the exact replica of Bishnupur — the capital of the Malla kingdom — as it w...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalFemale party volunteer files defamation complaint against the senior party leader.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from World News, News of World, Top World News, World Breaking Headlines - Times of IndiaThe 2016 presidential field expanded by two Monday with the addition of former Hewlett Packard boss Carly Fiorina and conservative neurosurgeon Ben Carson, adding diversity to the race for the Republican nomination.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesIn the week of an election that has failed to make hearts flutter, many in Britain rejoiced on Monday after Kensington Palace announced that Britain's new princess would be named Charlotte Elizabeth D...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of IndiaSending out a strong message on the internal security front, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Dantewada in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, the heart of the red corridor, in what will be the PM’s first visit to a Naxalite-hit are...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe arrest is seen as a severe blow to the Maoist movement’s efforts to regain its stronghold in the tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
- South/Southeast Asia & World News
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsROMPIN, May 4, 2015: There will be no other party for Orang Asli here except Barisan Nasional and those who are not happy with the ruling coalition will only skip voting in tomorrow’s Parliamentary seat by-election. That was the se...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
LONDON, May 4 — Three days before the closest election in memory, Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader won the coveted endorsement of a popular comedian who had previously told his 9.6 million Twitter followers not to vot... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsVILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania has detained a Russian citizen suspected of spying, the prosecutor-general's office said on Monday, a move that will further strain already poor relations between the ex-Soviet Baltic republic and Moscow.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
NAIROBI, May 4 — US Secretary of State John Kerry warned today that the bid by Burundi’s president to run for a third term in power goes against the constitution, calling for calm after days of protests. “We are deeply ... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » NationKUALA LUMPUR,: Leading telecommunications provider, Celcom Axiata Bhd, is supportive of the suggestion made by Communication and Multimedia […]
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / NationA military intelligence asset shot and killed hunted bombmaker Abdul Basit Usman on Sunday just as the wanted terrorist was getting ready to follow the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout via radio broadcast, a source in the Armed Forces of the Phi...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my World NewsGARLAND: Police shot dead two gunmen on Sunday outside a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas attended by Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, authorities said. US authorities are investigating the shooting and police said it w...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesPROMISING jobs in Malaysia, a gang of human traffickers held about 250,000 Bangladeshis captive in Thailand for ransom over the past eight years and made millions of taka (a million taka is about Bt428,000).
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsROMPIN, May 4, 2015: There are only a few hours to go before the by-election for Rompin’s new Member of Parliament begins but the Chinese voters here are still torn over which candidate to vote for. The one who is representing the ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my Local NewsROMPIN: Claims that the Rompin by-election result would be the indicator of public acceptance towards the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is "irrelevant", said Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Hasan Arifin. Hasan disavowed the claim made by...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Breaking News - RSS Khaosod EnglishBANGKOK — Three Thai men and one Burmese man have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a deadly detention camp for Rohingya refugees in southern Thailand.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my Local NewsTHE formula has not changed and it never will. But not many accept that the mindset of voters who elect people into power has changed. Driving around Permatang Pauh and its neighbouring areas, the sea of bunting, posters and even large b...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Irrawaddy » Burma
The Burmese military threatens media outlets with legal action if they report statements from a Kokang ethnic rebel group that is blacklisted by the government. The post Burma Army Issues Media Gag Order on Kokang Rebel Statements appear... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - NationalCrane slams down on vehicles at red line BTS construction site in don muang
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesTHE National Legislative Assembly yesterday threw its support behind submitting the new constitution to a public vote of confidence, but only on critical points, as most of it is regarded as fine already.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my Local NewsKUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research will liaise with the Royal Malaysian Police to help investigate the mishap at the Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (Duke) on Saturday. Transport Deputy Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kapr...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians want mobile prepaid reloads to provide the same airtime value as the listed prices.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsPARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right National Front party has suspended the membership of its founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and will call a party meeting to strip him of his title of honorary chairman, the party said in a statement.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek has proposed that prepaid mobile reloads be exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), as the Multimedia and Communications Minister believes that is the solution many Malay... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my World NewsBRUSSELS: An Uber driver in Belgium was found guilty of breaking taxi laws on Monday, in the first case to land in a Brussels court after dozens of drivers were caught by police posing as clients of the banned service. The driver was sho...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my Local NewsBUTTERWORTH: The federal government will not sideline Tamil schools (SJKT) in the country and provide all schools with the best learning facilities regardless of race, said Deputy Education Minister II P. Kamalanathan. According to him, ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from World | Thanh Nien DailyChancellor Angela Merkel defended Germany's BND intelligence agency on Monday against accusations it illegally helped the United States spy on officials and firms in Europe
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsROMPIN, May 4, 2015: Rompin will get a new Member of Parliament tomorrow but the death and legacy of its incumbent, Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis, is not out of the constituents’ memory. Tioman assemblyman Datuk Mohd Johari Hussain tol...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
JERUSALEM, May 4 — Images of Israeli police firing stun grenades are usually set in the West Bank and involve Palestinian protesters. But yesterday the situation was quite different – riot police battling thousands of Ethiopi... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my World NewsNAIROBI: Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, has told worshippers at a church service in Nairobi that homosexuality had no place in the east African nation, reports said Monday. Homophobia is on the rise across much of Africa an...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesGOVERNMENT ministers should be sacked if they fail to effectively address plummeting produce prices, former Democrat Party MP Watchara Phetthong said yesterday.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Irrawaddy » Burma
Drought at Inle Lake is a recurrent problem and communities, activists and even government officials say more should be done to avert an environmental crisis. The post Activists, Communities Say Govt Strategy Lacking as Inle Lake Suffers... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - NationalA WOMAN died and 25 people were injured, three seriously, after a fire broke out at a lightning-rod factory yesterday morning.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » NationBUKIT MERTAJAM: The Permatang Pauh constituency is still lagging behind in terms of development because its leaders are […]
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my World NewsBEIJING: Two young men who staged what China's state news agency called a "real-life 'Fast and Furious' drag race" in central Beijing were charged Monday with dangerous driving. Last month's crash of a Lamborghini and...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsROMPIN, May 4, 2015: Rompin’s by-election will take place tomorrow with constituents picking their next representative in Parliament. The Rakyat Post got hold of the two candidates and asked them a few simple questions about themse...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsROMPIN May 4, 2015: The Ministry of Rural and Regional Development will be considering whether to file an appeal on behalf of the former Mara loan student who was sentenced to prison by the Southwark Crown Court in London. Minister Datuk...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Irrawaddy » Burma
At an event marking World Press Freedom Day, Suu Kyi calls on the media to ensure that upcoming elections will be free and fair. The post Suu Kyi Attends World Press Freedom Day Event in Rangoon appeared first on The Irrawaddy . - Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
The government has been urged to introduce legislation to make it compulsory for cars to install baby seats when ferrying infants and young children. Malaysian Consumers Association (Maconas) secretary-general Datuk Amarjit Singh Gill sa... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Multimedia and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said tonight that he has decided mobile prepaid cards should revert to the old, pre-goods and services tax (GST) prices as soon as possible. He said Malaysians had inf... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
JERUSALEM, May 4 — Israel’s outspoken Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said today his Yisrael Beitenu party would not be joining the coalition government being formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, media reports said... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from theSundaily.my HighlightsKUALA LUMPUR: The relocation of students and teachers of Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Sungai Besi Indah, Seri Kembangan to a new temporary premises after the school building suffered damage, has been postponed to May 11. In a statement issue...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - National4 suspects held, 4 sought; Satun police chief among senior officers transferred
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
BUKIT MERTAJAM, May 4 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s action of frequently voicing his opinions, including criticising Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was not aimed at weakening Umno and Barisan Nasion... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesThai relief personnel enter second week, focusing on patient rehabilitation
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » NationalThe tropical cyclone east of the country has rapidly intensified into a storm while moving slowly over the Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said yesterday. From tro...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsU.S. authorities are investigating possible links between gunmen shot dead by police at an anti-Muslim event near Dallas and international terrorist groups, a U.S. government source said on Monday.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from NationalThe government has decided to send one lakh tonnes of rice and adequate quantity of water for the quake-hit people in Nepal on an emergency basis. The decision came at the weekly cabinet meeting at the secretariat yesterday with Prime Mi...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThe United States is not able to confirm a claim by al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) that the group killed a blogger who was also a U.S. citizen in Bangladesh in February, a U.S. official said on Monday.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from >The News International - Latest StoriesIndia to tour Bangladesh in June ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsKensington Palace announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's second child will be known as Princess Charlotte.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Danish Karokhel on 04 May 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban assured participants of a two-day informal meeting in Qatar that they were not against women’s participation in politics, an Afghan delegation member said on Monday. The two ...
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President Aquino has appointed Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Chairman Andres Bautista as new Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman, replacing Sixto Brillantes Jr. who retired last February 2. Also appointed by th... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from TOLOnews.com RSS FeedTop news in this Bulletin: The Shahrak district education manager from Ghor province, Haji Mohsen, has come under fire after allegedly ordering the torture of three residents in an open court. The three victims were then allegedly killed...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsU.S. Navy warships have begun accompanying British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as a result of Iran's detention of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship last week, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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MalacaƱang, the Armed Forces, and even Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal all confirmed that fugitive terrorist bombmaker Abdul Basit Usman was killed in a shooting incident in Guindulungan, Maguin... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsJagged haircuts have become fashionable among all strata of Iran's youthful population in recent years, but have divided opinion and been deemed by the authorities as western and un-Islamic.
- Tuesday, May 5, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshProf Anisuzzaman demands punishment for those involved in sexual assault on Pahela Baishakh
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Independent :: Online EditionComplaints regarding city polls The Election Commission (EC) yesterday formed three election tribunals to dispose of complaints regarding the recently concluded elections to the three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong, reports UN...
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Iran banned spiky and unorthodox nature of hairstyles saying that they imply the worship of devil. The modern day haircuts have become fashionable among all categories of Iranian youths but authorities look at them as not being in accord... - Monday, May 4, 2015 from philstar.com - NationMANILA, Philippines - Eight health facilities damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Samar and Samar have been restored and turned over to the local hea
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Pajhwok Afghan News (English)By Abasin Zaheer on 04 May 2015 KABUL (Pajhwok): Security bosses on Monday claimed financial assistance with security forces had recently declined, while the Taliban earned $170 million from poppy cultivation and minerals’ excavation las...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from The Independent :: Online EditionThree local Thai officials and a Myanmar national have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking after the remains of 26 migrants were found in a mass grave in southern Thailand, police said Monday, reports AFP from Bangkok.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WorldWASHINGTON - U.S. Navy warships have begun accompanying British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as a result of Iran's detention of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship last week, the Pentagon said on Monday. Army...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Inquirer News » NationMANILA, Philippines–Most Filipinos believe peaceful negotiations are more effective in dealing with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed, but the number of adults who held this opi...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from >The News International - Latest StoriesThe first step to being World Champions ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from >The News International - Latest StoriesTroops kill 28 suspected militants in central Nigeria: military ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Manila Bulletin | Latest Breaking News | News Philippines » WorldBERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say they have found about 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of cocaine inside banana boxes at a discount grocery chain in what authorities say is the largest-ever seizure of the drug in the German capital. No ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsEuropean aviation safety regulators introduced new training requirements on Monday to help prevent accidents by pilots losing control of planes in-flight, such as during a stall or in bad weather.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from WorldBRUSSELS - Around 60 European Union citizens remain unaccounted for after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, an EU source said on Monday, far lower than an estimate of 1,000 missing EU citizens given by a senior EU official last week. ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsItaly's parliament on Monday gave final approval to a new electoral law championed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi despite furious objections from the opposition and some members of the ruling Democratic Party.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from >The News International - Latest StoriesNA-125: 2542 votes received by NADRA for verification, says report ...
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshThe process for sending relief has started
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThe Republican presidential field expanded by two on Monday with the addition of former Hewlett Packard boss Carly Fiorina and conservative neurosurgeon Ben Carson, second-tier candidates aiming to dramatically upset the White House race.
- Monday, May 4, 2015 from philstar.com - NationLINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines – Alarmed by the rise in the number of deaths caused by rabid dogs, the provincial council is urging the mayors and villag
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- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanThe separatist regime in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region managed to hold its illegal "parliamentary elections" despite righteous calls from Baku to restraint from such move.
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- Monday, May 4, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanFor quite a long time Azerbaijan and Portugal were talking about tightening the bilateral relations and build a fundament of future cooperation between the two.
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