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Bangladeshs Shahbag movement still on claim leaders activists
By Sahana Ghosh, Dhaka, May 22 : Directed at channeling the "patriotic spirit" of youngsters in Bangladesh to create a "secular youth force", the Shahbag movement, that peaked in February and March with tens of thousands of protesters and torchlight processions, is "not dead" and "lives on" sans the noise and the fury, its leaders and participating ...
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Chalerm backs down on reconciliation bill
Chalerm Yoobamrung looks to have backed down from his plan to push through a controversial version of the reconciliation bill - although this may just be a tactical retreat. His move to tone down the bill by removing an article and giving up his characteristic determination to push the bill for deliberation in Parliament is not unexpected. "I've assigned MP Piraphan [Palusuk, Pheu ...
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FSB liquidates group of terrorists from Russia trained in Pakistan
Late on Monday, May 20, Russia’s FSB officers carried out an anti-terrorist operation in Orekhovo-Zuevo outside Moscow, in which two gunmen were killed and one more was seized. The investigators believe all three were trained for a terrorist act in the Afghan-Pakistan region and intended to stage a blast at a public place in ...
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30 Chinese climbing summits in Nepal 2 die
Thirty climbers from China, 24 male and 6 female have been registered to scale various summits this spring but two of them have already died, officials said on Wednesday.Li Xiaoshi, 58, from Taiwan, China, died while attempting the 8, 516-meter-tall Lhotse Mountain. and Liu Xiangyang, 46, from Yunnan province, died while attempting the 8,463-meter-tall Makalu Mountain. Li got altitude sickness ...
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Pakistan politician Imran Khan leaves hospital after fall during election campaign
Pakistan Imran Khan has left hospital two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a fall at a rally for Pakistan's general election, where his party scored a major breakthrough.The 60-year-old was ordered to remain immobile in bed after he fractured vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic tumble from a hoist lifting him to a stage just days before the May 11 general election.The former ...
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Malaysia reels again from match-fixing stink
(43 mins ago) Malaysian football authorities have promised to investigate claims of match-fixing and urged police to protect players amid death threats from bookies. Allegations of match-fixing have long tainted football in Malaysia. Fears of match-rigging surfaced especially during the recent second-tier Malaysian Premier League match between Kuala Lumpur and Sime Darby, AFP reports. Angry ...
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Malaysia seeks UN Security Council seat
WAM PUTRAJAYA, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM) -- Malaysia seeks to secure a seat as a non-permanent member for the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the term 2015-2016, Foreign Minister, Anifah Aman, said on Tuesday. Malaysia will be able to play a part in international security issues if it becomes a member of the Security Council, according to the Malaysian foreign minister in statements carried by the ...
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Ahmadinejad Criticizes Aides Election Ban
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is speaking out in defense of a close aide whom authorities have barred from running in next month's presidential ...
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Vietnam name to go on Roll of Honour
MORE than 40 years after he died in Vietnam, the name of Private Dal Abbott is to be finally listed on the Australian War Memorial's Roll of Honour. Although there's long been a place for his name, the 21-year-old national serviceman, killed in the Battle of Fire Support Base Coral in 1968, has never been included with the 102,000 other Australians on the roll of honour. Veterans from ...
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Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to strengthen his country's partnership with Pakistan as he arrived Wednesday for a visit less than two weeks after the country's general election.The long-time allies will look to use the two-day trip to boost trade ties, and Li will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif -- who has not yet been sworn in -- as well as holding talks ...
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UPDATE 1-Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis
Wed May 22, 2013 4:42am EDT (Adds China comment, security) By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD May 22 (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. Li arrived in the Pakistan capital under ...
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Ancient Hindu temple unearthed in Prambanan
A team from the Cultural Heritage Preserve Agency (BPCB) Yogyakarta, assisted by 10 archaeology students from Gadjah Mada University at the site of the Tinjon Temple. The 10-day excavation in Sambirejo village, Prambanan, Yogyakarta, ends on Wednesday. The excavation will be continued in ...
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Poll More US teens turn to Twitter Facebook old
A view of an iPhone in Washington Tuesday, showing the Twitter and Facebook apps among others. A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on ...
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Malaysia tribal groups protest world hydro meeting
Protestors shouts slogans and hold placards as they attend a rally at the Borneo Convention Centre, during the International Hydropower Association's (IHA) four-day biennial congress in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak state, on May 22, 2013. About 300 Borneo tribespeople staged a protest at a world hydroelectric industry meeting in Malaysia on Wednesday to denounce dams they say are ...
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Chinese premier begins 2-day visit to Pakistan
A man walks next to huge portraits of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, left, displayed near the presidency in Islamabad, Pakistan. Keqiang will arrive in Islamabad on May 22 on a two day official visit to hold talks with Pakistani leadership to discuss international, regional issues and enhance co-operation in bilateral ties. (AP Photo/Anjum ...
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Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber
In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins, 80-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, and his son, Gota, rest on their way to a camp at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) from a camp at 6,050 meters (19,849 feet) during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. According to his management office, Miura plans to reach the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on ...
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Japan approves joining intl child abduction pact
TOKYO -; Japan's parliament has approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without ...
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Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said at Bait Al Baraka in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo?Jim ...
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Death toll rises to 28 at Freeport Indonesia tunnel collapse
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold said Wednesday that 28 people have been pronounced dead after a tunnel collapsed last week at a training tunnel close to its Grasberg mine ...
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Japan watchdog Nuke plant sits atop active fault
TOKYO -- Japan's nuclear watchdog has endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the plant's restart virtually impossible.The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday that it agrees with experts that the fault underneath the Tsuruga No. 2 reactor poses a high risk if a major earthquake hits.Japan ...
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China to host conference of Asian parties
China will host a special conference of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), according to the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).The conference will run under the theme, "Promote green development and build a beautiful Asia together," and be held in Xi'an, capital city of northwestern China's ...
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Abe to visit Myanmar for 1st time in 36 years
/enpproperty--> TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Myanmar from May 24 to 26 to boost bilateral economic ties, becoming the first prime minister to visit the Southeast Asian country in 36 years, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. During his visit, Abe, who will be accompanied by a group of Japanese business leaders, is expected to hold talks ...
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The case for hope continued
By Rebecca Solnit Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the new wars being launched far away and at home - and of despair. And like despairing people everywhere, whether in a personal depression or a political tailspin, these activists believed the future would look more or less like the present. If there was nothing else they were confident about, at least ...
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AirAsia X sets indicative price for $300 mln Malaysia IPO-sources
KUALA LUMPUR | Wed May 22, 2013 4:26am EDT KUALA LUMPUR May 22 (Reuters) - Long-haul carrier AirAsia X, founded by entreprener Tony Fernandes, has set an indicative price of 1.45 ringgit ($0.48) per share for an initial public offering (IPO) in Malaysia worth more than $300 million, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The company and its shareholders are offering 790.1 ...
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Bullying Singaporean boss deals office blows
(5 mins ago) A Singaporean company supervisor caught on video slapping a male intern is in trouble after the clip went viral on the web and sparked a public outcry. Police confirmed to AFP that a complaint had been lodged against the supervisor, who works at a software company, and the manpower ministry said it had also been alerted about the alleged case of workplace abuse. The 17-second ...
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