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Hong Kong drops plan to import rare whales
september 02, 2011by latadmin
A Hong Kong theme park has dropped a contentious plan to buy and import rare wild-caught beluga whales, in a decision lauded Friday by conservationists who had protested...
China censors Ai Weiwei’s Newsweek essay
september 02, 2011by latadmin
Chinese censors have removed an essay by Ai Weiwei in which the dissident artist strongly criticises the country’s government and justice system from the latest...
Restrict Doling Out Jail Remissions
september 02, 2011by latadmin
, Jakarta:The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has proposed that jail sentence cuts should only be handed out to those convicts who blow the whistle on graft scandals....
Sri Lanka imposes new laws to hold terror suspects (AP)
september 01, 2011by latadmin
AP – Sri Lanka will still detain hundreds of terror suspects and outlaw the defeated rebel Tamil Tiger group despite lifting wartime emergency laws, an official...
Pakistan, US struggle to define their relationship (AP)
september 01, 2011by latadmin
AP – In the aftermath of the secret U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden, Pakistani officials want a detailed agreement spelling out U.S. rules of engagement inside...
Japan PM picks fiscal hawk Okada as finance minister: report (Reuters)
september 01, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has picked a like-minded fiscal conservative, Katsuya Okada, as finance minister in his cabinet due to be...
‘Curse of the Cover’ claims another victim
september 01, 2011by latadmin
DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — The “Curse of the Cover” claimed yet another victim Thursday at the world championships, the fifth casualty in six days of...
How the AP-GfK poll of Japanese was conducted
september 01, 2011by latadmin
The Associated Press-GfK Poll on the attitudes and opinions of Japanese was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from July 29 to Aug. 10....
Australia IDs bones of robber/folk hero Ned Kelly (AP)
september 01, 2011by latadmin
AP – The headless remains of Australia’s most storied criminal, Ned Kelly, have been identified, officials said Thursday, ending a decades-long mystery...
Nepal’s former Maoist rebels hand over their weapons
september 01, 2011by latadmin
Nepal’s governing former Maoist rebels have handed over their weapons to a multi-party committee tasked with overseeing the peace process. The move follows the...
